linkedin-hook-writer

# LinkedIn Hook Writer ## Purpose Generate attention-grabbing opening lines for LinkedIn posts that earn the click to "...see more" — without resorting to the clickbait patterns that mark content as AI-generated or engagement-farmed. The hook must be honest: it promises something the post actually delivers. ## Voice Loading This skill's entire value depends on producing hooks that are NOT on the anti-slop banned-openers list. 1. Read `../voice-master/references/anti-slop.md` — apply the **Universal** and **Professional / LinkedIn** sections. The **Banned Openers** subsection under Professional / LinkedIn is the hard constraint for this skill. 2. Load the user's voice via voice-master: read `../voice-master/SKILL.md` and follow its **User Calibration Overlay** section. Voice-master loads social-medium exemplars from the user overlay (or template fallback with warning if no overlay). If no overlay is present, voice-master falls back to generic voice guidance and warns — note this in your output. ## How LinkedIn Hooks Work LinkedIn shows approximately the first 140-210 characters of a post before truncating with "...see more." The hook must accomplish two things in that space: 1. **Create genuine curiosity** — the reader wants to know more 2. **Signal quality** — the reader believes the rest is worth their time A hook that creates curiosity but signals low quality gets skipped. A hook that signals quality but creates no curiosity gets polite scrolling. ...