substack-writerlisted

# Substack Writer A repeatable editorial pipeline for professional portfolio writing. The purpose of this skill is **not** to generate posts from a topic string — that produces generic, AI-flavored filler that damages a technical portfolio. The purpose is to take the author's real technical substance and shape it into a tight, credible, well-crafted post through a disciplined multi-pass process, with human gates at the points that matter. ## Core principle: the human owns the substance The model does not invent technical claims, benchmarks, war stories, or opinions. Those come from the author. If a draft needs a fact, a number, or a concrete example that the author has not supplied, **stop and ask** — do not fabricate it. Fabricated specifics are the fastest way to destroy the credibility a portfolio exists to build. The model's job is structure, flow, compression, and craft applied to material the author provides. ## Reference files — read these before drafting - `references/craft-principles.md` — the distilled writing craft. Load this before the outline stage and consult it explicitly during the critique stage. It is the editorial standard the draft is measured against. - `references/voice.md` — the author's voice profile (do/don't rules + samples). Load this before the voice pass. If it is still a template with unfilled placeholders, ask the author for 2–3 existing posts and populate it first — the voice pass is worthless against an empty profile. ## The pi