Writing & Content AI hacks (page 3)

Consultant drafts slide text in Markdown, then has Claude build branded HTML decks

A consultant turned their brand guidelines into a Claude skill, reviews every slide's content as plain Markdown first, and then has Claude render a branded HTML deck exported to PDF for clients.

Spotted on u/coolreddy

Small consultancy drafts, redesigns and reworks decks with Claude

A consultant at a two-to-three person firm uses Claude to draft storylines from notes, improve slide layouts with the PowerPoint add-in, and rework decks and templated documents with Cowork.

Spotted on u/AvidSkier9900

Podcaster picks clips with Claude, then sends cuts to Descript

A podcaster reads through the transcript with Claude to pick clip moments, then has Claude send the cut list to Descript.

Spotted on u/herrdan

Solopreneur turns one long sales page chat into a Claude skill they can reuse

After days of back and forth with Claude to build a sales page that converted, a solo business owner had Claude read back over the conversation and write a reusable skill with the same structure, copy method, voice and visual style.

Spotted on Cordelia Kate

Newsletter writer connects Beehiiv to Claude so every issue gets a grade and a lesson

A newsletter writer with about 8,000 subscribers connected Beehiiv's MCP to Claude Cowork, which pulls their stats each week into a Google Sheet that grades each issue A to D and points out what to change next time.

Spotted on Brandon Smithwrick

AI coach turns one rough idea into a Substack article and a week of Notes with a Claude skill

An AI coach gives a custom Claude skill one rough idea and gets back a full Substack article, five to seven Notes and a posting schedule. They spend 20 to 30 minutes making it sound like them, then store it all in Notion.

Review takes twenty to thirty minutes · their claim

Spotted on Angelina Shively (AI Coaching with Angelina)

Newsletter creator connects Kit to ChatGPT and asks plain-English questions about subscriber groups

Instead of sifting through Kit analytics by hand, a creator connected their email list to ChatGPT and now asks detailed questions about new signup groups and their engagement, getting answers in about 30 seconds.

Spotted on @nevmed

Teacher writes lessons in Markdown and has a homemade tool turn them into Google Slides

A developer who also teaches built md2gslides, a small tool that converts Markdown into slides through the Google Slides API, to save effort on the lesson presentations they make all the time.

Spotted on michaelteter

Blogger has Claude turn each new post into a Mailchimp draft, then approves it from Telegram

A freelance developer who kept forgetting to send their newsletter set up a GitHub Action that has Claude write a short newsletter from each new blog post, saves it as a Mailchimp draft, and waits for them to tap Approve in Telegram.

Spotted on David Dal Busco

Writer for small businesses turns one recorded client interview into a blog post, newsletter and more with ChatGPT

A writer who makes content for small business clients records a 30-minute call, gets a transcript, and runs five prompts in ChatGPT to draft a blog post, a LinkedIn post, a newsletter, FAQ entries and captions in the client's voice.

3+ hours per project · their claim

Spotted on u/Street-Gate7322

Wedding photographers cull and edit a gallery with Aftershoot while traveling

A husband-and-wife photo team used Aftershoot's cull and their own AI editing profile to finish over half a gallery on a two-hour bus ride.

Spotted on Chasing Sunsets Photo + Film

Ghostwriter builds a Claude voice profile from past writing before any drafting

A newsletter writer and ghostwriter runs a voice-creation skill in Claude Cowork that interviews them and studies writing samples, then saves a voice profile skill that every other writing task calls first.

Spotted on Alex McFarland

Teacher exports a NotebookLM slide deck to PowerPoint, then uses Canva's Magic Eraser to replace the baked-in text

NotebookLM's slide decks come out as images, so the wording can't be edited directly. An educator exported one as PowerPoint, imported it into Canva, and used Magic Eraser's Text option to wipe the words and write their own.

Spotted on @alicekeeler

Social media manager splits writing work across Claude, Gemini and ChatGPT, then schedules in Buffer

A social media manager drafts plans in Google Docs, uses Claude for long-form posts, Gemini to polish their English and ChatGPT to tidy up drafts they've written themselves, then makes visuals in Canva and schedules everything in Buffer.

Spotted on @Ayomide_Nuella

Professional compares AI slide tools for turning rough notes into a branded deck and picks Manus

Wanting to drop rough notes into a company-branded PowerPoint theme without doing the design, a finance professional tried several AI slide tools and found Manus produced the most polished deck while respecting what they meant.

Spotted on @anantggupta