Archive Suggest

Generate daily social post suggestions from archive content. Surfaces evergreen gems for repurposing.

When to Use

• Daily content suggestion routine
• When looking for easy content wins
• To keep evergreen content circulating

Sources to Scan

1. Master Content Index - .claude/references/Master_Content_Index.md

   • 48 Blog posts
   • 286 Daily newsletters
   • 66 Podcast episodes

2. Content Database - Content/Master Content Database/

   • Full content files

3. Podcast Transcripts - Studio/Open Ed Podcasts/*/transcript.md

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The Process

Step 1: Candidate Selection

Scan Master Content Index for pieces worth resurfacing.

Selection Criteria:

Criteria	Weight	Notes
Evergreen topic	High	Not time-sensitive news
Seasonal relevance	High	Back-to-school (Aug), tax season (Jan-Apr), summer (May-Jun)
News hook	High	Current event relates to old content
High-performing tags	Medium	Topics with proven engagement
Underutilized	Medium	Good content not recently shared

Seasonal Triggers:

Month	Themes
Jan-Feb	New year resolutions, tax planning, semester start
Mar-Apr	Spring planning, testing season, summer prep
May-Jun	End of year, summer activities, deschooling
Jul-Aug	Back to school, curriculum planning, getting started
Sep-Oct	Settling in, adjustments, fall activities
Nov-Dec	Holidays, gift guides, year reflection

Output: 3-5 candidate pieces

Step 2: Extract Key Snippets

For each candidate, read the full content and extract:

1. Best standalone insight (1-2 sentences)
2. Key quote or stat (if applicable)
3. Why share now (evergreen/seasonal/news hook)

Snippet format:

## Candidate: [Title]
**Published:** [Date]
**URL:** [URL]
**Type:** Blog / Daily / Podcast

**Best snippet:** "[1-2 sentence insight]"

**Why now:** [Evergreen / Seasonal: [reason] / News hook: [event]]

**Tags:** [relevant tags]

Step 3: Quick Framework Fit

Load TEMPLATE_INDEX.md and generate draft posts.

For each snippet:

1. Match to 1-2 best templates
2. Generate LinkedIn draft
3. Generate X draft
4. Include link to original article
5. Add framing ("Still relevant:" or "From our archive:" etc.)

Framing options:

• "Still relevant today:"
• "From the archive:"
• "This holds up:"
• "Timely reminder:"
• [No framing - just post the content]

Step 4: Post to Slack

Post suggestions to #content-suggestions channel.

Slack Message Format:

📚 ARCHIVE SUGGESTION - [Date]

*From:* [Article Title] (published [date])
🔗 [URL]

*Why now:* [Evergreen/seasonal/news hook reason]

*LinkedIn draft:*
> [Draft post text]

*X draft:*
> [Draft post text]

✅ Use | ✏️ Edit | ❌ Skip

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Daily Run Checklist

• Scan Master Content Index
• Identify 3-5 candidates (mix of evergreen + seasonal)
• Extract snippets from each
• Generate draft posts (LinkedIn + X minimum)
• Post to Slack #content-suggestions
• Log selections in Performance tracking

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Archive Scoring Heuristics

High Priority (Always Consider)

• Back-to-school content - Jul/Aug
• Getting started guides - Any new family influx period
• Method explainers - (Montessori, Classical, Unschooling) - Evergreen
• Career prep - High engagement topic
• Socialization - Evergreen FAQ

Medium Priority

• Curriculum guides - Before semester starts
• Subject-specific - When seasonal (science fair season, etc.)
• Tool recommendations - When tool is in news

Lower Priority (Rotate In)

• Day in the life profiles - Mix variety
• Podcast clips - If not recently shared
• Announcements - Usually not evergreen

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Integration Points

• Slack MCP - Post suggestions
• Master Content Index - Source database
• GetLate - If auto-scheduling approved posts
• Performance tracking - Log what gets used

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Related Skills

• newsletter-to-social - For current content
• text-content - Template library
• quality-loop - Quality gates for drafts