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AI News Digest Skill

"/ai-news" pulls and summarizes the latest AI news, tools, and research into a structured digest. To install, run this in your terminal after downloading the file: unzip ~/Downloads/ai-news-skill.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

docx Skill

This skill teaches AI how to create, read, edit, and manipulate Word documents (.docx files) with support for formatting, tables, comments, and tracked changes. To install, run this in your terminal after downloading the file: unzip ~/Downloads/docx-skill.zip -d ~/.agents/skills/

How to Automate Recurring Work in Cowork

Claude Cowork is an Anthropic tool available in the Claude Desktop app that can access your full computer and help you to automate your tasks.

Systematic Debugging Skill

"/systematic-debugging" enforces root-cause investigation before any fix is proposed. It works through four phases (investigate, isolate, fix, verify) to prevent symptom patches and repeated failures. To install, run this in your terminal after downloading the file: unzip ~/Downloads/systematic-debugging-skill.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/systematic-debugging/

n8n Job Finder Workflow

This is an n8n JSON file that can be downloaded and uploaded into n8n via the 'import from file..' option found in the top right corner of a blank n8n workflow. This workflow is meant to be customized by you, but is set to run weekly, search for jobs in your desired industry/location, manages a Google Sheet with the data collected, and sends you an email summary of what's new. For more information on what n8n is and how to use it, check out "An Introduction to n8n" found on Leland+ https://www.joinleland.com/content/item/urn:contentEntry:69df39011ac7ef3b77c92c97

How to Create a Reusable AI Skill

This guide covers what should go inside of a SKILL.md and explores multiple methods for creating a skill: from fully manual to fully AI automated.

Meeting Analyzer Skill

"/meeting-analyzer" extracts action items, decisions, open questions, and missed opportunities from a meeting transcript or Granola notes. To install, run this in your terminal after downloading the file: unzip ~/Downloads/meeting-analyzer-skill.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

AI Agents vs. Skills: How to Know What to Build

AI Agents and Skills handle tasks in fundamentally different ways. You don't want to create a custom agent when a simple skill will suffice, but a skill won't have the same scope an agent would. This guide outlines the differences between the two approaches and their use cases.

How to Set Up MCP Connections

MCP stands for Model Context Protocol. It's the standard that lets AI models connect to external tools, your calendar, email, Slack, Notion, databases, and more.

Deal Revitalization Skill

"/deal-action-engine" diagnoses stalled deals by reading the actual email thread and notes, then drafts a targeted re-engagement email addressing the specific blocker. To install, run this in your terminal after downloading the file: unzip ~/Downloads/deal-action-engine-skill.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

Claude Chat vs. Cowork vs Code

There are a lot of options for how to approach tasks using AI. Learn which interface to reach for why one might be more suited to specific tasks than the others.

Meeting Prep Skill

"/meeting-prep" generates a pre-meeting brief by pulling upcoming calendar events, searching Notion for relevant project context, and scanning Slack for recent conversations. This is all synthesized into a one-page brief covering purpose, outcomes, open questions, and prep notes. To install, run this in your terminal after downloading the file: unzip ~/Downloads/meeting-prep-skill.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/meeting-prep/

Brainstorming Skill

"/brainstorming" guides any idea through a structured design process: clarifying questions, 2-3 approaches with trade-offs, a written spec, and user approval before any implementation begins. To install, run this in your terminal after downloading the file: unzip ~/Downloads/brainstorming-skill.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/brainstorming/

Sales Rep Coaching Report Skill

"/rep-coaching-report" generates a data-driven coaching report from a rep's full pipeline from HubSpot, flags stalled deals, identifies the highest-leverage coaching opportunities with specific dollar amounts attached, and hands you a ready-to-use 1:1 agenda. To install, run this in your terminal after downloading the file: unzip ~/Downloads/rep-coaching-report-skill.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

Project Status Update Skill

"/project-status" generates a stakeholder-ready project status update by pulling completed/in-progress/blocked tasks from Notion and recent Slack activity, structured with a traffic-light status, specific outcomes, blockers, and next milestone. To install, run this in your terminal after downloading the file: unzip ~/Downloads/project-status-skill.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/project-status/

Skills for Campaign Feedback & Improvement

The "Skills for Campaign Feedback & Improvement" bundle is the final step in an operating stack which includes "Skills for Finding the Right Clients" and "Skills for Client Outreach" bundles. This bundle runs after campaigns are in motion, diagnoses what's breaking in the funnel, extracts patterns from what's working, and closes the loop back into the foundation and outreach bundles. To install, run this in your terminal after downloading the file: unzip ~/Downloads/performance-bundle.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

Investor Revenue Report Skill

"/investor-revenue-report" generates a board-ready revenue report with ARR trends, pipeline coverage, and target-vs-actual framing. To install, run this in your terminal after downloading the file: unzip ~/Downloads/investor-revenue-report-skill.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

Building an AI Knowledge Wiki

Structure your context files so your AI agent always has the right information, retrieves it without guessing, and gives you specific answers instead of generic ones.

Marketing Psychology Skill

"/marketing-psychology" applies psychological principles, mental models, and behavioral science to marketing. This skill covers persuasion, pricing psychology, buyer behavior, and growth frameworks with specific marketing applications for each. To install, run this in your terminal after downloading the file: unzip ~/Downloads/marketing-psychology-skill.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/marketing-psychology/

Home for Ambition #7 — Weekly Live Show [4/29/2026] (Recording)

Home for Ambition is a weekly live show, by Leland, for people trying to stay ahead as work, learning, and opportunity keep changing. Each episode tackles a handful of timely, high-signal topics across AI, careers, education, and the future of work. We expect thoughtful debate, unique perspectives, and practical takeaways you can actually use. It is not a typical interview show or a generic news recap. It is a live roundtable built to help ambitious people make sense of what is changing, understand what matters, and leave with a sharper point of view on how to navigate what comes next.