Studio desk

Skill dranshrad/groundledger/skills/studio-desk

Groundledger: MIT agent skills for Claude Code, Cursor & Cowork — grounded blog SEO/AEO, PROBE site SEO, SAFE paid media, SPARK editorial, SNAP social, ORBIT discovery

Install

npx -y skills add dranshrad/groundledger --skill studio-desk

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Groundledger workspace ops: Workspace Boot, studios (Longform, Blog Desk, Op-Ed Shelf, Doc Templates), Draft Lineage, Version Vault, Cast Desk Status, Export Pack, Ship Gate, Collection Index. Use when scaffolding a writing workspace, versioning drafts, exporting, or preparing CMS handoff.

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SKILL.md

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Studio Desk

Groundledger workspace and publishing-ops skill.

Grounding: Grounding Law is binding at ship. Do not pass Ship Gate while any claim-ledger row is blocked, or while a paid change pack claims writes that no approved MutationLatch authorised.

Modes

Mode	Job
`boot`	Workspace Boot + studio variant
`lineage`	Draft Lineage — next version with targeted edits
`vault`	Version Vault — archive old versions
`status`	Cast Desk Status — drafts / versions / shipped
`export`	Export Pack — md bundle / HTML / plain text notes
`ship`	Ship Gate — CMS/handoff checklist
`index`	Collection Index — TOC for a posts folder

Workspace Boot (`boot`)

Ask: studio variant + name + local path.

Studios

Studio	Layout
Longform	`drafts/` `research/` `notes/` `images/` `archive/`
Blog Desk	`drafting/` `published/` `briefs/` `archive/`
Op-Ed Shelf	`posts/<topic>/` `drafts/` `archive/`
Doc Templates	`templates/` `exports/` `archive/`

Write a short STUDIO.md describing conventions. Do not create secrets. Optional: remind user they can git init — do not force public GitHub creation.

Folder rules: references/studio-layout.md.

Draft Lineage (`lineage`)

Copy current draft to vN+1 (or dated stamp). Require a diff contract (KEEP/CHANGE/DELETE). Never overwrite vN in place.

Version Vault (`vault`)

Move superseded versions into archive/YYYY-MM/ with a one-line reason log.

Cast Desk Status (`status`)

Scan workspace; summarize: active drafts, latest versions, published count, stale (>N days) items.

Export Pack (`export`)

From a draft path, produce:

Combined markdown (front matter + body)
Optional HTML sketch (semantic article wrapper)
Plain-text stripped copy
Manifest listing files

Does not claim pixel-perfect PDF; note user may print HTML to PDF.

Ship Gate (`ship`)

Handoff checklist: final path, CLEAR/Ship Scan status if blog, cast pack if social, CMS fields, URL slug, OG image, owner. Pair with blog-engine Release Latch.

Collection Index (`index`)

Generate INDEX.md listing titles, dates, jobs, paths for a posts directory.

Bridges

Writing → blog-engine / editorial-pass
Social → social-cast
Strategy → orbit-discovery

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SKILL.md

Studio Desk

Modes

Workspace Boot (boot)

Studios

Draft Lineage (lineage)

Version Vault (vault)

Cast Desk Status (status)

Export Pack (export)

Ship Gate (ship)

Collection Index (index)