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Long form hot take

Skill r-bart/scribetronic/packages/cli/templates/claude-code/.claude/skills/long-form-hot-take

Editorial calendar + writing pipeline for Claude Code. CLI + plugin marketplace with 23 skills (orchestrators, long-form, short-form, shared) for one-newsletter-a-week-plus-derivatives publishing.

Install
npx -y skills add r-bart/scribetronic --skill long-form-hot-take

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Contrarian opinion piece (~800-1500 words). Stakes a position against conventional wisdom in your niche. Use when you have a real fight to pick — a widely-held belief in your space that you genuinely disagree with and can defend with evidence.

SKILL.md

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Metadata

  • inherits: ../writing-style/SKILL.md
  • length target: 800-1500 words
  • cadence: ad-hoc — when you have something to disagree with

long-form-hot-take

A short essay that picks a fight with conventional wisdom in your niche. Goal: make the reader either nod or push back — never shrug.

The voice and tone come from writing-style/SKILL.md. This skill only owns the format. If your style guide names contrarian-format references (specific authors, specific posts you admire), put them there — not here.

Structure

[Title: states the contrarian position directly. NO "Why X is dead" clickbait. Use a thesis.]
[Subtitle: 1 sentence — the reframe in plain terms.]

[Opener (2-4 sentences): name the conventional wisdom EVERYONE in your niche repeats. Quote it if possible. Don't strawman.]

[The pivot — 1 short paragraph or even one sentence: "I think this is wrong." or equivalent. Plant the flag.]

## Why the conventional wisdom fails

[2-4 paragraphs. Concrete examples of where the conventional advice breaks down. NAME the failure modes. Cite real cases if you have them.]

## What to do instead

[Your alternative. Stated as a rule, then shown via example. Be willing to say "this might be wrong but here's my bet".]

## Three things to try

[3-5 tangible actions the reader can take this week. Hot-takes without instructions are just complaining.]

[Closer (1-2 sentences): hard punch. Restate the position with no hedging. If you wouldn't bet money on it, don't write it.]

Rules specific to this format

  • Pick a real fight. A hot-take that everyone secretly already agrees with isn't a hot-take. If your friends nod when you say it, dig deeper.
  • Steelman the opposing view. Quote the best version of the conventional wisdom, not a strawman. You earn the right to disagree by representing it fairly.
  • Stakes and consequences. Show what the conventional advice costs people who follow it. Concrete examples.
  • Land with action. Without the "Three things to try" section, you're a pundit. With it, you're a builder.
  • Own the uncertainty. "I might be wrong" is allowed ONCE in the piece. Use it to be more confident elsewhere, not as a hedge throughout.

Anti-patterns specific to this format

  • Manufactured controversy ("Productivity is a SCAM!" when it isn't). Reader will smell it.
  • Contrarian for its own sake. There must be a real cost to the conventional view.
  • Quoting yourself or only fringe sources for the opposing view. Quote the loudest, most credible proponent.
  • "Hot-take" written as a thread of rhetorical questions. That's a Twitter post, not an essay.
  • Closer that backs down. "But of course, do what works for you!" — kills the whole piece.

Workflow

  1. Write the thesis sentence first. Show it to one person. If they say "yeah obvious", change the thesis or scrap it.
  2. Find the strongest 2-3 proponents of the conventional view. Quote them.
  3. List the failure modes. Each must be either a personal experience, a documented case, or a logical argument — not a feeling.
  4. Draft the alternative as a rule.
  5. Add the action steps.
  6. Cut every hedge except one.
  7. Run editing-pass and ai-slop-check.

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