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author-profile

Create author profiles via questionnaire or transcript analysis for consistent article voice

19stars5forksUpdated 3/1/2026

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About author-profile

The 'author-profile' skill helps create and maintain consistent author voices across articles, ensuring that writing reflects a unified style. It enables the creation of personalized profiles for authors, capturing their tone, vocabulary, opinions, and writing style, which can be applied to all their content. This skill solves the problem of maintaining consistency in content, which can be challenging when multiple authors contribute to the same platform. By having a clear author profile, content creators can ensure their articles stay aligned with their personal voice, making it more engaging and authentic for the audience.

The skill provides two main ways to create author profiles: manually through a questionnaire and automatically via transcript analysis. The questionnaire asks for detailed information about the author’s identity, writing tone, and specific stylistic preferences, while the transcript analysis leverages recordings to extract voice patterns, communication style, and vocabulary. Combining both approaches yields the most accurate profile, blending subjective input with objective data from voice analysis. This skill can be integrated with other platforms where consistency in voice across multiple articles or content types is essential, ensuring smooth editorial processes.

The 'author-profile' skill is especially useful for editorial teams, content creators, and organizations that produce a significant amount of written content. It targets users who need to maintain consistency in tone and style across articles, especially when different writers contribute to the same publication or blog. The skill’s ability to analyze transcripts from podcasts, interviews, or meetings further enhances its utility for users who want to extract a writer’s true voice from their spoken words.

FAQ

How can I create an author profile?

You can create an author profile manually using a questionnaire or by analyzing transcript data from the author's recordings using the voice-extractor skill.

What is the best approach to create an accurate author profile?

The most accurate profiles are created by combining both the manual questionnaire and transcript analysis, allowing for a blend of subjective input and objective data.

Do I need transcription files to use this skill?

Yes, if you choose to use transcript analysis, you will need transcriptions with speaker labels to extract the author's voice and style.

Can I use this skill to create profiles for multiple authors?

Yes, the skill supports creating multiple author profiles and storing them in the .article_writer.db database.

Is there a specific format for the transcript files?

Yes, the transcript files should have speaker labels to ensure accurate voice extraction when using the voice-extractor skill.

Install author-profile

Download and extract the skill files to your .claude/skills/ directory.

Quick Setup:

  1. Copy the skill folder to .claude/skills/
  2. Claude will automatically detect and use the skill