What it does
Given a prospect list (site, contact name, and a note on why they're relevant) and the page the user wants linked, drafts a short personalized outreach email per prospect that references something specific on their site rather than a generic template. Produces a batch for review, not auto-sent messages.
Install
This skill isn't packaged in an installable registry. It's a plain SKILL.md file you can copy directly. Copy it from the SKILL.md tab and save it at the path for your assistant:
Use it in your AI assistant
Claude Code
.claude/skills/backlink-outreach-writer/ (or ~/.claude/skills/backlink-outreach-writer/ for all projects)
GitHub Copilot (VS Code)
.github/skills/backlink-outreach-writer/
OpenAI Codex
.codex/skills/backlink-outreach-writer/
Cursor
.cursor/skills/backlink-outreach-writer/ (or ~/.cursor/skills/backlink-outreach-writer/ globally)
Compatibility
Any WordPress site. Sending is handled by the user's own email client; this skill only drafts the copy and does not send messages or scrape contact emails on its own.
The complete SKILL.md for this skill:
---
name: backlink-outreach-writer
description: Use when a user has a list of link-building prospects and wants personalized outreach emails drafted for each one. Triggers on "outreach email", "link building email", "backlink outreach", or "guest post pitch".
---
# Backlink Outreach Writer
## When to use
The user has a target page they want linked to and a list of prospect sites or contacts, and wants a batch of personalized outreach emails rather than one generic template blasted to everyone.
## Procedure
1. Get the target page (what it offers, why it's worth linking to) and the prospect list (site, contact name, and any note on the relevant connection).
2. For each prospect, draft a short email (under 150 words) that opens with something specific to their site or content, not a generic compliment.
3. State the ask plainly in the second paragraph: what you'd like linked and why it's useful to their readers specifically, not just to you.
4. Vary the subject lines and openings across the batch so it doesn't read as an obvious mail merge if recipients compare notes.
5. Present the full batch for review before anything is sent, this skill drafts, it does not send.
## Guardrails
- Never claim a prior relationship, mutual connection, or having read a specific article if that detail wasn't actually provided in the prospect notes.
- Don't offer payment, link exchanges, or guest posts as an explicit quid pro quo in the copy, that crosses into paid-link territory search engines penalize.