Write a short, punchy announcement designed to be shared as an image or social card. Use when asked to announce a launch, milestone, feature, hire, funding, or win — something to post on LinkedIn/X/Slack. Produces a tight, visually-structured announcement (headline, one-liner, 2-3 proof points, CTA) that looks great exported as a PNG card from the playground.
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Use announcement-card to create a five-second social card announcing [news], for [audience and channel], with its benefit, proof point, and CTA.
Required inputs
[news]
[audience and channel]
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name: announcement-carddescription: "Write a short, punchy announcement designed to be shared as an image or social card. Use when asked to announce a launch, milestone, feature, hire, funding, or win — something to post on LinkedIn/X/Slack. Produces a tight, visually-structured announcement (headline, one-liner, 2-3 proof points, CTA) that looks great exported as a PNG card from the playground."
Announcement Card Skill
A great announcement is short, concrete, and easy to skim — the opposite of a press release. This skill
writes a tight announcement built to be shared as an image: a bold headline, a one-line "what & why it
matters", a few proof points, and a clear next step. In the playground it exports beautifully via 🖼️ Save
as image.
Required Inputs
Ask for these only if they aren't already provided:
What you're announcing — the launch / milestone / feature / hire / funding / win.
Why it matters — the benefit or significance to the audience.
One or two proof points — a number, a name, a before/after, a quote.
Audience & channel — LinkedIn, X, Slack, email — and the tone (celebratory, matter-of-fact).
Call to action — what you want people to do next (try it, read more, congratulate the team).
Output Format
Keep it short enough to read in five seconds. Use this structure:
[🎉 emoji] [Punchy headline — the news in one line]
[One sentence: what it is and why it matters.]
[Proof point 1] — a number or concrete fact
[Proof point 2] — another
(optional)[Proof point 3]
👉 [Call to action] — [link or next step]
Then provide:
3 alternate headlines — so they can pick the punchiest.
A one-line caption for the post body (the card is the image; this is the text beside it).
Channel note — any tweak for the chosen channel (hashtags for X, tag-the-team for LinkedIn, etc.).
Quality Checks
Headline states the actual news — not "Exciting update!" but the specific thing
Reads in ~5 seconds; every line earns its place
At least one concrete proof point (number, name, before/after) — not just adjectives
One clear call to action
Tone matches the channel and audience
Structured to look great as an exported image card (short lines, scannable)
Anti-Patterns
Do not write a press release — this is a card, not three paragraphs
Do not bury the news under throat-clearing ("We're thrilled to share that…") — lead with it
Do not use hollow hype — "game-changing", "revolutionary" with no proof
Do not cram multiple announcements into one card — one piece of news
Do not omit the call to action — tell people what to do next
Based On
Social/launch announcement craft (lead with the news, proof over adjectives, one CTA, skimmable for an image card).