How to stack skills
Use multiple skills together in sequence to tackle complex marketing workflows.
Individual skills make your AI better at specific tasks. Stacked skills let you run complete marketing workflows — strategy through execution — without starting from scratch each time.
The basic concept
Stacking means using multiple skills in sequence, where the output of one becomes the input of the next.
A simple example:
- market-audit → understand your competitive position
- icp-builder → define exactly who you're targeting
- content-strategy → build a plan based on that position and audience
- copywriting → write content that executes the strategy
Each skill does one thing well. Together, they produce work that's coherent from strategy to execution.
How to stack in practice
You don't need to do anything special to install multiple skills — just install each one with its own command:
npx skills add market-audit
npx skills add icp-builder
npx skills add content-strategy
npx skills add copywriting
Once they're installed, your AI has all four frameworks available. You can use them independently or explicitly chain them.
Implicit stacking
Sometimes you just need to tell your AI what you're working toward:
"I'm building a content strategy for a B2B SaaS tool targeting ops teams at mid-market companies. Start with a market audit, then define our ICP, then give me a 90-day content plan."
The AI will draw on whichever skills are relevant at each stage.
Explicit stacking
For more control, break it into steps:
"Step 1: Using the market-audit skill, analyze the competitive landscape for [product category]."
Review the output. Then:
"Step 2: Using the icp-builder skill, define our ICP based on the competitive gaps you identified. Focus on the underserved segment."
Review and refine. Then:
"Step 3: Using the content-strategy skill, build a 90-day plan targeting the ICP from step 2, with the positioning from step 1."
Explicit stacking gives you checkpoints. You can course-correct at each stage rather than getting a massive output that's wrong in a foundational way.
Good skill combinations
For SEO and content
| Stack | Use for |
|---|---|
seo-audit → content-strategy | Build a content plan around real ranking opportunities |
seo-geo → ai-seo → schema-markup | Full technical + GEO optimization workflow |
content-strategy → copywriting → copy-editing | Brief to polished draft |
For demand gen and growth
| Stack | Use for |
|---|---|
market-audit → icp-builder → demand-gen | Build an ICP-driven demand gen plan |
launch-strategy → email-sequence → paid-ads | Full launch campaign across channels |
competitor-alternatives → page-cro | Capture competitor traffic and convert it |
For email
| Stack | Use for |
|---|---|
email-sequence → copy-editing | Write then tighten a full sequence |
icp-builder → cold-email | Define who you're emailing, then write to them |
What makes stacking work
Carry context forward. When you move from one skill to the next, reference what you learned. "Using the ICP you defined" or "based on the competitive gaps from the audit" keeps the output coherent.
Don't stack too many at once. Three to four skills in a workflow is usually the limit before the AI loses track of the thread. For longer workflows, save outputs and start fresh sessions with the relevant context.
Match the skills to the task. Stacking works because each skill adds a specific type of expertise. Stacking two similar skills (two different copywriting skills, for example) usually produces redundancy, not improvement.
Building your own workflow
Start with the output you want, then work backwards:
- What's the last thing I need? →
copywriting - What does good copy require? → A clear message and audience →
icp-builder+brand-guidelines - What does knowing our audience require? → Understanding the market →
market-audit
Map the chain, install the skills, run the workflow.
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