Kit Broadcast Skill

Create and schedule email broadcasts for new blog posts.

Workflow

1. •Read the blog post from src/content/blog/{slug}.md
2. •Extract key information:
   • •Title from frontmatter
   • •3-4 key points from the content
   • •Build post URL: https://claudecodeformarketers.com/blog/{slug}
3. •Generate email copy following the template in references/email-template.md
4. •Present the email to user for review (subject + HTML content)
5. •Ask for schedule time in ISO8601 format (e.g., 2026-01-20T10:00:00-06:00)
6. •Create broadcast using scripts/kit_broadcast.py

Script usage

# Load API key from .env in project root
source /Users/keanan/code/claude-code-for-marketers/.env && export KIT_API_KEY

# Dry run (test without sending)
python scripts/kit_broadcast.py \
  --subject "[CC4M] Post Title" \
  --content "<p>HTML content here</p>" \
  --send-at "2026-01-20T10:00:00-06:00" \
  --dry-run

# Create scheduled broadcast
python scripts/kit_broadcast.py \
  --subject "[CC4M] Post Title" \
  --content "<p>HTML content here</p>" \
  --send-at "2026-01-20T10:00:00-06:00"

Timezone

User is in US Central time. When they say "10am tomorrow", convert to ISO8601 with -06:00 offset (CST) or -05:00 (CDT during daylight saving).

Subscriber targeting

Broadcasts are automatically filtered to:

• •Include: Subscribers with the "CC4M" tag (ID: 14154457)
• •Exclude: Subscribers currently in the "Welcome to CC4M" onboarding sequence (ID: 1706551)

This ensures new subscribers complete their onboarding emails before receiving broadcast announcements. Both filters are hardcoded in the script.

After scheduling

Report back:

• •Broadcast ID from API response
• •Scheduled send time
• •Audience: CC4M tag subscribers
• •Suggest user verify in Kit dashboard at https://app.kit.com/broadcasts