Verified against Claude · 2026-08-05
Repurpose a blog post into a LinkedIn post that doesn't read like a summary
Extract the single strongest argument from a long-form post and rewrite it for LinkedIn's feed register — short lines, one idea, a native hook — instead of pasting in the blog's own headline and headers.
The prompt
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Here's the blog post content or a detailed summary: A 1,400-word post arguing that most startups over-invest in onboarding flows before they have enough retained users to know what actually needs onboarding, with 3 supporting examples.. The single argument I want to lead with, if I already know it: You can't design onboarding for a retention problem you haven't diagnosed yet. Blog URL, for your reference only — don't quote it in the post: https://example.com/blog/onboarding-before-retention. Who I'm writing this LinkedIn version for: Early-stage founders and product leads obsessing over onboarding too early. Do this in two steps: 1. Identify the ONE argument or insight in this post that's strong enough to carry a standalone LinkedIn post on its own — not a summary of every section. Tell me which one you picked and why the others didn't make the cut. 2. Rewrite it entirely in LinkedIn's native register: 1-2 sentence paragraphs with line breaks between them, no subheadings, no bullet-point dump of the blog's sections. Open with a hook line that has nothing to do with the blog's own headline — blog headlines are written for search intent, not for stopping a scroll. Then answer honestly: should the blog link go in the post body, or should I hold it for the first comment instead? Explain the real tradeoff — native links may reduce on-platform reach because they pull attention off LinkedIn, but many creators now treat "link in first comment" as an unofficial workaround rather than a documented rule — don't state either option as a guaranteed algorithm fact. End with a call to action that feels native to a LinkedIn post, not "read the full article here."
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Why this works
A blog post's structure — SEO-driven headers, longer paragraphs, a headline written to match search intent — is instantly recognizable as crossposted if pasted in with only light trimming, which kills the native feel both readers and the algorithm reward. Forcing the model to name the single strongest argument, and explain what it left out, prevents the default failure mode of repurposing tools: compressing every section instead of committing to one point. The honest, hedged answer on link placement matters because the link-in-first-comment habit is a widely repeated creator heuristic, not a confirmed platform rule, and a prompt that asserts it as settled fact would be teaching a myth as if it were documented behavior.
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Claude Sonnet 5 · 2026-08-05
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- 2026-08-06 — Initial version.
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