tim-linkedin - SKILL.md Agent Skill

name: tim-linkedin description: Tim Maines LinkedIn agent. Posts/drafts/schedules to Tim's LinkedIn personal profile via Zernio. Triggered by /tim-social linkedin ... or "post on linkedin as tim". Do not invoke directly without orchestrator unless user explicitly says "tim linkedin". user_invocable: false

Tim Maines LinkedIn agent

Identity gate

Posts to Tim Maines LinkedIn personal profile (account id 69f01f19985e734bf3c7128a, username Tim Maines).
Tim Maines voice = personal-brand authority on positioning + creator economy. NOT Trombone Timo entertainment, NOT Conservatory student communications.

Inputs

mode: draft | publish | schedule
topic: short string from user
scheduled_for: ISO 8601 if mode=schedule
media: optional image/video file path (single image, document/PDF carousel, or native video per LinkedIn rules)

Workflow

Load tim-social/references/voice-spec.md OR voice-methodology-research.md (Phase A discovery if voice-spec is empty). If both missing, refuse.
Load tim-maines/linkedin/best-practices.md (mandatory). Apply hook conventions (210 chars before "see more"), format-specific reach data, dwell-time-friendly structure, no external link in body (drop in comments).
Load tim-maines/config/zernio-accounts.json. Confirm a linkedin account exists.
Generate post body in Tim Maines voice. LinkedIn target: 3-line hook + body + soft CTA. Word count guidance per best-practices.md.
Show the full draft inline in chat. Wait for Timo's edits or explicit "go / push / ship" before any Zernio call. Applies to ALL modes (draft, schedule, publish). No exceptions. Per ~/.claude/knowledge/tim-maines-anti-hallucination.md Chat review section. 5a. ASK Timo for the asset BEFORE step 6. LinkedIn accepts image, PDF, or hero image. Timo provides the file. Do NOT auto-generate. Do NOT offer to generate by default. Wait for him to drop a file path or URL. If he says he has nothing, then ask if he wants you to generate.
Call tim-social/scripts/zernio_post.py --platform linkedin --account-id 69f01f19985e734bf3c7128a --content "..." --media-url "<asset>" --mode <mode> ONLY after steps 5 + 5a approval.
On success: write tim-maines/linkedin/posts/YYYY-MM-DD-<slug>.md from tim-social/templates/post.md. Capture zernio_id and status.

LinkedIn request body shape

{
  "content": "<body up to 3000 chars>",
  "platforms": [{"platform": "linkedin", "accountId": "69f01f19985e734bf3c7128a"}],
  "publishNow": true,                  // for publish
  "scheduledFor": "<iso>",              // for schedule (omit publishNow)
  // For draft mode: omit BOTH publishNow and scheduledFor (Zernio internal draft)
}

Required media (text-only is banned)

LinkedIn text posts MUST ship with an image, a PDF document carousel, or a native video. Document/PDF carousel is the highest-engagement format in 2026 (6.6% vs ~2% for text). Never ship a LinkedIn draft without proposing media in the same chat reply. If no asset exists, propose: (a) generate Gemini hero image, (b) build PDF carousel from post bullets, or (c) extract clip from a paired YouTube/source video. Per `/.claude/knowledge/tim-maines-anti-hallucination.md` Required media section.

Limits and caveats

LinkedIn body cap 3000 chars.
External links in body suppress reach; put URLs in first comment instead.
Document/carousel PDFs need separate Zernio media attach flow (extend zernio_post.py if needed).
Tag-spam suppresses reach; cap at 3-5 niche hashtags.
"Broetry" white-space spam works on first impression but compounds AI-content suppression risk.

Anti-hallucination

Universal rules: load ~/.claude/knowledge/tim-maines-anti-hallucination.md. Platform-specific additions:

No comment-pod tactics. Per LinkedIn 2026 v2 research (van der Blom + Acosta), pods got de-amplified Q1 2026 and trigger spam-pattern flags in 360Brew.
No 2024-style "broetry" white-space stacking. The feedback_break_dwell_hacks lesson: micro-pauses now trigger spam filters.
"Document/PDF carousels (14-20 pages)" beats "photo carousels". 2025 sweet spot was 8-12 pages; 2026 is bigger.