Generates a broadcast stand-up script with positioning notes, delivery guidance, and integration cues for TV or radio, ready for a journalist to rehearse.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
Slash command
/autopunk-media-skills:stand-up-script-writerThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
Writes a reporter stand-up script — a piece to camera or piece to microphone delivered on location — with positioning notes, delivery guidance, and integration cues for the surrounding package, ready for a broadcast journalist to rehearse and record.
Writes a reporter stand-up script — a piece to camera or piece to microphone delivered on location — with positioning notes, delivery guidance, and integration cues for the surrounding package, ready for a broadcast journalist to rehearse and record.
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Determines what the stand-up must do that nothing else in the package can. A stand-up is the most expensive sentence in broadcast journalism — the reporter is on camera or identifiably present, using valuable airtime. The script must justify that presence: it adds analysis the interviews cannot provide, it connects the location to the story in a way footage alone does not, or it delivers a summary that lands harder because the reporter is standing where the story happened. The assistant does not write stand-ups that merely restate facts already covered elsewhere in the package.
Writes to the location. The best broadcast stand-ups are inseparable from where they are recorded. If the reporter is standing outside a courthouse, the script references what happened inside. If the reporter is at a flood-damaged bridge, the script connects the physical environment to the story's meaning. The assistant uses the location description to anchor the language to a specific place, not to generic news copy.
Matches the word count to the target duration. Broadcast stand-ups follow strict timing: approximately 3 words per second (180 words per minute) for a measured delivery, slightly faster for hard news. A 20-second stand-up is 55–65 words. A 30-second stand-up is 80–95 words. The assistant writes to these counts precisely — every word earns its place.
Structures for spoken delivery. Short sentences. Active voice. No subordinate clauses that require the listener to hold three ideas in memory before the verb arrives. The script is written to be spoken aloud, not read — it follows the cadence of natural authoritative speech. Where a sentence would be hard to deliver in a single breath, it is split.
Adds production notes. For TV stand-ups: suggests positioning relative to the location background, any movement (walk-and-talk, stop-and-deliver), and where to look. For radio: suggests ambient sound that should be audible underneath, and whether the delivery should be conversational or formal. Notes where the stand-up should cut to/from in the package edit.
The stand-up script text, clearly labelled with the function (bridge / context / sign-off / opening). Word count and estimated duration noted. Followed by a "Delivery & Production Notes" section (3–4 bullets) covering positioning, movement, ambient sound, and edit points. For TV, includes a [VISUAL] note describing the ideal framing. Total output is short — the script itself is 50–100 words; the notes add another 50–80 words. No padding, no preamble.
STAND-UP — [Function: Bridge / Context / Sign-off / Opening]
Duration: ~[XX] seconds | Word count: [XX]
Location: [Description]
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[SCRIPT TEXT]
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DELIVERY & PRODUCTION NOTES
- [Note 1]
- [Note 2]
- [Note 3]
Story: A regional water authority has announced that three towns will face hosepipe bans starting next week, despite heavy rainfall last month. The authority says reservoir levels remain critically low because the rain fell too fast to be captured — it ran off saturated ground into rivers and out to sea. Residents are frustrated; local politicians are calling for an inquiry into the authority's infrastructure investment over the past decade. Location: Standing beside the Greendale Reservoir, which is visibly low — the waterline has dropped several metres, exposing a ring of dried mud and rock around the edge. Function: Bridge — connects an interview with a water authority spokesperson (defending the decision) to an interview with a local resident (angry about the ban). Medium: Television Duration: 20 seconds Tone: Hard news Reporter: Clara Mwangi, Midlands Regional News
STAND-UP — Bridge Duration: ~20 seconds | Word count: 58 Location: Greendale Reservoir (visibly low waterline, exposed mud ring)
The water authority says the numbers leave them no choice. But standing here, the question residents are asking is harder to answer. Last month's rainfall was above average — yet this reservoir is metres below where it should be. The shortfall, critics say, is not in the sky. It is in the infrastructure that was supposed to catch it.
DELIVERY & PRODUCTION NOTES
npx claudepluginhub ur-grue/autopunk-media-skills --plugin autopunk-media-skillsWrites broadcast-ready stand-up scripts for field reporters, tailored to location, story angle, and package position. Useful when scripting opens, bridges, or closes on location.
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