Direct Response Copywriting Specialist Agent Skill

This skill transforms Claude into a world-class direct response copywriter following Todd Brown's Big Idea and Unique Mechanism framework…

Context cost
3.3k tokensestimated from the bundle, loaded when it triggers
Bundle
1 file · 13.0 kBtext throughout, nothing executable
Licence
MITthe author’s own terms
Last change
—no release on file
Servers it uses
Noneruns standalone

What it does

This skill transforms Claude into a world-class direct response copywriter following Todd Brown's Big Idea and Unique Mechanism framework, Gary Halbert's lead types, and Frank Kern's behavioral copy methodology. Use it for sales pages, VSLs, emails, ads, and landing pages. Covers the 6 Types of Leads, fascination formulas, proof stacking, offer creation, and the psychology of persuasion.

What this skill changes about the agent has not been set out here as a list. Its SKILL.md, shown below, says it in the author’s own words.

marketing
Filed under

Sales & CRM

The skill itself

A skill is instructions the model reads, so you can see what you are getting: below is the start of its SKILL.md. The front matter loads with every session, the body loads when the skill triggers, and the whole file comes with the install.

SKILL.md13.0 kB · preview
--- name: copywriting ---
6# Direct Response Copywriting Specialist
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8## Overview
9This skill provides a comprehensive framework for writing high-converting direct response copy based on the methodologies of the greatest copywriters: Todd Brown (Big Idea, Unique Mechanism), Gary Halbert (Lead Types, Fascinations), Eugene Schwartz (Awareness Levels, Sophistication), Frank Kern (Behavioral Copy), and Dan Kennedy (No B.S. Direct Marketing). It covers the complete copywriting process from research through final polish.
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11**Keywords**: copywriting, direct response, sales copy, Todd Brown, Big Idea, Unique Mechanism, Gary Halbert, fascinations, lead types, Eugene Schwartz, awareness levels, Frank Kern, VSL, sales page, landing page, email copy, ad copy, headlines, proof stacking, offer creation
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13## Discovery & Planning Questions
14Before I begin writing, please answer these questions to ensure the copy is perfectly tailored to your needs:
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161. **Target Audience:** Who is your ideal customer? Describe them in detail (age, gender, biggest fears, secret desires, what they've already tried).
172. **Primary Goal:** What is the #1 most important action you want the reader to take after consuming this copy (e.g., buy now, book a call, subscribe)?
183. **Product/Offer Details:** What exactly are you selling? What is the price, and what is the core promise or transformation?
194. **Unique Mechanism:** What is the unique process, system, or ingredient that allows you to deliver on your promise? This is the secret sauce that makes you different.
205. **Audience Awareness:** How aware is your audience of their problem and your solution? Are they completely unaware, problem-aware, solution-aware, or product-aware?
216. **Market Sophistication:** How many similar ads or promises has your audience seen before? Are you the first, second, or tenth person to make this type of claim?
227. **Tone & Voice:** What should the personality of the copy be? (e.g., authoritative expert, empathetic friend, bold contrarian, trusted advisor).
238. **Proof & Testimonials:** What proof do you have that your offer works? Please provide any testimonials, case studies, data, or endorsements.
249. **Offer & Guarantee:** What is the complete offer (including all bonuses) and the specific guarantee (e.g., 30-day money-back, double-your-money-back)?
This is a preview of SKILL.md. Download or install the skill to get the whole thing.
In the file
SKILL.md1,996 words
Files1
LicenceMIT
Why you can read it

Nothing in a skill executes. The client loads the text and the model follows it, so a skill can be audited the way a runbook is — by reading it.

What it costs in context

Skills are not billed by the call. They are paid for in context: every token the instructions occupy is a token your code, your diff and your conversation cannot use. Here is what this one takes and when it takes it.

≈110
always loaded
The name and description, so the model knows the skill exists and when to reach for it.
3,140
on trigger
The instruction body, read only when the skill fires.
1.6%
of a 200k window
Ten skills this size would take about 16% of the window before you open a file.
050k100k150k200k context window

3.3k tokens, estimated from the bundle at four bytes to the token, held for the rest of the session once it triggers. Middling. Fine to keep on in a project where you use it weekly, worth unloading in one where you never do.

Servers bill, skills cost

A server charges by the month. A skill charges once per session, in context, and then keeps charging it for as long as the session lives.

Before and after

The same question, put to the same model twice: once as it comes, and once with these instructions loaded.

No worked example has been published for this skill yet.

The procedure it runs

The procedure has not been set out here step by step. It is in the body of its SKILL.md: the start of it is shown above, and the whole file comes with the install.

Prose, not code

These steps are written for a model to follow, not executed by a runtime. It can still be told to skip one, and it will say so when it does.

Servers it uses

None. This skill calls no MCP servers at all.

Everything it needs is in the instructions, so it works in a project with nothing connected — the model reads the file and changes how it works with what it can already reach.

Its SKILL.md does not declare which tools it asks the agent for, so what it touches is whatever the instructions themselves ask for — read them before you install it.

What it asks for
Writes filesnot declared
Network accessnot declared

This SKILL.md carries no allowed-tools line, so neither is declared. A skill grants no permissions of its own — it can only ask for tools your client already has.

What it will not do

Every skill is narrow, and the useful ones say where they stop. These are the jobs this one is the wrong tool for.

What this skill is not for has not been published here. Nothing is implied by that: it is a section the author has not filled in.

What is in the bundle

1 file, 13.0 kB on disk. A bundle is text throughout: the instructions the model reads, plus the templates it fills in.

  • SKILL.md13.0 kB
What is not in it

No dependencies and nothing executable: a skill is text the agent reads, so the bundle is 1 file you can review in full before installing. The MIT licence covers the templates and examples as well as the instructions.

Install

Installing copies the bundle into your project. Nothing runs at install time — the files sit on disk until the model reads them.

# Direct Response Copywriting Specialist · 3.3k tokens when loaded · macOS, Linux mkdir -p .claude/skills && t=$(mktemp -d) && curl -fsSL -o "$t/bundle.tar.gz" https://mcprush.com/api/skills/direct-response-copywriting-specialist/bundle.tar.gz && tar -xzf "$t/bundle.tar.gz" -C "$t" && [ -d "$t/direct-response-copywriting-specialist" ] && { [ ! -e .claude/skills/direct-response-copywriting-specialist ] || { mv .claude/skills/direct-response-copywriting-specialist "$t/.previous" && echo "Previous copy moved to $t/.previous"; }; } && mv "$t/direct-response-copywriting-specialist" .claude/skills/ && echo "Installed .claude/skills/direct-response-copywriting-specialist"
On Windows, or any OS with Node 20+
npx mcprush@latest skill add dmend3z/direct-response-copywriting-specialist

Windows PowerShell says 'running scripts is disabled on this system'? Run Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope CurrentUser RemoteSigned once, or type npx.cmd instead of npx (codex.cmd, gemini.cmd, grok.cmd likewise). PowerShell 7 needs neither. Writes to .claude/skills/direct-response-copywriting-specialist/ in the current project. For every project instead, run mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && t=$(mktemp -d) && curl -fsSL -o "$t/bundle.tar.gz" https://mcprush.com/api/skills/direct-response-copywriting-specialist/bundle.tar.gz && tar -xzf "$t/bundle.tar.gz" -C "$t" && [ -d "$t/direct-response-copywriting-specialist" ] && { [ ! -e ~/.claude/skills/direct-response-copywriting-specialist ] || { mv ~/.claude/skills/direct-response-copywriting-specialist "$t/.previous" && echo "Previous copy moved to $t/.previous"; }; } && mv "$t/direct-response-copywriting-specialist" ~/.claude/skills/ && echo "Installed ~/.claude/skills/direct-response-copywriting-specialist" (macOS, Linux) — or add --global to the npx line. The curl line replaces .claude/skills/direct-response-copywriting-specialist/ only after the download succeeds, so files left there by another skill of the same name, or by an older release, do not mix in. A copy already there is moved aside, not deleted, and the line prints where. It appears as copywriting in Gemini CLI, Codex, Copilot and Grok (its own name); Claude Code lists it by the folder name, direct-response-copywriting-specialist.

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Claude Code.claude/skills/
Claude DesktopCustomize › Skills
ChatGPTSkills › Create › Upload
Cursor.cursor/skills/
VS Code.github/skills/
Codex CLI.agents/skills/
Gemini CLI.gemini/skills/
Grok Build.grok/skills/
Microsoft CopilotSkills › Upload a skill
PerplexityComputer › Skills › Upload a skill
DeepSeek Harness.dsh/skills/
Zed.agents/skills/
Devin Desktop.devin/skills/
Windsurf (legacy).windsurf/skills/
OpenAI Agents SDKInstructions or sandbox Skills
HTTP / APIa request parameter
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PriceFree
Referencedmend3z/direct-response-copywriting-specialist

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