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Content Calendar
Our content plan lives in four different docs and nobody trusts any of them.
One calendar for every post, newsletter and launch, with the owner, channel and status of each piece.
- No.
- 004
- Department
- Marketing
- Build time
- 1 hr
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Team size
- 2–15 people
- Replaces
- CoSchedule
Parts
- 1
Publishing calendar
Month view of everything going out, colour-coded by channel.
- 2
Scheduled pieces
Each piece has an owner, channel, status and a link to the draft.
- 3
Add a piece
Drop an idea on a date; it starts life as 'Idea' and moves to 'Published'.
- 4
Idea backlog
A list of unscheduled ideas anyone on the team can add to.
Data model
- Piece { title, channel, owner, status, publish_on, draft_url }
- Channel { name, color }
Build prompt
Build an internal tool for my team: "Content Calendar".
The problem: Our content plan lives in four different docs and nobody trusts any of them.
Who uses it: a team of 2–15 people.
What it should do:
- Publishing calendar: Month view of everything going out, colour-coded by channel.
- Scheduled pieces: Each piece has an owner, channel, status and a link to the draft.
- Add a piece: Drop an idea on a date; it starts life as 'Idea' and moves to 'Published'.
- Idea backlog: A list of unscheduled ideas anyone on the team can add to.
Data:
- Piece { title, channel, owner, status, publish_on, draft_url }
- Channel { name, color }
Constraints:
- Built for one team inside one company. Simple sign-in (or none), no billing, no multi-tenant setup.
- Fast, calm and obvious enough that teammates need zero training.
- Data must persist and be shared across the team.
- Ship the simplest version that works, then tell me what you'd add next.Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Lovable, Replit or Type.
Variations
- Slack reminder two days before something is due
- Campaign tags to group pieces around a launch
- A public 'coming soon' page for your community
A new blueprint every week
Sent on Sundays. One tool per email.
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