launchnotes-use
MANDATORY prerequisite — load this skill before any other LaunchNotes skill, and before the first time you create, edit, publish, schedule, link, categorize, or move anything in LaunchNotes in a session. It establishes the user's writing voice, the draft-first safety rules, and how LaunchNotes objects actually behave (announcement states, roadmap visibility, set-replace fields, who gets notified). Skipping it causes off-voice drafts, silently wiped links/categories, unexpected notification blasts, and invisible or wrongly- published content. Other LaunchNotes skills depend on the rules here and do not repeat them.
Install
With your agent
Install OMGSkills skill "launchnotes/mcp-server-guide:skills/launchnotes-use" into this agent's normal skills directory: call the OMGSkills MCP get_install_plan tool for your agent and run the script it returns (it installs only the pinned commit and verifies SKILL.md), and stop if MCP or the pin is unavailable. Do not overwrite or change existing skills without asking me.
Manual command
git clone https://github.com/launchnotes/mcp-server-guide /tmp/mcp-server-guide && ln -s /tmp/mcp-server-guide/skills/launchnotes-use ~/.claude/skills/launchnotes-useFrom README
Working in LaunchNotes The shared foundation the other LaunchNotes skills build on. ("User" = the LaunchNotes account holder you're helping; "customer" = their end-users/subscribers.) Voice matters — use the user's Announcements should sound like the user's team, not a generic AI. Before drafting, ask if they have a tone and voice guide or drafting instructions — most teams have one. If they don't, offer to draft a short one from their recently published announcements, then write in that voice; they can keep it wherever's convenient. A clear guide is just a few short sentences on audience (e.g. "internal employees"), voice (e.g. "confident, not corporate"), and a couple of rules (e.g. "lead with value, not the feature"). Don't conflate this with LaunchNotes' in-product Smart Draft voice feature — separate surface, not available via MCP. Don't reference or reuse its name. Safety spine (applies to every skill) Confirm the project first.
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