# Turn saved ideas into useful drafts

> Discover and organize sources, inspire or adapt writing, and save chosen drafts with source history.

Canonical: https://ownpost.fyi/docs/skills/ownpost-ideas

## Install · Codex

```
npx skills@latest add https://github.com/zero-efforts/ownpost/tree/main/plugins/ownpost/skills --global --skill ownpost-ideas --agent codex
```

## Install · Claude Code

```
npx skills@latest add https://github.com/zero-efforts/ownpost/tree/main/plugins/ownpost/skills --global --skill ownpost-ideas --agent claude-code
```

## Install · Other clients

```
npx skills@latest add https://github.com/zero-efforts/ownpost/tree/main/plugins/ownpost/skills --global --skill ownpost-ideas
```

Requires access to the OwnPost repository. [Installation and client options](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/skills#install)

## When to use it

Use this skill to capture notes, links or screenshot observations in Ideas, or to work from the exact Ideas selected in your workspace. An Idea remains a reusable source after you turn it into a draft.

Use as inspiration requests three post options or one Thread. Adapt this post uses one source and your preserve/change instruction, with the original alongside the result. Find ideas starts discovery with reviewable candidates; save only the ones you choose.

## What you need

A full-access MCP connection and source material or selected Idea IDs. A supplied image must be available to inspect; a URL should be readable before its claims are used.

[Connect your assistant](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/connect-ai)

## Install or select the skill

The ownpost entry skill includes this workflow. Use the command above if you want ownpost-ideas as a separate shortcut, or select it from your installed plugin.

[Installation help](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/install-skills)

## Try it

Select the skill in your connected assistant, then adapt these examples to your own content.

```
Use the ownpost-ideas skill to save this note as an Idea titled “Make saving obvious”: In five onboarding tests, three people missed the save button. After I moved it next to the editor, all five found it.

Use the ownpost-ideas skill to read the selected Ideas, choose the most useful angle for my audience and save one draft now. Show which Idea you used.

Use the ownpost-ideas skill to add options one and three to drafts with exactly the wording shown. Keep the source Ideas.
```

## How it works

1. Ask to save a source, or select Ideas in your workspace and paste the copied inspiration, adaptation or discovery request into the connected assistant.

2. The assistant reads the exact selected Ideas. For a screenshot, it extracts visible text and observations and keeps uncertainty where the image is unclear.

3. Review three inspiration posts or one Thread. For adaptation, compare one result with its original and request edits before saving. Discovery returns candidates for selection. Each writing option identifies its source Idea IDs.

4. Choose Add option two to drafts, select several options or say Pick one and draft it now. The assistant saves only the authorized choices.

5. Review the saved drafts in Posts. Saved drafts retain sourceIdeaIds. The source Ideas stay available with use history and an account-scoped Unused filter. Existing categories come from get_assistant_context; optional tags allow up to 20 values of 30 characters each.

> Copying a writing or discovery request does not run an assistant or save drafts. Paste it into your connected client, then choose what to save unless you have delegated that choice.

## Check the result

The requested source is searchable in Ideas, or the selected options appear as saved drafts with their sources retained. Chat-only suggestions stay in the conversation.

## If something does not work

If a selected Idea is unavailable, the assistant should identify it rather than substitute another source. Image capture stores extracted text and observations, not image bytes. Attach publication images separately. Saving third-party wording does not establish that you wrote it.

## Skill source

[ownpost-ideas source instructions (repository access required)](https://github.com/zero-efforts/ownpost/blob/main/plugins/ownpost/skills/ownpost-ideas/SKILL.md)

## Related

- [Use skills with your assistant](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/assistant-workflows)
- [Capture ideas](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/ideas-save)
- [Inspire or adapt a post](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/ideas-request)
- [Discover ideas](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/ideas-discover)
- [Turn an idea into a draft](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/idea-drafts)
- [ownpost-posts](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/skills/ownpost-posts)
- [OwnPost plugin](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/plugins)
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