/digital-marketing-pro:help

Script location. If your host does not set ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}, the scripts are in this plugin's scripts/ folder, next to skills/. Run them with Python 3.10 or newer: python, or python3 where python is not found (macOS, many Linux systems).

Show the Digital Marketing Pro user guide with live plugin state (version, agent/skill/command/script counts, connector counts, runtime environment) pulled from disk — not hardcoded — plus getting-started steps, usage examples, and troubleshooting.

CRITICAL: never hardcode version, counts, or connector numbers

Versions and counts in this plugin used to be baked into this skill body as literal version and count strings — a hardcoded version number, a fixed slash-command count, a fixed integrations count. Those drifted out of sync with the actual install every release and misreported the plugin to users.

Always read live values from scripts/plugin-metadata.py. Never quote a version number, skill count, agent count, command count, or connector count from memory or from this skill body.

Behavior

Step 1 — Fetch live plugin metadata

Run first, every time this skill is invoked (any argument or none):

python "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/plugin-metadata.py" --section all-with-environment

This returns JSON with:

• version — { version, name, required_min_version, ... }
• assets — { agents, skills_total, commands, scripts, reference_docs }
• connectors — { available_http, available_npx, available_total, active_count, active_names, cowork_compatible_count }
• skills — array of { skill_dir, slash_command, description }
• commands — array of { command_file, slash_command, description }
• environment — runtime detection (local Claude Code vs Cowork sandbox, with a warning if filesystem writes won't reach the user's host)

Substitute the values from this JSON into every place the help output references a count, a version, or a slash-command list. Do not invent or quote numbers from elsewhere.

Step 2 — Default rendering (no args)

Render a clean orientation using the live data. Suggested format (fill every <...> from the JSON):

=== DIGITAL MARKETING PRO ===
Version: <version.version>
Agents: <assets.agents> | Skills: <assets.skills_total> | Commands: <assets.commands> | Scripts: <assets.scripts>
Connectors: <connectors.available_http> HTTP + <connectors.available_npx> npx available
  (<connectors.active_count> currently active in your .mcp.json)
  Cowork-compatible: <connectors.cowork_compatible_count> (HTTP only — npx connectors don't run in Cowork)
Environment: <environment.environment>
<if environment.cowork_warning is non-null, show it as a WARNING block>

Getting Started:
  1. /digital-marketing-pro:brand-setup       — Create your brand profile (start here)
  2. /digital-marketing-pro:import-guidelines  — Import voice guides, restrictions, templates
  3. /digital-marketing-pro:integrations       — See which connectors are active
  4. /digital-marketing-pro:connect <name>     — Set up a new connector
  5. Just ask!                                 — Describe what you need in natural language

Step 3 — Cowork warning (when applicable)

If environment.cowork_warning is non-null, surface it prominently after the orientation block, explaining that brand-state writes to ~/.claude-marketing/ land inside the sandbox and won't persist to the user's host; recommend /digital-marketing-pro:cowork-setup to route state through a Drive MCP.

Step 4 — Argument routing

Argument	What to render
(none)	Steps 2 + 3 + a short "just ask" prompt
--commands	Steps 2 + 3 + list every command from JSON commands array (its slash_command + description), grouped by category if helpful
--skills	Steps 2 + 3 + list every skill from JSON skills array (its slash_command + description)
--connectors	Steps 2 + 3 + redirect: "For active/available connector status, run /digital-marketing-pro:integrations"
--examples	Steps 2 + 3 + the worked-example prompts (see below)
--troubleshoot	Steps 2 + 3 + troubleshooting matrix (see below)
--brand	Steps 2 + 3 + current brand summary (run /digital-marketing-pro:status --section brand)
--intent "<goal>"	Intent routing (see Step 4.5) — a skill CHAIN for the goal, not a list

When rendering the skills/commands list, iterate over the JSON arrays — do not paste a hand-maintained list, and do not state a total count from memory. Each row shows the slash_command field as the user-facing label and the description field as the explanation.

When rendering --skills, ALSO read ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills-index.json (generated by scripts/build_skills_index.py, machine-verified against the repo every release) and annotate each skill with its depth tier: [E] executes real scripts, [M] output measured through the quality machinery, [G] structured guidance. Show the legend once at the top. The tier is the skill's published contract — never guess it, always read it from the index.

Step 4.5 — Intent routing (--intent "<goal>", or any natural-language ask about "which skill")

An alphabetical list of 150+ skills answers nothing. When the user states a GOAL ("more leads from organic", "launch a product", "fix our ad spend"), route them to a chain:

1. Read ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills-index.json. Match the goal against each entry's description and follow cross_refs to find the skills that hand off to each other.
2. Render at most 3 candidate chains, best first. A chain is an ordered sequence: entry skill → the skills its work feeds (from cross_refs) → the gate that checks the output. Annotate every step with its tier badge and ONE line on why it is in the chain.
3. Every chain that produces publishable output must end at a gate (/digital-marketing-pro:check or the relevant reviewer) — never leave a chain dangling at an ungated step.
4. If the goal is ambiguous, ask ONE clarifying question instead of rendering three wrong chains.
5. If no skill matches, say so plainly and point at --skills — never invent a skill name.

Example rendering shape (values must come from the index, not from this file):

Goal: "more leads from organic"

Chain 1 (recommended):
  1. [E] /digital-marketing-pro:seo-audit        — find what blocks organic visibility
  2. [G] /digital-marketing-pro:content-calendar — turn gaps into a content plan
  3. [E] /digital-marketing-pro:lead-magnet-ideas — capture the traffic you win
  4. [M] /digital-marketing-pro:check            — gate before anything ships

Step 5 — Example prompts (--examples)

Show real-world example prompts across marketing tasks:

Getting Started:
  /digital-marketing-pro:brand-setup
  → Create your brand profile interactively (5 quick questions or 17 detailed)

Strategy:
  "Plan a product launch for our new cold brew line"
  → Activates the campaign orchestrator with your brand context

Content:
  "Write a 3-email welcome sequence for new subscribers"
  → Creates emails in your brand voice with compliance rules applied

SEO:
  /digital-marketing-pro:seo-audit https://example.com
  → Full technical + content + E-E-A-T audit with action items

Competitive:
  /digital-marketing-pro:competitor-analysis "Blue Bottle, Counter Culture, Stumptown"
  → Multi-dimensional analysis: content, SEO, ads, social, positioning

Analytics:
  /digital-marketing-pro:performance-report
  → KPI tracking, trend analysis, anomaly detection, recommendations

AI Visibility:
  /digital-marketing-pro:aeo-audit
  → Check how your brand appears in ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews

Full engagement:
  /digital-marketing-pro:engagement start acme-corp 2026-q2
  → Run the full 12-Part strategy methodology end to end

Step 6 — Troubleshooting (--troubleshoot)

Issue	Solution
"No active brand" message	Run /digital-marketing-pro:brand-setup to create your first brand profile
Python features unavailable	Install the tested versions: python "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/setup.py" --install lite (lite mode) or python -m pip install -r "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/requirements.txt" (everything, exact pins)
MCP connector not working	Run /digital-marketing-pro:integrations to check status, /digital-marketing-pro:connect <name> for setup
Brand voice seems off	Run /digital-marketing-pro:brand-setup --full for detailed 17-question profiling
Commands not recognized	Ensure the plugin is installed: check "Manage Plugin" in Cowork or claude plugin list
Files don't persist in Cowork	Run /digital-marketing-pro:cowork-setup to route brand state through a Drive MCP
Long workflow interrupted	Run /digital-marketing-pro:resume to pick up from the last checkpoint

Step 7 — Documentation references

Guide	What it covers
docs/getting-started.md	Full setup walkthrough with examples
docs/brand-guidelines.md	Importing voice guides, restrictions, templates
docs/integrations-guide.md	Connecting marketing tools
docs/multi-brand-guide.md	Agency workflows, brand switching
docs/strategy-and-kpis.md	KPI frameworks, reporting dashboards
docs/architecture.md	Technical deep dive: modules, agents
docs/claude-interfaces.md	Cowork-specific capabilities
CONNECTORS.md	Available connectors by category

Output formatting rules

• Render in clean, scannable tables and code blocks. Keep it concise — this is a quick reference, not a tutorial.
• Always quote version and counts from the JSON, never from this file body.
• Iterate the JSON skills / commands arrays for those lists — never a hand-maintained list.
• If scripts/plugin-metadata.py fails to run (e.g. Python not available), fall back to: "Live metadata script could not run. Plugin version is in .claude-plugin/plugin.json; the skill list is in skills/; the command list is in commands/." Do not invent numbers in the fallback either.

What this skill explicitly avoids

• Quoting version numbers from this file body
• Quoting any count string (agent count, skill count, command count, integrations count) from this file body
• Listing slash commands manually — always derived from the JSON
• Stale references to renamed skills (always use the names from the JSON)