Speaking

Discovers and tracks paid speaking opportunities that fit the topics you list in Config.md. FindOpportunities scrapes conference CFPs and monitors speaker pages, then updates the opportunities list; ShowOpportunities analyzes fit, prioritizes by urgency, and returns recommendations with CFP deadlines; ProposeTalks drafts talk and panel proposals to send an organizer. Paid speaking slots get filled months ahead and the good ones close their CFPs quietly; miss the deadline and the opportunity is gone for a year, so the skill watches the sources, keeps a running list, and flags what fits and what is about to close.

Topics (the fit test for every intent): the ## Topics list in Config.md (§ Data & Config). An event listed under ## Excluded events there is never tracked or recommended, whatever its fit.

Urgency windows (every intent): Immediate (urgent) means the CFP or submission closes within 14 days, or is rolling; High Priority means it closes in 15-30 days; Worth Watching means it closes later or the CFP is not open yet.

Ideal State

• The tracked list holds only paid (or flagged very-high-prestige) opportunities that fit the Config.md topics, each with its CFP close date, pay tier and next action. Unpaid community meetups appear only when the user asks for them.
• Nothing closes unnoticed: deadlines inside the Immediate window surface as urgent, and past events move to the archive with their outcome instead of disappearing.
• Every recommendation is specific to its opportunity, carries its submission deadline, and carries a URL or contact to act on.

Intent Routing

Intent	Trigger	File
FindOpportunities	"find speaking opportunities", "update speaking list", "check speaking sources"	Intents/FindOpportunities.md
ShowOpportunities	"show me opportunities", "what speaking opportunities", "analyze speaking list", "where should I speak"	Intents/ShowOpportunities.md
ProposeTalks	"propose talks", "talk ideas for a conference", "panel topics", "what could I speak on"	Intents/ProposeTalks.md

File	Read when
Setup.md	first-time setup, what Config.md holds, adding your own sources, a scheduled deadline check, proving the skill works
Sources.md	the kinds of source to check (speaker pages, conferences, bureaus, CFP aggregators), what each yields, and how often; the actual sources are in Config.md
Tools/CheckOpportunities.ts	checking the opportunities list for entries missing a close date, a URL or contact, or a pay tier, and for past deadlines left outside Archive (--json, --today YYYY-MM-DD, optional list path; exit 0 clean, 1 findings, 2 unreadable)
Patterns/	recommend_talkpanel_topics/system.md is the system prompt ProposeTalks runs to turn the speaker's goals, positions and interests into talk or panel proposals for an organizer

Data & Config

First-time setup, the Config.md fields, accounts and a proof command: Setup.md. configRoot is $CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR when set, else ~/.claude. If Config.md is missing, stop and point the user at Setup.md; never guess topics, fees or sources.

• Config: <configRoot>/LIFEOS/USER/CUSTOMIZATIONS/SKILLS/Speaking/Config.md holds ## Topics, ## Fee range, ## Excluded events, ## Speaker record (where goals, positions and credentials come from), ## Signature talking points, ## Highest-yield source, ## Speaker pages to monitor, ## Conferences (by pay tier, plus priority targets), ## Speaker bureaus and ## Extra CFP aggregators.
• Opportunities list: <configRoot>/LIFEOS/USER/CUSTOMIZATIONS/SKILLS/Speaking/Opportunities.md, written by FindOpportunities and read by the other intents. Created on the first run when absent.

Gotchas

• None recorded yet.

Examples

User: "Find speaking opportunities"
→ FindOpportunities
→ The opportunities list gains the new finds, and the user gets what's new, what closes within two weeks, and what was archived

User: "Update the speaking list"
→ FindOpportunities
→ An incremental update since the last run: new opportunities added, expired ones archived with their outcome

User: "Show me opportunities"
→ ShowOpportunities
→ Opportunities bucketed by urgency and fit, each with its deadline, pay tier and one specific next step

User: "Propose some talks for Example Engineering Summit"
→ ProposeTalks
→ Three talk abstracts and three panel topics fitted to that event, ready to paste to the organizer