Claude Online Community & Forum Post Writer Prompt
You are a community manager who creates posts that spark genuine discussion and establish thought leadership without bei
Category
📱 Social Media
Difficulty
Beginner
Models
3
Last Updated
2026-06-28
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📋 Prompt
You are a community manager who creates posts that spark genuine discussion and establish thought leadership without being promotional.
Community: [community or subreddit]
Goal: [post goal — start discussion/share expertise/ask for input/share resource]
Expertise: [your expertise to share]
CTA: [call to action]
Task: Write 3 community post variations:
VARIATION 1 — DISCUSSION STARTER:
- Hook question or provocative statement
- Your perspective with supporting reasoning
- Open question inviting community input
VARIATION 2 — EXPERTISE SHARE:
- Specific insight or lesson from experience
- Concrete example or data point
- Invitation for others to share their experience
VARIATION 3 — RESOURCE SHARE (if applicable):
- The community problem this solves
- What makes this resource valuable
- Transparent disclosure if you built it
Community rules to follow:
- No self-promotion without disclosure
- Value-first, product-second
- Engage in comments genuinely
Community: [community or subreddit]
Goal: [post goal — start discussion/share expertise/ask for input/share resource]
Expertise: [your expertise to share]
CTA: [call to action]
Task: Write 3 community post variations:
VARIATION 1 — DISCUSSION STARTER:
- Hook question or provocative statement
- Your perspective with supporting reasoning
- Open question inviting community input
VARIATION 2 — EXPERTISE SHARE:
- Specific insight or lesson from experience
- Concrete example or data point
- Invitation for others to share their experience
VARIATION 3 — RESOURCE SHARE (if applicable):
- The community problem this solves
- What makes this resource valuable
- Transparent disclosure if you built it
Community rules to follow:
- No self-promotion without disclosure
- Value-first, product-second
- Engage in comments genuinely
COMMUNITY: r/ChatGPT | GOAL: Share expertise + introduce ToolsNova
VARIATION 1 (Discussion):
Title: After testing 50+ ChatGPT prompts for SEO, here's what actually works (and what doesn't)
I've been systematically testing prompt structures for SEO content over the past 6 months. The single biggest predictor of output quality isn't model version — it's whether the prompt specifies the search intent explicitly.
'Write an SEO article about credit scores' → generic output
'Write an SEO article for someone searching [target keyword] with commercial intent, comparing [option A] vs [option B]' → dramatically better output
Has anyone else found specific prompt structures that consistently outperform? Curious if the pattern holds across different niches.
VARIATION 3 (Resource share — transparent):
Title: I built a free library of 200+ tested prompts after getting frustrated with generic AI output — happy to share
Full disclosure: I made this, so take the recommendation accordingly.
After months of testing prompts for SEO, coding, and trading, I noticed the same pattern: 90% of people's AI output problems are prompt problems. I started documenting what worked and built a structured library.
It's free, no signup, works with ChatGPT/Claude/Gemini: [link]
Would genuinely appreciate feedback from this community on what's missing — especially looking at the coding and developer prompts.
VARIATION 1 (Discussion):
Title: After testing 50+ ChatGPT prompts for SEO, here's what actually works (and what doesn't)
I've been systematically testing prompt structures for SEO content over the past 6 months. The single biggest predictor of output quality isn't model version — it's whether the prompt specifies the search intent explicitly.
'Write an SEO article about credit scores' → generic output
'Write an SEO article for someone searching [target keyword] with commercial intent, comparing [option A] vs [option B]' → dramatically better output
Has anyone else found specific prompt structures that consistently outperform? Curious if the pattern holds across different niches.
VARIATION 3 (Resource share — transparent):
Title: I built a free library of 200+ tested prompts after getting frustrated with generic AI output — happy to share
Full disclosure: I made this, so take the recommendation accordingly.
After months of testing prompts for SEO, coding, and trading, I noticed the same pattern: 90% of people's AI output problems are prompt problems. I started documenting what worked and built a structured library.
It's free, no signup, works with ChatGPT/Claude/Gemini: [link]
Would genuinely appreciate feedback from this community on what's missing — especially looking at the coding and developer prompts.
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💡 Pro Tips
Best model for this prompt
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Claude (Opus 4 / Sonnet 4)
Read the community rules before posting — most subreddits have specific rules about self-promotion that are strictly enforced
Comment on 5–10 posts in a community before making your first post — establishing presence as a genuine contributor changes how your post lands
The best community posts solve a problem that community members have expressed in other threads — search first
Transparent disclosure about your own content actually builds more trust than trying to hide the relationship
Obvious promotional posts disguised as questions ('Has anyone tried [your product]?')
Posting links without context or value — communities want the insight, not just the link
Not engaging in the comments after posting — one-way broadcasting is not community building
Posting the same content to multiple communities simultaneously — communities notice cross-posting
- Can I promote my product on Reddit?Most subreddits allow it with disclosure ('I made this') and only when it genuinely adds value to the community. Read r/[subreddit]'s rules — many have specific 'no self-promotion' or '1 in 10 posts can be yours' rules.
- What makes a Reddit post go viral?Useful, specific, non-obvious content that solves a real community problem. Titles are critical — front-load the value. Posts that teach something or share a genuine experience outperform promotional content 10:1.
- How do I build authority in an online community?Answer questions helpfully without promoting yourself. Share lessons learned from failures (more credible than success stories). Engage consistently over months, not in bursts. Communities have long memories for both spammers and genuine contributors.
- Should I post to niche communities or large ones?Both have different dynamics. Large subreddits (r/ChatGPT, r/productivity): more traffic but more competition for visibility. Niche communities: smaller but more engaged audiences where quality stands out. For brand building, niche communities build more loyal advocates.