{
  "name": "Synorb Skills",
  "description": "Agent Skills (SKILL.md, agentskills.io). Set a skill up once; the agent runs it on Synorb Beacons on a schedule and reports back with cited work: newsletters, research memos, podcast scripts.",
  "url": "https://synorb.com/skills",
  "repository": "https://github.com/Synorb/skills",
  "install_all": "npx skills add Synorb/skills",
  "standard": "https://agentskills.io/specification",
  "attribution": "Skills that get a demo key send client or agent_name as synorb-skill/<skill name>.",
  "groups": [
    {
      "id": "personal",
      "name": "Personal Agents",
      "how": "Copy the phrase and paste it into your agent. The agent reads the hosted skill page and follows it."
    },
    {
      "id": "chat",
      "name": "Chat Assistants",
      "how": "Upload the skill as a ZIP where your assistant takes skills. One-click directory listings are coming; ours are in review. Or paste the phrase into a chat."
    },
    {
      "id": "coding",
      "name": "Coding Agents",
      "how": "Install from the public repo with one command. The skills land in your agent's skills folder."
    },
    {
      "id": "horizontal",
      "name": "Horizontal Agents",
      "how": "Import a workflow template. It calls the Synorb REST API and hands the result to your model step."
    },
    {
      "id": "computer",
      "name": "Computer Agents",
      "how": "Download the skill folder and put it in the folder where your agent reads skills."
    },
    {
      "id": "voice",
      "name": "Voice Agents",
      "how": "Use the voice pack. It has a system prompt and the Synorb MCP settings."
    }
  ],
  "skills": [
    {
      "name": "synorb-setup",
      "title": "Synorb Setup",
      "version": "1.3.0",
      "description": "Connect an agent to Synorb (cited news and context from AI companies, VC firms, private companies, business and technology podcasts, SEC filings and central banks) and pick or save the Beacons that every other Synorb skill runs on. Use when the user wants to connect Synorb, get a Synorb Key, see the starter Beacons, add a Beacon such as Venture Capital or Private Companies, or says \"I care about X, Y and Z, keep me posted\". Other Synorb skills route here when they find no connection or no Beacon.",
      "tagline": "Connect Synorb once, see a first cited briefing, and set up the Beacons your skills run on.",
      "page": "https://synorb.com/skills/synorb-setup",
      "skill_md": "https://synorb.com/skills/synorb-setup.md",
      "zip": "https://synorb.com/skills/synorb-setup.zip",
      "source": "https://github.com/Synorb/skills/tree/main/skills/synorb-setup",
      "sample": "https://github.com/Synorb/skills/blob/main/samples/synorb-setup/2026-10-25-seed-investor-setup.md",
      "tested": "Tested 2026-10-25 against production Synorb over REST with a new demo key.",
      "install": {
        "personal": {
          "phrase": "Read https://synorb.com/skills/synorb-setup.md and follow it to connect Synorb for me.",
          "url": "https://synorb.com/skills/synorb-setup.md"
        },
        "chat": {
          "zip": "https://synorb.com/skills/synorb-setup.zip",
          "phrase": "Read https://synorb.com/skills/synorb-setup.md and follow it to connect Synorb for me."
        },
        "coding": {
          "command": "npx skills add Synorb/skills --skill synorb-setup",
          "folder": ".agents/skills/synorb-setup/"
        },
        "horizontal": {
          "recipe": "https://synorb.com/skills/packs/workflow-recipe.md",
          "skill_url": "https://synorb.com/skills/synorb-setup.md"
        },
        "computer": {
          "zip": "https://synorb.com/skills/synorb-setup.zip",
          "folder": "skills/synorb-setup/SKILL.md"
        },
        "voice": {
          "system_prompt": "https://synorb.com/skills/packs/voice-pack/system-prompt.md",
          "mcp_settings": "https://synorb.com/skills/packs/voice-pack/mcp.json"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "newsletter-writer",
      "title": "Newsletter Writer",
      "version": "1.3.0",
      "description": "Write a weekly newsletter issue in the user's own voice from any Synorb Beacon (AI companies, VC firms, private companies, business and technology podcasts, or a Beacon the user saved), with every item cited to its source. Use when the user asks for a newsletter, a weekly roundup, a digest of what happened this week, or an issue for subscribers, investors or a team. Set it up once; the agent then runs it on a schedule and reports only what is new.",
      "tagline": "Set it up once. Every Monday your agent writes a new issue in your voice, every item cited.",
      "page": "https://synorb.com/skills/newsletter-writer",
      "skill_md": "https://synorb.com/skills/newsletter-writer.md",
      "zip": "https://synorb.com/skills/newsletter-writer.zip",
      "source": "https://github.com/Synorb/skills/tree/main/skills/newsletter-writer",
      "sample": "https://github.com/Synorb/skills/blob/main/samples/newsletter-writer/2026-10-25-the-agent-economy.md",
      "tested": "Tested 2026-10-25 against production Synorb over REST with a new demo key.",
      "install": {
        "personal": {
          "phrase": "Read https://synorb.com/skills/newsletter-writer.md and follow it to set up my weekly newsletter.",
          "url": "https://synorb.com/skills/newsletter-writer.md"
        },
        "chat": {
          "zip": "https://synorb.com/skills/newsletter-writer.zip",
          "phrase": "Read https://synorb.com/skills/newsletter-writer.md and follow it to set up my weekly newsletter."
        },
        "coding": {
          "command": "npx skills add Synorb/skills --skill newsletter-writer",
          "folder": ".agents/skills/newsletter-writer/"
        },
        "horizontal": {
          "recipe": "https://synorb.com/skills/packs/workflow-recipe.md",
          "skill_url": "https://synorb.com/skills/newsletter-writer.md"
        },
        "computer": {
          "zip": "https://synorb.com/skills/newsletter-writer.zip",
          "folder": "skills/newsletter-writer/SKILL.md"
        },
        "voice": {
          "system_prompt": "https://synorb.com/skills/packs/voice-pack/system-prompt.md",
          "mcp_settings": "https://synorb.com/skills/packs/voice-pack/mcp.json"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "research-associate",
      "title": "Research Associate",
      "version": "1.3.0",
      "description": "Write a cited research memo from a Synorb Beacon - for example what VC firms, AI companies, private companies or business podcasts published this week - with a bottom line, a dated timeline, Claims carrying their confidence labels (stated, measured, implied, inferred) and a source index. Use when the user asks to be briefed on a sector or a set of organizations, wants a memo before a meeting or an investment decision, or asks what a group of companies or investors has been saying. Set it up once; the agent then runs it on a schedule and reports only what is new.",
      "tagline": "Set it up once. Every week your agent sends a cited memo from any Beacon, with a timeline and open questions.",
      "page": "https://synorb.com/skills/research-associate",
      "skill_md": "https://synorb.com/skills/research-associate.md",
      "zip": "https://synorb.com/skills/research-associate.zip",
      "source": "https://github.com/Synorb/skills/tree/main/skills/research-associate",
      "sample": "https://github.com/Synorb/skills/blob/main/samples/research-associate/2026-10-25-vc-firms-this-week-memo.md",
      "tested": "Tested 2026-10-25 against production Synorb over MCP.",
      "install": {
        "personal": {
          "phrase": "Read https://synorb.com/skills/research-associate.md and follow it to set up a weekly memo on what VC firms publish.",
          "url": "https://synorb.com/skills/research-associate.md"
        },
        "chat": {
          "zip": "https://synorb.com/skills/research-associate.zip",
          "phrase": "Read https://synorb.com/skills/research-associate.md and follow it to set up a weekly memo on what VC firms publish."
        },
        "coding": {
          "command": "npx skills add Synorb/skills --skill research-associate",
          "folder": ".agents/skills/research-associate/"
        },
        "horizontal": {
          "recipe": "https://synorb.com/skills/packs/workflow-recipe.md",
          "skill_url": "https://synorb.com/skills/research-associate.md"
        },
        "computer": {
          "zip": "https://synorb.com/skills/research-associate.zip",
          "folder": "skills/research-associate/SKILL.md"
        },
        "voice": {
          "system_prompt": "https://synorb.com/skills/packs/voice-pack/system-prompt.md",
          "mcp_settings": "https://synorb.com/skills/packs/voice-pack/mcp.json"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "podcast-producer",
      "title": "Podcast Producer",
      "version": "1.3.0",
      "description": "Produce an agentic podcast from any Synorb Beacon - a two-host script with voice stage directions, or a 60 to 90 second spoken briefing - for the user's own text-to-speech tool or voice agent to read. Every segment is grounded in cited Claims from AI companies, VC firms, private companies and business podcasts. Use when the user asks for a podcast episode, an audio briefing, a script for TTS, a morning voice update, or something to listen to. Set it up once; the agent then runs it on a schedule and reports only what is new.",
      "tagline": "Set it up once. Every week your agent writes a two-host episode script, or a short spoken briefing every morning.",
      "page": "https://synorb.com/skills/podcast-producer",
      "skill_md": "https://synorb.com/skills/podcast-producer.md",
      "zip": "https://synorb.com/skills/podcast-producer.zip",
      "source": "https://github.com/Synorb/skills/tree/main/skills/podcast-producer",
      "sample": "https://github.com/Synorb/skills/blob/main/samples/podcast-producer/2026-10-25-signal-hour-episode.md",
      "tested": "Tested 2026-10-25 against production Synorb over MCP.",
      "install": {
        "personal": {
          "phrase": "Read https://synorb.com/skills/podcast-producer.md and follow it to set up my weekly podcast episode.",
          "url": "https://synorb.com/skills/podcast-producer.md"
        },
        "chat": {
          "zip": "https://synorb.com/skills/podcast-producer.zip",
          "phrase": "Read https://synorb.com/skills/podcast-producer.md and follow it to set up my weekly podcast episode."
        },
        "coding": {
          "command": "npx skills add Synorb/skills --skill podcast-producer",
          "folder": ".agents/skills/podcast-producer/"
        },
        "horizontal": {
          "recipe": "https://synorb.com/skills/packs/workflow-recipe.md",
          "skill_url": "https://synorb.com/skills/podcast-producer.md"
        },
        "computer": {
          "zip": "https://synorb.com/skills/podcast-producer.zip",
          "folder": "skills/podcast-producer/SKILL.md"
        },
        "voice": {
          "system_prompt": "https://synorb.com/skills/packs/voice-pack/system-prompt.md",
          "mcp_settings": "https://synorb.com/skills/packs/voice-pack/mcp.json"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "launch-radar",
      "title": "Launch Radar",
      "version": "1.3.0",
      "description": "Find what AI companies launched this week - new models, products, features, pricing and funding - from the companies' own announcements via Synorb's AI Companies Beacon, ranked by what matters to the user, with every item cited. Use when the user asks what AI companies shipped, launched or announced, wants a launch roundup, or tracks competitors' releases. Set it up once; the agent then runs it on a schedule and reports only what is new.",
      "tagline": "Set it up once. Every week your agent reports what AI companies shipped, from their own announcements.",
      "page": "https://synorb.com/skills/launch-radar",
      "skill_md": "https://synorb.com/skills/launch-radar.md",
      "zip": "https://synorb.com/skills/launch-radar.zip",
      "source": "https://github.com/Synorb/skills/tree/main/skills/launch-radar",
      "sample": "https://github.com/Synorb/skills/blob/main/samples/launch-radar/2026-10-25-ai-launch-radar.md",
      "tested": "Tested 2026-10-25 against production Synorb over MCP.",
      "install": {
        "personal": {
          "phrase": "Read https://synorb.com/skills/launch-radar.md and follow it to set up a weekly radar of what AI companies ship.",
          "url": "https://synorb.com/skills/launch-radar.md"
        },
        "chat": {
          "zip": "https://synorb.com/skills/launch-radar.zip",
          "phrase": "Read https://synorb.com/skills/launch-radar.md and follow it to set up a weekly radar of what AI companies ship."
        },
        "coding": {
          "command": "npx skills add Synorb/skills --skill launch-radar",
          "folder": ".agents/skills/launch-radar/"
        },
        "horizontal": {
          "recipe": "https://synorb.com/skills/packs/workflow-recipe.md",
          "skill_url": "https://synorb.com/skills/launch-radar.md"
        },
        "computer": {
          "zip": "https://synorb.com/skills/launch-radar.zip",
          "folder": "skills/launch-radar/SKILL.md"
        },
        "voice": {
          "system_prompt": "https://synorb.com/skills/packs/voice-pack/system-prompt.md",
          "mcp_settings": "https://synorb.com/skills/packs/voice-pack/mcp.json"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "thesis-tracker",
      "title": "Thesis Tracker",
      "version": "1.3.0",
      "description": "Track what venture capital firms and their partners publish - investment theses, market maps, new funds, portfolio news and podcast arguments - from the firms' own essays, blogs and podcasts via Synorb's Venture Capital Beacon, and map it to the user's own thesis with citations. Use when the user asks what VCs are saying, what a16z, Sequoia or another firm published, where investors are leaning, or how VC views match their own thesis or pitch. Set it up once; the agent then runs it on a schedule and reports only what is new.",
      "tagline": "Set it up once. Every month your agent reports what VC firms published, mapped to your thesis.",
      "page": "https://synorb.com/skills/thesis-tracker",
      "skill_md": "https://synorb.com/skills/thesis-tracker.md",
      "zip": "https://synorb.com/skills/thesis-tracker.zip",
      "source": "https://github.com/Synorb/skills/tree/main/skills/thesis-tracker",
      "sample": "https://github.com/Synorb/skills/blob/main/samples/thesis-tracker/2026-10-25-vc-thesis-tracker.md",
      "tested": "Tested 2026-10-25 against production Synorb over REST with a new demo key.",
      "install": {
        "personal": {
          "phrase": "Read https://synorb.com/skills/thesis-tracker.md and follow it to set up a monthly tracker of what VC firms say about my space.",
          "url": "https://synorb.com/skills/thesis-tracker.md"
        },
        "chat": {
          "zip": "https://synorb.com/skills/thesis-tracker.zip",
          "phrase": "Read https://synorb.com/skills/thesis-tracker.md and follow it to set up a monthly tracker of what VC firms say about my space."
        },
        "coding": {
          "command": "npx skills add Synorb/skills --skill thesis-tracker",
          "folder": ".agents/skills/thesis-tracker/"
        },
        "horizontal": {
          "recipe": "https://synorb.com/skills/packs/workflow-recipe.md",
          "skill_url": "https://synorb.com/skills/thesis-tracker.md"
        },
        "computer": {
          "zip": "https://synorb.com/skills/thesis-tracker.zip",
          "folder": "skills/thesis-tracker/SKILL.md"
        },
        "voice": {
          "system_prompt": "https://synorb.com/skills/packs/voice-pack/system-prompt.md",
          "mcp_settings": "https://synorb.com/skills/packs/voice-pack/mcp.json"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "podcast-digest",
      "title": "Podcast Digest",
      "version": "1.3.0",
      "description": "Summarize what the top business and technology podcasts said this week - the arguments, predictions, numbers and guests - from Synorb's Business & Technology Podcasts Beacon, so the user gets the ideas without the hours of listening. Every point links to its episode. Use when the user asks what podcasts said, wants a podcast roundup, asks what a show or a guest argued, or wants the takeaways from episodes they missed. Set it up once; the agent then runs it on a schedule and reports only what is new.",
      "tagline": "Set it up once. Every week your agent sends the arguments from the top business and tech podcasts.",
      "page": "https://synorb.com/skills/podcast-digest",
      "skill_md": "https://synorb.com/skills/podcast-digest.md",
      "zip": "https://synorb.com/skills/podcast-digest.zip",
      "source": "https://github.com/Synorb/skills/tree/main/skills/podcast-digest",
      "sample": "https://github.com/Synorb/skills/blob/main/samples/podcast-digest/2026-10-25-weekly-podcast-digest.md",
      "tested": "Tested 2026-10-25 against production Synorb over MCP.",
      "install": {
        "personal": {
          "phrase": "Read https://synorb.com/skills/podcast-digest.md and follow it to set up my weekly podcast digest.",
          "url": "https://synorb.com/skills/podcast-digest.md"
        },
        "chat": {
          "zip": "https://synorb.com/skills/podcast-digest.zip",
          "phrase": "Read https://synorb.com/skills/podcast-digest.md and follow it to set up my weekly podcast digest."
        },
        "coding": {
          "command": "npx skills add Synorb/skills --skill podcast-digest",
          "folder": ".agents/skills/podcast-digest/"
        },
        "horizontal": {
          "recipe": "https://synorb.com/skills/packs/workflow-recipe.md",
          "skill_url": "https://synorb.com/skills/podcast-digest.md"
        },
        "computer": {
          "zip": "https://synorb.com/skills/podcast-digest.zip",
          "folder": "skills/podcast-digest/SKILL.md"
        },
        "voice": {
          "system_prompt": "https://synorb.com/skills/packs/voice-pack/system-prompt.md",
          "mcp_settings": "https://synorb.com/skills/packs/voice-pack/mcp.json"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}