20 prompts
Find 20 specific, realistic backlink opportunities for our site: resource pages that list tools like ours, "best [category] tools" posts, broken links we could replace, unlinked mentions of our brand, and guest post spots in our niche. For each give the exact URL, why it fits, the contact (name, email or form if public), and a one-line pitch angle. Save to growth/backlinks.csv. Skip link farms and paid-link sites.
WebSearch for every "best [our category] tools", "top [category] software" and "[category] alternatives" article ranking on page 1 to 2. List the ones that do not mention us, with the author, publish date, how often they update it, and contact details if public. Draft a short, specific pitch for each explaining what we do differently. Save to growth/listicle-targets.csv.
WebSearch the web for mentions of our product name, founder names and domain that do not link to us (blogs, forums, news, directories, GitHub READMEs). List each with the URL, the context of the mention, and a friendly 3-sentence note asking for a link. Save to growth/unlinked-mentions.csv.
WebFind 30 resource pages and roundups in our niche. Check their outbound links and find dead ones (404s, expired domains, moved content) where we have or could make a better replacement. For each, note the dead URL, what it used to be (check the Wayback Machine), our replacement page, and the page owner's contact. Save to growth/broken-links.csv.
WebFind 30 podcasts our target customers listen to that take guests, active in the last 3 months. For each: show name, host, audience, recent guest examples, how to pitch (form, email), and 3 episode topics I could credibly talk about. Draft a personalised pitch email for the top 10 that references a specific recent episode. Save to growth/podcasts.md.
WebFind 40 newsletters our audience reads, with subscriber count if public, frequency, whether they take sponsors (and rough price if listed), and whether they feature tools or community submissions for free. Rank by fit. Draft a submission blurb for the free-feature ones. Save to growth/newsletters.csv.
WebFind 25 journalists, bloggers and analysts who wrote about our category or the problem we solve in the last 6 months. For each, list their outlet, 2 recent relevant articles, their beat, and how they prefer to be contacted (from their bio, not guessed). Suggest a story angle tailored to each. Save to growth/press-list.csv.
WebWrite a press kit for our product: a one-paragraph boilerplate, a 300-word press release about our latest launch or milestone, founder bio, key facts and numbers, 5 quotable lines, and a list of screenshots and logos to include. Save to content/press/ and build a /press page in this repo if one does not exist.
RepoFind 20 blogs in our niche that accept guest posts and have real readership (check that posts get comments or shares). For each, read 3 recent posts and propose 2 article ideas that fit their audience and that they have not covered. Draft the pitch emails. Save to growth/guest-posts.md.
WebLook up current public journalist request platforms and threads (Qwoted, Featured, SourceBottle, #journorequest on social media, HARO successors) for queries in our area. List the open ones we could answer credibly, and draft a concise expert reply for each with a specific insight or data point. Save to growth/journalist-replies.md.
WebList every tool we integrate with, depend on, or are commonly used alongside. For each, find whether they have a partners page, integrations directory, marketplace, showcase or "built with" page, and how to get listed. Draft the listing copy for each. Save to growth/partner-links.csv.
Web RepoIf our product or content helps students, researchers or educators, find 20 university resource pages, course reading lists and library guides that list tools or resources like ours. Note the page, maintainer contact, and a short polite note explaining why our free resource helps their students. Save to growth/edu-targets.csv.
WebFind GitHub repos, awesome lists and docs sites where our product or something like it would be a useful addition. For awesome lists, check the contribution rules and draft the exact pull request line and description in their format. List 20 targets with links. Save to growth/oss-targets.md.
WebFind 15 expert roundup posts, "we asked 30 founders" pieces and community surveys in our niche published regularly. Note how contributors get included. Draft 5 sharp, quotable answers I could give on common roundup questions in our field, each with a specific example or number.
WebUsing any free data you can reach (public backlink checkers, "who links to" searches, mentions of the competitor's domain), find where our 3 main competitors get links from. Group the sources by type and list the 30 that we could realistically get too, with how. Save to growth/competitor-links.csv.
WebList every tool, service and vendor we pay for or use (check package.json, infra config, the footer, and ask-free sources). Find which ones publish customer testimonials or case studies. Draft a short genuine testimonial for each that we would be happy to give, plus the email offering it. Save to growth/testimonials-to-give.md.
Web RepoTake our most interesting data (from content/study/, product usage stats in the repo if any, or public data) and find the one finding that would surprise people. Write the headline, a 150-word pitch, 3 supporting numbers and a chart idea, and a list of 15 reporters and blogs who cover this exact topic. Save to growth/data-pitch.md.
WebFind awards, annual "best of" lists, startup competitions and industry rankings our product could enter in the next 6 months. List each with the deadline, entry cost, criteria and how winners are announced. Draft the entry for the 3 best fits. Save to growth/awards.md.
WebFind 20 conferences, meetups and online summits in our niche with open calls for speakers in the next 6 months. List the deadline, audience and format. Write 3 talk proposals (title, abstract, takeaways, outline) that teach something useful rather than pitch the product. Save to growth/talks.md.
WebUsing growth/backlinks.csv (or research targets first if it is missing), write a personalised outreach email for each target, under 120 words, that references something specific on their page, explains what we offer their readers, and makes one clear ask. Add a polite follow-up for 5 days later. Save as a CSV with columns for name, email, subject, body and follow-up so I can load it into a mail tool.
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How to run these while you sleep
- Open your project and start a fresh branch or git worktree, so the whole night is one diff you can review or delete.
- Add your product context above and keep overnight mode on. Claude will log its assumptions instead of waiting for answers.
- Paste one prompt into Claude Code, or save a few to a
queue/folder and loop over them headless. - In the morning, read the files it wrote and the diff. Merge what is good and send what needs sending yourself.
Want it off your laptop? Claude Code on the web runs each session in a cloud sandbox, so you can start a few before bed and close the lid.
Queue a night of prompts
git switch -c overnight/$(date +%F)
mkdir -p logs
for f in queue/*.md; do
claude -p "$(cat "$f")" \
--permission-mode acceptEdits \
--allowedTools "WebSearch" "WebFetch" "Bash(npm run *)" \
> "logs/$(basename "$f" .md).log"
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More spare compute prompts
Free tools, calculators, templates and data pages that rank for long-tail searches and earn links on their own. Run these overnight and wake up to shippable pages.
Keyword research, content briefs, technical SEO audits and article drafts you can leave running overnight. Each prompt saves its output to a file so nothing gets lost.
Get listed everywhere your buyers look: startup directories, app stores, marketplaces, launch sites and review platforms. Claude prepares every listing so submitting takes minutes.
Lead lists, buying signals and the places your next customers are already asking for help. Claude does the digging; you decide who to contact.
Cold emails, follow-ups, sales pages and objection handling written from what your product actually does. Claude drafts; you review and send.
A month of posts, threads, carousels and replies drafted from your product, changelog and lessons learned. Wake up to a content queue instead of a blank page.
Demo videos, short-form scripts, animated explainers and screenshots generated with code. Use Remotion, Playwright and ffmpeg to render while you sleep.
Synthetic personas, simulated usability tests and interview prep built from your real product. Use them to find obvious problems before you spend time with real users, not instead of them.
Teardowns, pricing tracking, feature matrices and screenshots of competitor user flows. Leave a browser running overnight and come back to a full picture of the market.
Rewrite copy, audit the sign-up funnel, design A/B tests and build new landing pages. These prompts work directly in your codebase so the output is ready to review as a pull request.
Welcome sequences, onboarding emails, newsletters and re-engagement campaigns written from your actual product, plus the templates to send them.
Polish passes, onboarding fixes, feature specs and prototypes. Good for overnight runs because each one ends in a branch or a document you can review over coffee.
Tests, refactors, type safety, dependency upgrades and dead code removal. The classic overnight job: long, careful, and easy to review in the morning as a pull request.
Security reviews, secrets scans, load tests, bundle diets and backup checks. The work everyone puts off, done while your machine would otherwise sit idle.
Documentation, help centre articles, support macros, metrics, finance tidy-ups and the admin that piles up. Hand it to Claude when you have compute to spare.
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