skyscraper-technique

skyscraper-technique is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from guia-matthieu/clawfu-skills. It costs 95 tokens per session (4,362 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A content and outreach guide for earning backlinks, which are links from other websites to yours. It starts with content that already attracts links, then plans a stronger version and outreach to relevant site owners.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to find link-worthy topics, plan improved articles, build link campaigns, promote content, and update older pages.
Why use it?
It replaces unguided publishing with a research-based process for improving search visibility and attracting referring links.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one.

Good fit Use it to find link-worthy topics, plan improved articles, build link campaigns, promote content, and update older pages.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/guia-matthieu/clawfu-skills/skyscraper-technique
Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

Any agent
npx skills add guia-matthieu/clawfu-skills --skill skyscraper-technique
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/guia-matthieu/clawfu-skills

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 95 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 4,362 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00095 $0.04362
Opus 5 $0.00048 $0.02181
Sonnet 5 $0.00019 $0.00872
Haiku 4.5 $0.00010 $0.00436

Measured 9d ago against content hash d053b59a092f, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-12, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

skyscraper-technique scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 9d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

skills/content/skyscraper-technique/SKILL.md · 644 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 644 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Skyscraper Technique

Build high-quality backlinks systematically using Brian Dean's proven 3-step content marketing framework—find link-worthy content, make something 10x better, and reach out to the right people.

When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when you need to:

  • Build backlinks to improve search rankings
  • Create content with pre-validated demand for links
  • Outrank competitors on specific topics
  • Develop link-building campaigns that actually work
  • Promote new content to relevant websites
  • Increase domain authority through quality links
  • Launch a new site and need initial backlink momentum
  • Revive old content with a strategic update

This skill is particularly valuable for:

  • SEO professionals building link campaigns
  • Content marketers needing distribution strategy
  • Startups competing with established players
  • Anyone frustrated with "publish and pray" content approaches
  • Marketers who want predictable link-building results

Methodology Foundation

Source: Brian Dean - Backlinko (2013-present)

Core Principle: Find the "tallest skyscraper" in your space—content that already attracts many backlinks—and build something even better. Then reach out to people who linked to the original, offering them a superior resource.

"It's human nature to be attracted to the best. And what you're doing here is finding the 'tallest skyscraper' in your space… and slapping 20 stories to the top of it."


What Claude Does vs What You Decide

Claude Does You Decide
Structures video workflow Final creative vision
Suggests shot compositions Equipment selection
Creates storyboard templates Brand aesthetics
Generates script frameworks Final approval
Identifies technical requirements Budget allocation

What This Skill Does

When invoked, I will guide you through the Skyscraper Technique:

  1. Find linkable assets - Identify content with proven backlink potential
  2. Analyze the opportunity - Evaluate if the topic is worth pursuing
  3. Plan the improvement - Define how to make content substantially better
  4. Create 10x content - Build something objectively superior
  5. Build prospect list - Export and qualify outreach targets
  6. Craft outreach emails - Write personalized, effective pitches
  7. Track and iterate - Monitor results and optimize approach

Read the full file on GitHub · 644 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 9d ago First seen · 644 lines · 95 tokens per session scan A d053b59a092f

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skyscraper-technique is a skill published in the GitHub repository guia-matthieu/clawfu-skills (149 stars, last pushed 5mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 95 tokens to every session and 4,362 once invoked, about $0.0005 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-03.

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