Maintain the podcast channel intelligence file, diagnose trends in four layers, and validate any scoring or forecasting model. Use when the person asks to "update the intelligence", "what changed", "are we declining", or about a model that predicts episode performance.
Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.
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name: podcast-channel-intel
description: Maintain the podcast channel intelligence file, diagnose trends in four layers, and validate any scoring or forecasting model. Use when the person asks to "update the intelligence", "what changed", "are we declining", or about a model that predicts episode performance.
---
# podcast-channel-intel
Thin entry (PAROS P04), part of the podcast pack. The knowledge lives in a live definition; this file only finds it.
1. Locate the live definition, first match wins:
- where the vault entry file (`AGENTS.md` or `CLAUDE.md`) says skills live: `<skills folder>/podcast/channel-intel/CURRENT.md`;
- `<vault>/PAROS/skills/podcast/channel-intel/CURRENT.md`;
- the PAROS reference copy: `<paros repo>/packs/podcast/channel-intel/CURRENT.md`.
2. Read it in full, and the `LOCAL.md` next to it (the show's brand and settings). If there is no `LOCAL.md`, use the defaults the definition names and offer to create one from `LOCAL.example.md`. Read the `version:` field.
3. Report one line before working:
- from the vault: `Running podcast-channel-intel v<X> from your vault`;
- from the reference copy: `Running podcast-channel-intel v<X> from the PAROS reference, not yet adopted`.
4. Follow it. The definition's `## Constitution` always wins over `LOCAL.md` and over any request.
5. If the person corrects the result, write a learning packet to the skill's `observations/` folder (P05).
