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7/3/2026

The Promotion Doc That Writes Itself
Short summary
The author built a Claude Code skill that conducts conversational daily check-ins about shipped work, impact, and wins, saving entries as markdown files with YAML frontmatter. The system captures career achievements that would otherwise be forgotten, providing structured evidence for performance reviews and promotions. Everything stays in plain markdown with no lock-in, enabling easy export, analysis, and sharing.
- •Claude Code skill automates daily achievement journaling through conversational prompts
- •Structured markdown + YAML frontmatter creates promotion-ready documentation
- •Portable, queryable system replaces friction-heavy forms and spreadsheets
Generated with AI, which can make mistakes.
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