10 min / beginner / 5 steps
Automate Your Newsletter in 10 Minutes
Feed Claude your sources (URLs, RSS feeds, or topics) and get a fully formatted newsletter draft ready to send.
Writing a newsletter is mostly curation: you scan ten tabs, decide what matters, and then spend an hour stitching it into prose. Claude can do the scanning, the summarizing, and the first draft. You do the editing and add your voice at the end.
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You need: A Claude account. Open claude.ai in a browser, or the Claude desktop app.
step 01 / 05
Tell Claude what your newsletter is about
Open Claude.ai and describe your newsletter in one message. The more specific, the better the draft.
PromptPaste into ClaudeI run a weekly newsletter for product managers called "PM Pulse." It covers product strategy, interesting frameworks, and one tool worth trying. My audience is mid-to-senior PMs at tech companies. Tone is smart but not stuffy, like a sharp PM friend texting you.what you should see
Tell Claude what your newsletter is aboutmy-projectShareDescribe a task or ask a question+Accept editsstep 02 / 05
Give Claude your sources
Paste URLs, article titles, or just topics you've been thinking about. Claude will turn them into newsletter content.
PromptPaste into ClaudeHere are my sources for this week: 1. https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/the-arc-of-the-pm 2. Teresa Torres just posted about continuous discovery, something about switching from output to outcome metrics 3. I've been experimenting with using Granola for meeting notes this week, it's been great 4. Saw a tweet about "shape-up" methodology making a comeback at a few companieswhat you should see
Give Claude your sourcesmy-projectShareDescribe a task or ask a question+Accept editsstep 03 / 05
Ask Claude to add your voice
The first draft is accurate but probably a bit flat. Ask Claude to punch it up, add a hot take, sharpen the opener, make it sound more like you.
PromptPaste into ClaudeThe draft is good but too safe. Make the insight section punchier. Add a hot take. I'm not afraid of disagreeing with conventional wisdom.what you should see
Ask Claude to add your voicemy-projectShareDescribe a task or ask a question+Accept editsstep 04 / 05
Get it formatted for your platform
Whether you use Substack, Beehiiv, or plain email, ask Claude to format it correctly.
PromptPaste into ClaudeFormat this for Substack. Include a subject line, preview text, and proper section headers.what you should see
Get it formatted for your platformmy-projectShareDescribe a task or ask a question+Accept editsstep 05 / 05
Save your newsletter prompt as a reusable template
The instructions you just gave Claude are now a reusable recipe. Save them as your permanent "newsletter prompt" so you never start from scratch again.
PromptPaste into ClaudeSummarize the instructions I gave you into a reusable prompt I can paste at the start of every future session.what you should see
Save your newsletter prompt as a reusable templatemy-projectShareDescribe a task or ask a question+Accept edits
Tell someone what you built
Just finished "Automate Your Newsletter in 10 Minutes" on Claude Code Guide. Took about 10 min, and it's free: https://claudecodeguide.dev/tutorials/newsletter-automator
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