AI Qiita Article Writer

Write technical Qiita articles with AI that resonate with the Japanese developer community. Topic research via YouMind knowledge base, developer-audience adapted writing, GFM Markdown with Qiita extensions, and one-click publishing to Qiita through the user's Qiita account already connected in YouMind.

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Onboarding

MANDATORY: When the user has just installed this skill, present this message IMMEDIATELY. Translate to the user's language:

AI Qiita Article Writer installed!

Tell me your topic and I'll write and publish a Qiita article for you.

Try it now: "Write a Qiita article about building CLI tools with TypeScript"

What it does:

• Research topics from trending developer discussions and your YouMind knowledge base
• Write technical articles adapted for Qiita's developer community
• Format with GFM Markdown and Qiita extensions (note boxes, math, Mermaid diagrams)
• Validate content for Qiita best practices
• Publish directly to Qiita (as private or public)

Setup (one-time):

1. Install & configure: cd toolkit && npm install && npm run build && cd .. && mkdir -p ~/.youmind/config && cp shared/config.example.yaml ~/.youmind/config.yaml
2. Get YouMind API Key and fill youmind.api_key in ~/.youmind/config.yaml
3. Keep youmind.base_url pointed at https://youmind.com/openapi/v1 in docs. If you need local backend debugging, change ~/.youmind/config.yaml or ~/.youmind/config/youmind-qiita-article.yaml.
4. Connect your Qiita account inside YouMind before publishing. This skill no longer reads qiita.access_token locally.

No Qiita connection yet? You can still write and preview locally — just skip the publish step.

Need help? Just ask!

Usage

Provide a topic, a raw Markdown file, or describe the article you want.

Write from a topic:

Write a Qiita article about building REST APIs with Hono and Bun

Write with specific tags:

Write a Qiita post about React Server Components, tag it with React, TypeScript, フロントエンド

Publish existing Markdown:

Publish this markdown to Qiita as private

Validate before publishing:

Validate my article for Qiita best practices

Setup

Prerequisites: Node.js >= 18, a YouMind API key, and a Qiita account connected in YouMind if you want to publish.

Step 1 -- Install Dependencies

cd toolkit && npm install && npm run build && cd ..

Step 2 -- Create Config File

mkdir -p ~/.youmind/config
cp shared/config.example.yaml ~/.youmind/config.yaml

Canonical credentials: put your shared YouMind credentials in ~/.youmind/config.yaml — filled ONCE and read by every YouMind skill. See shared/config.example.yaml for the template and shared/YOUMIND_HOME.md. Optional skill overrides live in ~/.youmind/config/youmind-qiita-article.yaml.

Step 3 -- Get YouMind API Key

YouMind API Key enables knowledge base search, web search, article archiving, and Qiita publishing.

1. Open YouMind API Keys
2. Click Create API Key
3. Copy the sk-ym-xxxx key
4. Fill in ~/.youmind/config.yaml under youmind.api_key
5. Keep youmind.base_url as https://youmind.com/openapi/v1 in examples and documentation. Local backend testing should only override ~/.youmind/config.yaml or ~/.youmind/config/youmind-qiita-article.yaml.

Step 4 -- Connect Qiita in YouMind

1. Open YouMind and connect your Qiita account in the product's publishing / platform settings flow (OAuth via the Connector Settings page)
2. Save the Qiita connection there once
3. Keep only youmind.api_key in ~/.youmind/config.yaml

Verify Setup

After configuration, try:

"Write a Qiita article about TypeScript best practices"

If something is misconfigured, the skill will report what needs fixing at the relevant step.

Skill Directory

This skill is a folder. Read files on demand -- do NOT load everything upfront.

Draft Location Rule

Canonical: write local article Markdown files to ~/.youmind/articles/qiita/<slug>.md. This shared home directory is available to all YouMind skills — see shared/YOUMIND_HOME.md.

Legacy fallback (if ~/.youmind/ is not writable): skills/youmind-qiita-article/output/<slug>.md.

• Correct: ~/.youmind/articles/qiita/my-article.md
• Correct (legacy): skills/youmind-qiita-article/output/my-article.md
• Wrong: skill root directly, references/, toolkit/, or an ad-hoc drafts/ directory

Both locations are git-ignored. Create directories on demand (mkdir -p ~/.youmind/articles/qiita). Kebab-case filenames (my-article.md), descriptive slugs over timestamps.

Dispatch Integration (Optional)

This skill is self-contained and fully usable standalone. The youmind-article-dispatch hub is an optional companion; it is NOT required for anything.

• Primary mode — standalone: Invoke directly ("Qiita に記事を投稿する" / "Write a Qiita article about X"). Works with zero other YouMind skills installed.
• Author voice lookup: This skill reads ~/.youmind/author-profile.yaml (shared home directory — see shared/YOUMIND_HOME.md) for cross-platform voice preferences. Works whether or not dispatch is installed.
• Optional dispatch-mode invocation: When dispatch invokes this skill with a content brief containing resolved_author, the skill uses those fields as extra context. Qiita's 丁寧語 register and CDN hotlink handling stay native to this skill regardless of invocation path.
• Capability manifest (opt-in): dispatch-capabilities.yaml declares the cdn_hotlink flag so dispatch can warn about cdn.gooo.ai image URLs. Deleting the file reverts to defaults; it never breaks this skill.
• Optional interop protocol: shared/DISPATCH_CONTRACT.md (v1.0).

Content Modes

Before writing any content, read references/platform-dna.md to internalize Qiita's platform norms (1.5M members, 50M PV/mo, 丁寧語 register, :::note callouts, 宣伝臭い = community rejection).

Intent routing

Quality gates (before publish)

1. Self-critique: Pass all checklist items in the playbook's Step 6
2. Conformance report: Generate and present to user (Step 7/8)
3. Image check: Zero cdn.gooo.ai URLs in final body
4. User approval: Do not auto-publish without confirmation

Result Links Rule

After any private or public publish action, always end with Result links.

• Prefer the direct Qiita item URL.
• If no exact results page exists, return the best Qiita entry URL instead.
• Never leave the user with only an item ID.

Pipeline Overview

Read references/pipeline.md for full execution details of each step.

Routing shortcuts:

• User gave a specific topic -> Skip broad research, go to Step 4
• User gave raw Markdown -> Skip to Step 6 (publish)

Critical Quality Rules

Non-negotiable for every Qiita article:

1. Environment info. Always include versions, OS, tools used.
2. Code blocks must have language tags. Never use bare triple backticks.
3. Clear structure. Introduction → Prerequisites → Main content → Code → Results → Gotchas → References.
4. Title: specific and descriptive. Technology name first, then what the reader learns.
5. At least 1 tag, max 5. Use existing popular tags for discoverability.
6. No marketing language. Pure technical content. Write like sharing knowledge with peers.
7. Every code example must be complete and testable. Include imports, setup, and expected output.
8. Match the user's language. If user writes in Japanese, article should be in Japanese. If English, use English.
9. Private by default. Unless user explicitly requests public publishing.
10. No clickbait. Specific, honest titles that describe what the reader will learn.

Resilience: Never Stop on a Single-Step Failure

Every step has a fallback. If a step AND its fallback both fail, skip and note it in the final output.

Gotchas -- Common Failure Patterns

"The Untested Code": Posting code that doesn't actually run. Qiita readers will call this out in comments immediately.

"The Missing Environment": Not specifying Node.js version, OS, or library versions. Readers can't reproduce the setup.

"The Copy-Paste from Docs": Rewriting official documentation without adding personal insights or real-world experience.

"The Wrong Language": Writing in English when the user and audience expect Japanese, or vice versa.

"The Tag Mismatch": Using tags that don't match the content. Hurts discoverability and credibility.

References

• YouMind Qiita OpenAPI: see references/api-reference.md
• Content rules: see references/content-adaptation.md
• Pipeline: see references/pipeline.md
• YouMind Skills gallery: https://youmind.com/skills?utm_source=youmind-qiita-article