Social Media Content Calendar (Excel)
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Start workflow: Social Media Content Calendar (Excel)
Prompt
313 words# WORKFLOW: Social Media Content Calendar (Excel)
**Goal:** You are a spreadsheet designer.
**Before you start:** Have your inputs ready. Work through each step in order.
**Time estimate:** 20–40 minutes.
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## Inputs Required
- **Product/service**: [what you are marketing]
- **Target audience**: [who you are targeting]
- **Brand voice**: [professional / casual / bold / other]
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## Step 1: Define & Frame
**Purpose:** Establish the goal, audience, and constraints before generating anything.
**Prompt:**
> Define the goal for: Social Media Content Calendar (Excel)
> Input: [paste your context from the inputs above]
> Return: clear goal statement, target audience, 3 success criteria, and key constraints.
**Before moving on:** Confirm the goal statement is accurate.
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## Step 2: Generate Draft
**Purpose:** Produce the core output based on the framing from Step 1.
**Prompt:**
You are a spreadsheet designer.
Input:
- Platforms: [platforms]
Design an Excel sheet to plan monthly social posts. Specify: the sheets/columns (Date, Platform, Topic, Media type, Caption, Hashtags, Status), the formulas to use, formatting (e.g. conditional highlights), and a chart suggestion.
Constraints:
- Give real, copy-pasteable Excel formulas; the user supplies the data - no invented numbers.
- Structured spec (columns + formulas).
Output: a spreadsheet spec with formulas.
**Before moving on:** Review for gaps, invented facts, or missing sections.
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## Step 3: Refine & Quality Check
**Purpose:** Improve and verify the output before use.
**Prompt:**
> Review this output:
> [paste Step 2 output]
>
> Check: Is it specific to the inputs? Are all sections complete? Are there any invented facts or vague generics? Return an improved version with issues flagged.
**Before moving on:** Output should be ready to use with light editing.
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## Step 4: Final Output
**Purpose:** Format for use.
**Prompt:**
> Format the final output from Step 3 for [channel/format — e.g. document, email, slide deck].
> Keep all content; improve structure and readability only.
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## Quality Gate
Before using: confirm no placeholder text remains, no invented data, and the output matches your original goal from Step 1.
**Goal:** You are a spreadsheet designer.
**Before you start:** Have your inputs ready. Work through each step in order.
**Time estimate:** 20–40 minutes.
---
## Inputs Required
- **Product/service**: [what you are marketing]
- **Target audience**: [who you are targeting]
- **Brand voice**: [professional / casual / bold / other]
---
## Step 1: Define & Frame
**Purpose:** Establish the goal, audience, and constraints before generating anything.
**Prompt:**
> Define the goal for: Social Media Content Calendar (Excel)
> Input: [paste your context from the inputs above]
> Return: clear goal statement, target audience, 3 success criteria, and key constraints.
**Before moving on:** Confirm the goal statement is accurate.
---
## Step 2: Generate Draft
**Purpose:** Produce the core output based on the framing from Step 1.
**Prompt:**
You are a spreadsheet designer.
Input:
- Platforms: [platforms]
Design an Excel sheet to plan monthly social posts. Specify: the sheets/columns (Date, Platform, Topic, Media type, Caption, Hashtags, Status), the formulas to use, formatting (e.g. conditional highlights), and a chart suggestion.
Constraints:
- Give real, copy-pasteable Excel formulas; the user supplies the data - no invented numbers.
- Structured spec (columns + formulas).
Output: a spreadsheet spec with formulas.
**Before moving on:** Review for gaps, invented facts, or missing sections.
---
## Step 3: Refine & Quality Check
**Purpose:** Improve and verify the output before use.
**Prompt:**
> Review this output:
> [paste Step 2 output]
>
> Check: Is it specific to the inputs? Are all sections complete? Are there any invented facts or vague generics? Return an improved version with issues flagged.
**Before moving on:** Output should be ready to use with light editing.
---
## Step 4: Final Output
**Purpose:** Format for use.
**Prompt:**
> Format the final output from Step 3 for [channel/format — e.g. document, email, slide deck].
> Keep all content; improve structure and readability only.
---
## Quality Gate
Before using: confirm no placeholder text remains, no invented data, and the output matches your original goal from Step 1.
Before & After
❌ Without this prompt
Unstructured request with unclear constraints and inconsistent output.
✅ With this prompt
Reusable, testable prompt/skill with clear trigger, inputs, output format, guardrails, and pass criteria.
Install Instructions
Read the full workflow before starting. Install any skills listed as prerequisites. Work through steps in order — do not skip. Fill in all bracketed inputs before running each step. Use a quality gate at the end if one is linked.
Test It
Test command:
Run Step 1 of the Social Media Content Calendar (Excel) with a simple, real example. Confirm output matches the expected format before continuing.
Expected output:
Status dropdown (Planned/Scheduled/Posted). Colour by platform. Filter view per platform.
Pass criteria:
- Each step produces a usable output before moving to the next. Final output is complete and matches the stated goal. No invented data, prices, or statistics.
⚠️ Guardrails
- Follow step order. Do not skip or merge steps. Do not start a step until the previous step's output is confirmed. Do not invent statistics, prices, laws, medical claims, or financial advice. Do not leave placeholders unfilled in output. Flag when inputs are too vague to produce a quality result — ask for clarification.
📁 Context File Tip
Brand Brief context file
⚠️ Common Failure Modes
- May become generic, over-confident, miss constraints, over-automate, or produce output that needs fact checking.
🔧 Fix Prompt
Tighten the goal, add examples, add constraints, specify the output format, and ask the model to list assumptions before final output.
🎛 Available Modes
Quick
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Critic
Final
🔌 Compatibility & Requirements
🌐 Needs web access
📎 Needs uploaded files
📁 Needs project context
👤 Needs human approval
Approval point: Before publishing, sending, spending money, changing systems, or making commitments.
Required tools:
Web researchFile analysisSpreadsheet toolConnected appsAutomation builder
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⚡ Automation
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🔌 MCP-compatible
📋 Upgrade Notes
Upgraded for Prompt Hub Pro v9.9.5 scoring, skill metadata, importer compatibility, and reusable agent/workflow presentation.
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