Article Queue - View and Manage Article Topics

This skill displays the article topic queue and offers to generate an article from any queued topic.

Invocation

/article-queue
/article-queue -l

Flags:

```
-g
```
- Use global queue (default):
```
~/.claude/article-queue.md
```
```
-l
```
- Use local/project queue:
```
.claude/article-queue.md
```

Queue Storage

Two queue locations are supported:

Global (default):
```
~/.claude/article-queue.md
```
- shared across all projects
Local:
```
.claude/article-queue.md
```
- project-specific queue

Queue File Format:

markdown

# Article Queue

Topics queued for article generation.

## Topics

- [ ] How kubernetes networking works
- [ ] The history of Unix file permissions
- [x] WebSocket vs Server-Sent Events comparison (generated)

Items marked with

[x]

have already been generated.

Execution Workflow

Step 1: Determine Queue Location

Check for
```
-l
```
flag → use local queue (
```
.claude/article-queue.md
```
)
Check for
```
-g
```
flag or no flag → use global queue (
```
~/.claude/article-queue.md
```
)

Step 2: Read Queue File

Use Read tool to check if the queue file exists (expand
```
~
```
to actual home path for global)
If it doesn't exist, inform the user the queue is empty and suggest using
```
/article-add
```

Step 3: Parse Queue Contents

Extract all topics from the file:

```
- [ ]
```
items are pending (not yet generated)
```
- [x]
```
items are completed (already generated)

Step 4: Display Queue

Present the queue to the user in a clear format:

📋 **Article Queue**

**Pending topics:**
1. How kubernetes networking works
2. The history of Unix file permissions
3. Understanding TCP congestion control

**Previously generated:**
- WebSocket vs Server-Sent Events comparison

Use `/article <topic>` to generate any article, or select one below.

Step 5: Offer Selection (if pending topics exist)

If there are pending topics, use AskUserQuestion to let the user pick one:

Header: "Generate"
Question: "Would you like to generate an article for one of these topics?"
Options (dynamically built from pending topics, max 4):
- First pending topic (Recommended)
- Second pending topic (if exists)
- Third pending topic (if exists)
- "Not now" - Just viewing the queue

If there are more than 3 pending topics, show the first 3 and include "Not now" as the 4th option. The user can always invoke

/article

directly for other topics.

Step 6: Handle Selection

If user selects a topic:

Mark the topic as in-progress in the queue (optional visual feedback)
Invoke the
```
/article
```
skill workflow for that topic
After article generation completes, update the queue:
- Change
```
- [ ] topic
```
  to
```
- [x] topic (generated)
```

If user selects "Not now":

Thank them and remind they can use
```
/article-add
```
to add more topics or
```
/article <topic>
```
anytime

Example Interactions

Empty Queue

User: /article-queue

Claude: Your global article queue is empty.

Use `/article-add <topic>` to add topics you'd like to write articles about later.

User: /article-queue -l

Claude: Your local article queue is empty.

Use `/article-add -l <topic>` to add project-specific topics.

Queue with Topics

User: /article-queue

Claude: 📋 **Article Queue**

**Pending topics:**
1. How kubernetes networking works
2. The history of Unix file permissions
3. Understanding TCP congestion control

Use `/article <topic>` to generate any article, or select one below.

[AskUserQuestion: Would you like to generate an article for one of these topics?]
- How kubernetes networking works (Recommended)
- The history of Unix file permissions
- Understanding TCP congestion control
- Not now

User: [Selects "How kubernetes networking works"]

Claude: [Proceeds with /article workflow for "How kubernetes networking works"]
        [After completion, marks topic as generated in queue]

Queue Management

Clearing Completed Items

If the user asks to clear completed items, edit the queue file to remove all

- [x]

lines.

Removing a Pending Item

If the user asks to remove a specific pending item, edit the queue file to remove that line.

Error Handling

If queue file doesn't exist: Report empty queue, suggest
```
/article-add
```
If queue file is malformed: Attempt to parse what's there, report any issues
If all topics are already generated: Report this and suggest adding new topics

Related Skills

```
/article
```
- Generate an HTML article on a topic
```
/article-add
```
- Add a new topic to the queue

article-queue

NPX Install

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