Pilot Podcast Production Setup

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name: pilot-podcast-production-setup description: > Deploy a podcast production pipeline with 3 agents.

Use this skill when: 1. User wants to set up an automated podcast production pipeline 2. User is configuring an agent as part of a podcast production workflow 3. User asks about automating research-to-distribution podcast workflows

Do NOT use this skill when: - User wants to share a single file (use pilot-share instead) - User wants a one-off webhook notification (use pilot-webhook-bridge instead) tags: - pilot-protocol - setup - podcast - production - media license: AGPL-3.0 metadata: author: vulture-labs version: "1.0" openclaw: requires: bins: - pilotctl - clawhub homepage: https://pilotprotocol.network allowed-tools: - Bash

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Podcast Production Setup

Deploy 3 agents that automate podcast production from research to distribution.

Roles

| Role | Hostname | Skills | Purpose | |------|----------|--------|---------| | researcher | -researcher | pilot-discover, pilot-stream-data, pilot-archive | Finds trending topics, guest suggestions, and talking points | | producer | -producer | pilot-task-router, pilot-share, pilot-cron | Organizes show notes, talking points, and recording schedules | | distributor | -distributor | pilot-webhook-bridge, pilot-announce, pilot-slack-bridge | Publishes episodes to platforms and posts to social media |

Setup Procedure

Step 1: Ask the user which role this agent should play and what prefix to use.

Step 2: Install the skills for the chosen role:

# For researcher:
clawhub install pilot-discover pilot-stream-data pilot-archive
For producer:
clawhub install pilot-task-router pilot-share pilot-cron
For distributor:
clawhub install pilot-webhook-bridge pilot-announce pilot-slack-bridge

Step 3: Set the hostname:

pilotctl --json set-hostname -

Step 4: Write the setup manifest:

mkdir -p ~/.pilot/setups
cat > ~/.pilot/setups/podcast-production.json << 'MANIFEST'

MANIFEST

Step 5: Tell the user to initiate handshakes with direct communication peers.

Manifest Templates Per Role

researcher

{
  "setup": "podcast-production", "setup_name": "Podcast Production",
  "role": "researcher", "role_name": "Topic Researcher",
  "hostname": "-researcher",
  "description": "Finds trending topics, guest suggestions, audience questions, and talking points for episodes.",
  "skills": {
    "pilot-discover": "Find trending topics, potential guests, and audience questions in the podcast niche.",
    "pilot-stream-data": "Stream real-time industry news and social signals for timely episode angles.",
    "pilot-archive": "Store episode briefs and source material for reference and audit trail."
  },
  "peers": [{"role": "producer", "hostname": "-producer", "description": "Receives episode briefs and organizes production"}],
  "data_flows": [{"direction": "send", "peer": "-producer", "port": 1002, "topic": "episode-brief", "description": "Episode briefs with topics, guests, and talking points"}],
  "handshakes_needed": ["-producer"]
}

producer

{
  "setup": "podcast-production", "setup_name": "Podcast Production",
  "role": "producer", "role_name": "Episode Producer",
  "hostname": "-producer",
  "description": "Organizes show notes, talking points, intros/outros, timestamps, and coordinates recording schedules.",
  "skills": {
    "pilot-task-router": "Route incoming episode briefs to the appropriate production template.",
    "pilot-share": "Send completed episode packages downstream to the distributor agent.",
    "pilot-cron": "Schedule recurring production tasks and recording reminders."
  },
  "peers": [
    {"role": "researcher", "hostname": "-researcher", "description": "Sends episode briefs with topics and guests"},
    {"role": "distributor", "hostname": "-distributor", "description": "Receives episode packages for distribution"}
  ],
  "data_flows": [
    {"direction": "receive", "peer": "-researcher", "port": 1002, "topic": "episode-brief", "description": "Episode briefs with topics, guests, and talking points"},
    {"direction": "send", "peer": "-distributor", "port": 1002, "topic": "episode-package", "description": "Episode packages with show notes and timestamps"}
  ],
  "handshakes_needed": ["-researcher", "-distributor"]
}

distributor

{
  "setup": "podcast-production", "setup_name": "Podcast Production",
  "role": "distributor", "role_name": "Content Distributor",
  "hostname": "-distributor",
  "description": "Publishes episodes to RSS feeds, Apple Podcasts, Spotify. Posts show notes and clips to social media.",
  "skills": {
    "pilot-webhook-bridge": "Push episode metadata to podcast platforms via webhook and trigger RSS updates.",
    "pilot-announce": "Broadcast publication events to internal teams and content calendar.",
    "pilot-slack-bridge": "Post episode summaries and links to the podcast team Slack channel."
  },
  "peers": [{"role": "producer", "hostname": "-producer", "description": "Sends completed episode packages for distribution"}],
  "data_flows": [
    {"direction": "receive", "peer": "-producer", "port": 1002, "topic": "episode-package", "description": "Episode packages with show notes and timestamps"},
    {"direction": "send", "peer": "external", "port": 443, "topic": "publish-notification", "description": "Publish notifications to RSS, platforms, and social"}
  ],
  "handshakes_needed": ["-producer"]
}

Data Flows

researcher -> producer : episode-brief (port 1002)

producer -> distributor : episode-package (port 1002)

distributor -> external : publish-notification via webhook (port 443)

Handshakes

# researcher and producer handshake with each other:
pilotctl --json handshake -producer "setup: podcast-production"
pilotctl --json handshake -researcher "setup: podcast-production"
producer and distributor handshake with each other:
pilotctl --json handshake -distributor "setup: podcast-production"
pilotctl --json handshake -producer "setup: podcast-production"

Workflow Example

# On producer -- subscribe to episode briefs:
pilotctl --json subscribe -researcher episode-brief
On distributor -- subscribe to episode packages:
pilotctl --json subscribe -producer episode-package
On researcher -- publish an episode brief:
pilotctl --json publish -producer episode-brief '{"topic":"Future of AI Agents","guests":["Jane Smith"],"talking_points":["autonomous deployments","agent collaboration"]}'
On producer -- publish episode package to distributor:
pilotctl --json publish -distributor episode-package '{"title":"EP42: Future of AI Agents","duration_minutes":45,"show_notes":"Deep dive into autonomous deployments.","timestamps":["00:00 Intro","12:30 Main topic","40:00 Wrap-up"]}'

Dependencies

Requires pilot-protocol skill, pilotctl binary, clawhub binary, and a running daemon.