Creative Orchestrator

Diagnose your creative status, build the optimal skill chain, and guide execution step by step. No external tools — pure routing. Reads creative-memory/ to recommend what to run and when.

Purpose

Creative Orchestrator is the traffic controller for all 6 creative skills. It answers:

• What creative assets do I have, and what’s missing?
• Which skill should I run next?
• In what order should I chain skills for my goal?
• What’s stale and needs refreshing?

This skill never creates content itself. It reads creative-memory/ to diagnose the current state, analyzes the user’s request, and produces a step-by-step execution plan pointing to the right skills.

Modes

Auto-Load Protocol

On every invocation, BEFORE any routing:

1. Check creative-memory/ directory
   • If missing → Create from creative-memory-template/
2. Read ALL .md files in creative-memory/ (except README.md)
3. For each file, assess:
   • Exists? — File present with substantive content (not just scaffold placeholders)
   • Last updated — Extract date from > Last updated: header or creative-log.md
   • Richness — Rich (detailed data) / Thin (scaffold only)
4. Read creative-log.md → Extract last execution date per skill
5. Check brand-memory/ (read-only) → voice-profile.md + positioning.md availability
6. Optionally check research-memory/ (read-only) → Market context availability
7. Build Creative Status Dashboard (see Step 1)

Process

Step 1: Build Creative Status Dashboard

Generate this dashboard from the Auto-Load data:

Creative Status Dashboard
══════════════════════════
🎨 Visual Guidelines       : [STATUS] [DATE_INFO]
📖 Storytelling Frameworks  : [STATUS] [DATE_INFO]
📈 Trend Angles             : [STATUS] [DATE_INFO] [FRESHNESS]
📝 Content Examples         : [STATUS] [ENTRY_COUNT]
📋 Creative Log             : [LAST_ENTRY_DATE]

External Context:
🔤 Brand Voice (brand-memory)      : [AVAILABLE / MISSING]
🎯 Positioning (brand-memory)      : [AVAILABLE / MISSING]
📊 Market Trends (research-memory) : [AVAILABLE / MISSING]

Status values:

• ✅ Complete — File exists with substantive content
• ⚠️ Stale (Xd) — Complete but outdated (see thresholds below)
• ❌ Missing — File doesn’t exist or is empty scaffold

Staleness thresholds (file-specific):

Always show the dashboard first — it grounds the conversation in facts, not assumptions.

Step 2: Analyze Request + Select Mode

Match the user’s request to the right mode:

“Foundation complete” = both visual-guidelines.md AND storytelling-frameworks.md have substantive content.

Present the suggested mode with a one-line rationale. Let the user confirm or override.

Step 3: Build Execution Path

Skill Dependency Map

Group 1 — Foundation (sequential)
  visual-extractor ──→ framework-builder
    → visual-guidelines.md    → storytelling-frameworks.md

Group 2 — Research (independent, but benefits from Group 1)
  trend-scout
    → trend-angles.md

Group 3 — Content (requires Group 1 + 2)
  post-writer            OR    series-planner → post-writer × N
    → posts/[file].md            → campaigns/[file].md + posts × N

Group 4 — Visual (requires Group 3 output)
  image-creator × N
    → image files

Groups 1 and 2 are independent — user can choose the starting group. Groups 3 and 4 must wait for upstream groups.

Mode A: Full Pipeline Path

📋 Full Creative Pipeline
══════════════════════════
Group 1 — Foundation
  Step 1: visual-extractor   → visual-guidelines.md
  Step 2: framework-builder  → storytelling-frameworks.md

Group 2 — Research
  Step 3: trend-scout        → trend-angles.md

Group 3 — Content
  Step 4: post-writer OR series-planner → post files

Group 4 — Visual
  Step 5: image-creator      → brand visuals

💡 Groups 1 & 2 are independent. Which group first?

Mode B: Content Sprint Path

Two sub-paths based on scope:

If trend-angles.md is stale (7+ days), recommend running trend-scout first regardless of sub-path.

Mode C: Single Skill Path

1. Map user request → target skill using this table:

2. Check prerequisites against dashboard status
3. If prerequisite missing → include it in the path with explanation
4. Present the path

Mode D: Refresh Path

1. Read creative-log.md → calculate days since last run per skill
2. Identify stale files using the threshold table from Step 1
3. Build refresh path — stale skills only, in dependency order
4. Cascade rule: If a Foundation file refreshes, flag downstream impact:
   • visual-guidelines refreshed → image-creator will use updated style on next run
   • frameworks refreshed → post-writer/series-planner will use updated patterns
   • trend-angles refreshed → new angles available for post-writer

Step 4: Guide Execution

Initial handoff:

▶ Next skill: [SKILL_NAME]
  Purpose: [one-line description]
  Input needed: [what the user should prepare]

Say "[SKILL_NAME] 실행해줘" to start.

After each skill completes:

✅ [COMPLETED_SKILL] done → [output_file] saved

▶ Next: [NEXT_SKILL_NAME]
  Purpose: [one-line description]

Continue? Say "[NEXT_SKILL_NAME] 실행해줘"

After all skills complete:

Summarize what was built + suggest next options: create more posts, expand to another platform, plan a campaign series, or atomize for distribution via vibe-mkt’s content-atomizer.

Language: 사용자가 언어를 지정하면 대시보드 및 안내 텍스트를 해당 언어로 출력합니다. 개별 스킬 호출 시 동일한 언어 설정을 전달합니다.

Skill Quick-Reference

Cross-Plugin Connections

After creative work completes, bridge to other plugins when relevant:

Quality Checklist

Before presenting a creative plan, verify:

• Status Dashboard shows accurate file states and dates
• Mode selection has clear rationale tied to dashboard + user request
• Execution path respects skill dependencies (no skill before its prerequisite)
• Each step names the skill, its output, and required input
• Single Skill mode includes missing prerequisites in the path
• Refresh mode uses correct staleness thresholds (7d for trends, 30d for foundation)
• Content Sprint checks Foundation status before proceeding
• Cross-plugin connections mentioned when relevant

Examples

New Brand — Full Pipeline (Mode A)

User: “소셜 콘텐츠를 처음부터 만들고 싶어”

Dashboard: 🎨 ❌ · 📖 ❌ · 📈 ❌ · 📝 ❌ · 🔤 ✅ · 🎯 ✅

Mode: A — Full Pipeline (creative-memory/ is empty, brand-memory/ exists)

Plan: visual-extractor → framework-builder → trend-scout → post-writer → image-creator

Next: visual-extractor — “브랜드 로고, 소셜 포스트, 웹사이트 스크린샷 등을 업로드해주세요”

Weekly Content — Content Sprint (Mode B)

User: “이번 주 인스타 포스트 3개 만들어줘”

Dashboard: 🎨 ✅ (12d) · 📖 ✅ (12d) · 📈 ⚠️ Stale (9d) · 🔤 ✅ · 🎯 ✅

Mode: B — Content Sprint (Foundation ✅, trend-angles slightly stale)

Plan: trend-scout (Refresh) → post-writer × 3 → image-creator × 3

Next: trend-scout — “트렌드 앵글을 먼저 업데이트할게요. 특별히 탐색하고 싶은 방향이 있나요?”

Quick Image — Single Skill (Mode C)

User: “이 카피에 맞는 이미지만 만들어줘”

Dashboard: 🎨 ✅ (5d) · 📖 ✅ (5d) · 📈 ✅ (2d)

Mode: C — Single Skill (image-creator, all prerequisites met)

Plan: image-creator only

Next: image-creator — “카피를 공유해주세요. 타겟 플랫폼도 알려주세요.”

What This Skill Does NOT Do

• Create content → Use the individual skills (post-writer, image-creator, etc.)
• Write to creative-memory/ → Each skill writes its own output; this skill only reads
• Execute marketing → Use vibe-mkt for text marketing assets
• Conduct research → Use mkt-study for market/competitor research

Creative Orchestrator stays focused on routing — diagnosing what’s needed, building the path, and guiding execution.