Convert Open
Generate Four-Layer Opens for any direct-response asset: Layer 1 Nerve Strike + Layer 2...
Install
npx skills add FerroxLabs/wayland --skill convert-open -g -a claude-code -y- Repository
- FerroxLabs/wayland616
- Category
- Business
- Updated
- 5d ago
- License
- MIT
- Context cost
- Mediumabout 2,818 tokens
- Runs scripts
- No, instructions only
What it does
Generate Four-Layer Opens for any direct-response asset: Layer 1 Nerve Strike + Layer 2 Side Door + Layer 3 Skin in the Game + Layer 4 Fingerprint. Produces 5 ranked opens with section-by-section breakdown. Use when authoring a sales page, VSL, email, ad, or any opener that must make the reader physically unable to stop reading. Not for headline-only generation (this is a 3-5 sentence multi-layer open, not a single headline) - sub-skill of /convert sales-page when called as part of full Method deployment.
Convert Open - The Four-Layer Open
"Your opening has one job: make them keep reading. Not impress them. Not 'build rapport.' Make them physically unable to stop." - The Donahoe Method, Framework 1
This skill generates openings using all four layers of The Donahoe Method's signature open. Four layers, 3-5 sentences, every word load-bearing.
When to Use
Trigger phrases: "write me an opener", "donahoe open", "opening for my sales page", "hook for cold traffic", "nerve strike opener", "how should I open this", /convert open <topic-or-product>.
Use for any direct-response asset that needs to capture a reader inside the first 3-5 sentences: sales pages, VSL scripts, email leads, ad copy, article intros, webinar opens, presentation hooks.
Do NOT use for:
- Standalone headlines without context (the Open is multi-sentence; a single headline lives inside Layer 1)
- Rewriting an existing opener (use
convert-rewriteinstead - it preserves voice while applying the Method) - Auditing an existing opener (use
convert-auditfor full Method scoring)
Inputs
Required:
- Product / topic / offer - what are we selling or saying?
- Target reader - one specific human (Donahoe Voice Rule #1: The One Person Rule). NOT "marketers" - "Mike, an agency owner in Ohio who's burned through $40k on Facebook ads with nothing to show". If the user gives a vague audience, ask for specificity in one short prompt: "Describe the one person you're writing this for."
- The Nerve - what's the specific raw pain? Not "they're frustrated with X". "They woke up this morning, opened their dashboard, saw zero leads, and felt that sick feeling because rent's due Tuesday."
