Terra Studio/Week 4

Resources

Everything from all five modules in one place. Downloads, interactive playgrounds, Claude skills, and the external tools referenced throughout the course.

Module 1

The Architecture of Stories

Story Spine framework, the bullet-point test, and narrative structure fundamentals.

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Downloads

The six beats, the "because of that" test, bullet point diagnostic, and ready-to-use prompts — one page.

story-spine-cheatsheet.md

Paste into Claude Project Instructions to turn any Claude conversation into a Story Spine coach for climate communication.

story-spine-claude-skill.md

Module 2

Audience and Value Frames

Audience diagnostic, value frame mapping, and psychological distance reduction.

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Downloads

The seven pre-flight questions, the four distances, and value-frame vocabulary — one reference page for any climate pitch, brief, or email.

audience-diagnostic-checklist.md

Paste into Claude Project Instructions to turn any Claude conversation into a value-frame translator and audience diagnostic coach.

value-frame-claude-skill.md

Module 3

AI Co-Creation Workflow

The four-step co-creation workflow, prompt clinic, and editorial judgment framework.

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The five-point output test, seven Step 1 questions, and four-step workflow reference — one page for any AI-assisted communication project.

co-creation-checklist.md

Paste into Claude Project Instructions to add the full Step 1–4 workflow and output diagnostic to any Claude conversation.

co-creation-claude-skill.md

Module 4

The Storytelling Tool Stack

Seven output categories, tool recommendations, the multiplication principle, and the Danny Kennedy micro-builds.

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Downloads

All seven output categories, recommended tools per category, decision matrix, and the full multiplication chain — one reference page.

module-4-tool-stack-reference.md

Paste into Claude Project Instructions, a ChatGPT Custom GPT, or a Gemini Gem to turn any AI conversation into a full storytelling co-pilot with your frameworks loaded.

module-4-copilot-instructions.md

Short transcript of Danny Kennedy's Terra.do keynote — solar age framing, vaccine metaphor, Pakistan/Nigeria/Indonesia case studies, and the missing pieces.

kennedy-transcript-short.md

Module 5

From Tools to Pipelines

The five-stage pipeline, Ground Truth Document, verification checklist, and the Fletcher keynote as source material.

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Downloads

All major claims from Dr. Chip Fletcher's keynote organized by narrative thread, each with a suggested Perplexity search query for Stage 1 verification.

fletcher-keynote-claims.md

Blank template for building your own Ground Truth Document — verified claims, sources, dates, thread tags, hero metric, and inciting incidents.

module-5-ground-truth-template.md

A stage-by-stage checklist ensuring verification runs through every handoff — research, structuring, narration, production, and multiplication.

module-5-pipeline-checklist.md

Fill-in-the-blanks run template for all five stages — verification table, Ground Truth Document, two Story Spines, tool selections, and multiplication matrix.

module-5-pipeline-run.md

External Tools

The key tools referenced across all modules, organized by output category. Tools change; the categories are stable.

Research

Perplexity

Broad web research and claim verification

NotebookLM

Deep dives into your own source documents

Visuals & Design

Google Flow

Exploration and visual ideation

Canva AI

Production-ready design and Bulk Create

Presentations

Gamma

Designed first-draft decks from a prompt

Claude

Structured slide outlines and narrative drafts

Interactive

Claude Artifacts

Prototype self-contained HTML tools

Google Opal

Shareable public-facing interactives

Video & Audio

Descript

Transcript-level video editing

ElevenLabs

AI narration and voice cloning

Multiplication

OpusClip

Automatic clip extraction from long video

BannerBear

Templated asset generation at scale