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I have a goal to post daily Notes on Substack.
It's the main platform I'm using to grow my Unscaled Solopreneur newsletter right now, and the algorithm rewards consistency.
Post daily notes → get more reach → grow faster.
But I kept starting and stopping.
I'd batch a week's worth of notes, schedule them out, feel great…then run out and scramble to write one-offs every day.
It wasn't sustainable.
So I finally built a system.
And today, I used it to create and schedule 25 Substack notes in less than an hour.
And not the generic AI stuff either.
Real notes in my voice, pulled from content I've already created.
How I Did It
Step 1: Saved high-performing notes I liked
Over the past few months, whenever I saw a Substack note that I liked and that was getting solid engagement, I saved it in a spreadsheet.
I ended up with about 15–20 examples.
Step 2: Reverse-engineered them into templates
I took those saved notes to Claude and used a prompt I got from Anfernee at Solopreneur Code.
The prompt:
Analyzes each note
Identifies the structure (hook, problem, payoff, insight)
Groups similar patterns together
Creates reusable templates for each pattern
Claude created a 25-page document breaking down every pattern it found.
I saved it in Google Docs as my “Substack Viral Post Deconstruction & Blueprint Library” so I could reference it anytime.
Step 3: Built a Claude Project with all my source material
Inside Claude, I created a new Project and uploaded:
All my past long-form Substack posts
Dozens of transcripts from coaching calls and workshop trainings I've run
A doc with common questions, problems, and desires my audience has
This gave Claude a massive library of my ideas, my voice, and my frameworks to pull from, as well as an understanding of my audience and my offers.
Step 4: Asked Claude to generate 25 notes
I attached the full blueprint from above, and this prompt:
Prompt:
See attached prompt and examples.
Using the project sources and source material, give me 20–25 Substack notes based on the templates in the prompt.
Rules:
-Only use templates that are relevant for the content
-Look in all files, including transcripts
-Do not add or make up stories, context, or background
-Use my words, phrases, and style from the notes
-Focus on posts that relate to my core idea: going from burned out to breathing room with simple, profitable systems that run under 20 hours a week
-De-emphasize content related to freelancing
-Focus more on ideas related to email/newsletter marketing, motivation, simple systems, and tactical, practical wins
If you use the prompt, make sure to update to refer to your core idea, and to emphasize and de-emphasize whatever is relevant to you and your audience.
Claude came back with 25 notes.
Each one:
✅ Followed a proven structure
✅ Used my actual phrasing and ideas
✅ Pulled from real content I'd already created (posts, calls, workshops)
✅ Sounded like me
Step 5: Light editing + scheduling
I read through each note, made small tweaks (tightened a line here, cut some fluff there), ignored a few, came up with some new ones inspired by what I saw, then scheduled them all out using WriteStack (a tool that lets you batch schedule Substack notes).
Total time: 53 minutes (yes, I timed it)
My Take
This is the power of systems.
Not "hacks."
Not "one weird trick."
Just doing the work once, saving it, and reusing it.
I’ve done the starting from scratch every time I sit down thing.
Stared at the blank screen, waiting for inspiration from the Content Gods.
Felt the fear of missing my deadlines and the panic as I rush to publish something I just threw together.
It’s exhausting.
But when you build a system—even a simple one—you stop recreating the wheel.
You:
Collect what works (save high-performing posts)
Reverse-engineer the patterns (turn them into templates)
Feed your own content into the machine (so it sounds like you)
Generate a batch of ideas in one sitting (so you're not scrambling daily)
Now I have a simple SOP saved in Capacities (where I do all my note-taking).
Every time I finish a long-form post or workshop, I can now drop it into the Claude Project, use the prompts and generate more notes from it.
The work I'm already doing gets leveraged and I can stay consistent without burning out.
Dig Deeper
👉 Read Anfernee's full breakdown on reverse-engineering viral posts → Solopreneur Code
👉 Try Write Stack for batch scheduling Substack notes → writestack.com
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