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Finite time.

The best founders and operators publish their playbooks for free on YouTube. You'll never watch it all. SkimCraft turns the channels you trust into compact, cited, step-by-step guides — so you can read first and watch the ones worth your time.

Checks your channels daily Read a video in 30s One digest a day
Cold email that works
42:17 · Founder Ch.
My outbound system
1:08:44 · SaaS Diaries
First 100 customers
27:03 · Indie Notes
Playbook · Cold email3 sources
Cold email that gets replies
Synthesized from 3 videos · 6 steps
1Research before you write. 90 seconds per prospect, one specific trigger. 13
2One idea per email. Lead with their problem, not your product. 2
3Ask for a reply, not a meeting. Lower the bar to respond. 1
SourcesFounder Ch.SaaS DiariesIndie Notes
40
channels you follow because they're genuinely great
3
videos you actually watched this month
218h
of uploads in "watch later" you'll never open

The knowledge is free and infinite. Your time is finite. SkimCraft closes the gap.

How it works

Three steps. Less time searching.

You pick who to trust. SkimCraft does the watching, distilling, and synthesizing. You read the result.

Track your channels

Subscribe to the creators you already trust. SkimCraft checks them every day for new uploads — no feed to scroll, nothing to remember.

SkimCraft distills & synthesizes

Every upload becomes a 30-second summary. Then SkimCraft synthesizes across videos into one cited, step-by-step playbook per topic.

You read the good part

Open a playbook when you need it. Get one digest a day with what matters, weighted to what you're focused on right now.

01 / Track

Subscribe once. Never miss an upload.

Point SkimCraft at the creators you actually rate. It watches them for you — daily — so a great video never rots in "watch later" again.

  • Daily automatic checks. New uploads picked up within hours — no manual refresh.
  • No feed, no algorithm. Only the channels you chose. Nothing else gets in.
  • Track dozens without the guilt. Following 40 channels costs you nothing now.
F
Founder Channel
2 new this week
2 new
S
SaaS Diaries
Distilled 4h ago
1 new
I
Indie Notes
Up to date
Read
O
Operator's Log
Up to date
Read
02 / Distill

An hour of video, read in 30 seconds.

Every upload gets a tight summary, a one-line takeaway, and the concrete, actionable key points — with topic tags. The substance, none of the padding.

  • One-line takeaway up top — know instantly if it's worth your attention.
  • Actionable key points, not a transcript dump. Just what you can use.
  • Auto topic tags so every insight is ready to be synthesized later.
◷ 28s read
1:08:44
My entire outbound system (that booked 40 demos)
SaaS Diaries
Takeaway
Volume without research is spam. Send fewer, sharper emails to a tight list.
  • Build a list of 50 accounts that fit one clear trigger, not 500 random ones.
  • Open with a specific observation about them; cut every "I hope this finds you well."
  • One CTA per email: ask a question they can answer in a sentence.
  • Follow up 3 times, each adding a new angle — not "just bumping this."
#cold-email#outbound#sales
The hero feature

Ten creators, one playbook.

Not a pile of summaries. SkimCraft synthesizes every video you've collected on a topic into one cohesive, step-by-step guide — with inline citations back to the source. It stays current as new videos come in.

Playbook · synthesis
Live · updates as new videos arrive
playbook / cold-email.md
Cold email that gets replies
Synthesized from 7 videos across 5 channels · last updated 2 days ago
§1Build the list before you write a word
1

Pick one sharp trigger

Define a single signal that means "this company needs me now" — a new hire, a funding round, a launch. Fewer, better-fit accounts beat volume every time. 12

2

Cap the list at 50

A tight list you can research is worth more than 500 you can't. Spend the time you save on personalization. 3

§2Write the email
3

Open with them, not you

First line references a specific, observable detail. Delete every generic pleasantry. 24

4

One idea, one ask

Make the reply a one-sentence answer, not a calendar commitment. Ask a question, don't pitch a meeting. 1

5

Follow up with new angles

Three follow-ups, each adding value — a case study, a relevant stat, a different problem. Never "just bumping this." 5

Sources
1My entire outbound system · SaaS Diaries
2Cold email that works · Founder Channel
3First 100 customers · Indie Notes
4Outbound teardown · Operator's Log
5Sequences that convert · Growth Unfiltered
03 / Digest

One email a day. Zero-inbox for learning.

A single daily digest with the highlights and new uploads that matter — weighted toward what you're focused on right now. No feed, no notifications, no rabbit holes.

  • One email, once a day. Everything worth knowing, nothing to chase.
  • Weighted to your focus. The stuff you care about this month rises to the top.
  • Every item links back to the full distillation and its playbook.
SkimCraft · your daily digest
Tue, 9:00
3 things worth your time today
Weighted toward pricing — your focus this month.
For your focus
01
Why usage-based pricing beat seats for us
New in your Pricing playbook · SaaS Diaries · 52 min → 24s read
02
The pricing page test that doubled trials
Updates Pricing playbook §3 · Growth Unfiltered
Also new
03
Hiring your first sales rep — what I got wrong
New Hiring playbook started · Operator's Log
04 / Discover

Find channels that actually go deep.

Tell SkimCraft a topic. It surfaces the creators who go deep on it — and filters out the general-interest fluff. A playbook is only as good as its sources.

  • Depth over reach. Ranked by how much they actually cover your topic.
  • Fluff filtered out. General-interest channels that graze the topic get dropped.
  • Add with one tap and the topic's playbook starts building immediately.
P
Pricing Lab
142 videos on pricing & packaging
96% deep
S
SaaS Diaries
31 videos touch pricing
81% deep
B
Business Daily
General — 2 pricing videos
filtered
05 / Tune

Tell it what you care about this month.

Set your focus and everything leans toward it — digests, highlights, which playbooks stay warm. When your priorities shift, so does SkimCraft.

  • Plain-language focus. Say "I'm raising a seed round" and it re-weights.
  • Digests follow your focus, so the daily email is always relevant.
  • Change it anytime. No settings maze — one line, and it re-tunes.
This month I'm focused on…
Getting our pricing right before we raise
pricingfundraisingpositioninghiringops
Pricing
92%
Fundraising
74%
Hiring
21%
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