I Am Just a Text File
The voice-as-a-file method from LinkedIn's biggest AI-writing creator.
Open ruben.substack.com →Collect 5-20 of your best pieces, ask the model to extract your patterns (sentence rhythm, vocabulary, opinions, openings), and turn that into a voice file you reuse as a system prompt, Claude Project, or custom GPT. With 3-5 good samples AI captures roughly 70-80% of your style, and every round of feedback sharpens it. Rules beat adjectives: 'never open with a question, short declarative first lines' works far better than 'be witty'.
A quick orientation. The real value is below: resources worth your time, from people who've actually done it.
The voice-as-a-file method from LinkedIn's biggest AI-writing creator.
Open ruben.substack.com →A copy-paste interview prompt that extracts your voice into a reusable .md file.
Open linkedin.com →Set up a Claude skill trained only on your best posts, then improve it weekly.
Open ruben.substack.com →The cleanest step-by-step for custom instructions and sample-based training.
Open zapier.com →Compress your voice into a portable block that works in any model.
Open promptsdaily.substack.com →Extracts specific patterns, not vague adjectives, from your samples.
Open aiprompthackers.com →A simple three-file setup (voice, audience, output) that travels between chats.
Open donbarger.com →The 45-90 minute brand voice prompt build, with hard constraint examples.
Open genaiunplugged.substack.com →Upload 8 samples and get a managed, team-wide brand voice layer.
Open jasper.ai →Screen-share walkthrough of setting up and refining a brand voice.
Watch on YouTube youtube.com →Paste 3,000 words of your writing, get a selectable voice in every chat.
Open copy.ai →How to keep one voice across email, social, and blog when AI drafts it all.
Watch on YouTube youtube.com →Keep ideas and voice yours, use AI for speed, polish, and scale.
Open mattgiaro.com →Counterintuitive but right: train AI on your published output, not raw notes.
Open mattgiaro.substack.com →Voice-true threads: what to feed the model and what to rewrite yourself.
Open mattgiaro.com →Structured course on making AI your digital writing assistant, voice included.
Open startwritingwithai.com →The comms-team version: build a founder-voice GPT from existing writing fast.
Open prdaily.com →Feed a craft book to AI and turn it into a personal writing meta prompt.
Open x.com →Your literal voice: clone it for narration once your written voice is dialed.
Open elevenlabs.io →Why voice plus point of view is the last durable edge for writers.
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