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What you'll accomplish

By the end of this guide, you'll know how to prompt Claude Pro to generate a complete, structured 30-day content calendar — with post topics, formats, platform assignments, caption ideas, and hashtag sets — in one session. What used to take 4-6 hours will take under 45 minutes.

What you'll need

  • A Claude account upgraded to Pro ($20/month at claude.ai) — the long context window is essential for full calendar generation
  • Your brand details: content pillars, posting frequency per platform, upcoming campaigns or key dates
  • A Google Sheets template to paste the output into
  • Time needed: 30 minutes for first setup; 30-45 minutes per monthly calendar session
  • Cost: $20/month Claude Pro

How-To Guide: Use Claude Pro to Build Your Full Monthly Content Calendar

Step 1: Open Claude Pro and start a new conversation

  1. Go to claude.ai → log in → make sure you're in a Claude Pro session (you'll see "Claude.ai Pro" in the header).
  2. Click New Chat in the left sidebar.

If you've set up a Claude Project for this brand (see the Level 3 Claude Project guide), open the project instead — your brand context is already loaded.