viral-hooks

Name: viral-hooks
Author: vyralcontent

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How to install viral-hooks?

vyralcontent/content-skills/viral-hooks

$npx -y skills add vyralcontent/content-skills --skill viral-hooks

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Summary

Write and critique viral hooks for short-form video: the opening

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SKILL.md

1	[![Stop guessing what to post. Steal from the videos that blew up.](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vyralcontent/content-skills/main/assets/header.png)](https://vyralcontent.com)
2
3	# Viral hooks
4
5	Help the user write or fix the first 1 to 3 seconds of a short-form video:
6	the hook. This skill encodes hook archetypes, the three layers (visual,
7	verbal, text), the named-creator frameworks, and the anti-patterns that kill
8	retention before the algorithm finishes deciding. It does not predict
9	virality. It gives the user proven openings instead of a blank frame.
10
11	For full script structure, see `viral-short-form`. For platform algorithm
12	specifics, see `viral-tiktok-content`, `viral-youtube-shorts`, and
13	`viral-instagram-reels`. For caption and CTA craft, see
14	`viral-captions-and-ctas`.
15
16	## Operating principles (read these first, apply throughout)
17
18	1. The hook is the gate, not an ornament. TikTok, Reels, and Shorts
19	decide within roughly 1.5 to 3 seconds whether to keep distributing. If
20	the hook fails, nothing else in the video matters.
21	2. Hand back a batch, not a single line. One hook is a guess. Six to
22	ten across at least three archetypes is a strategy. The user picks the
23	angle, not just the wording.
24	3. Hooks have three layers. Visual, verbal, and on-screen text work
25	together in the first 1 to 2 seconds. A clever verbal line on a flat
26	opening frame is half a hook.
27	4. Specific beats clever. Concrete nouns, odd numbers, and named
28	stakes beat vague intrigue. "I spent $400 on coffee gear" lands. "You
29	won't believe what happened" doesn't.
30	5. Match the promise to the payoff. A hook that oversells what the
31	video delivers gets the click and tanks the satisfaction signal
32	underneath it. Bait-and-switch is the fastest way to get demoted.
33	6. Pattern-matching, not prediction. Hooks raise the odds. They don't
34	guarantee anything. Say what tends to work and why, never that a video
35	will go viral.
36	7. If you can't write the hook, the idea is probably weak. Treat hook
37	writing as idea validation, not final polish. An idea that resists a
38	clean opening line usually has a deeper problem.
39
40	## Workflow
41
42	Adapt to the ask. Don't interrogate the user. If they want hooks fast,
43	skip to step 3 and infer the rest.
44
45	1. Clarify the brief (ask only for what's missing): the topic or
46	video idea, the audience, the platform, the goal (reach, saves,
47	click-through to long-form), any constraints (no-face, brand voice).
48	2. Pick the angles. Choose three or more archetypes that fit the
49	idea. Don't run all ten through one archetype. See
50	`references/hook-archetypes.md` for the menu.
51	3. Generate six to ten hooks across those archetypes. For each, write
52	the verbal line, sketch the visual hook (what the first frame shows),
53	and the on-screen text (3 to 7 words). Label each by archetype.
54	4. Run each through the checklist. Specific noun, payoff visible or
55	implied, no throat-clearing, hook resolves by second 3, visual works
56	if the sound is off.
57	5. Critique mode (if they brought a draft): diagnose against the
58	anti-patterns in `references/hook-anti-patterns.md`. Be specific about
59	where attention drops and why. Rewrite the weak parts; don't just
60	flag them.
61	6. Close honestly. Suggest filming two to three variants and reading
62	the first-three-seconds retention to pick the winner. Hooks are
63	tested, not guessed.
64
65	## Modes (route by what the user asked)
66
67	- "Give me hooks for X" → steps 1 to 4. Return a labeled batch across
68	archetypes with all three layers sketched. Offer to develop the
69	strongest into a script (hand off to `viral-short-form`).
70	- "Make this opening stronger" → critique mode. Identify which layer
71	is weak, name the anti-pattern, then rewrite three variants the user
72	can A/B.
73	- "What hook archetype fits this idea?" → match the idea to two or
74	three archetypes, explain the tradeoffs, write one example in each so
75	the user can feel the difference.
76	- "Critique this draft hook" → run it through
77	`assets/h

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viral-hooks

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How to install viral-hooks?

vyralcontent/content-skills/viral-hooks

$npx -y skills add vyralcontent/content-skills --skill viral-hooks

Installs into the current project.

Summary

Write and critique viral hooks for short-form video: the opening

Files · 1

View on GitHub

SKILL.md

1	[![Stop guessing what to post. Steal from the videos that blew up.](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vyralcontent/content-skills/main/assets/header.png)](https://vyralcontent.com)
2
3	# Viral hooks
4
5	Help the user write or fix the first 1 to 3 seconds of a short-form video:
6	the hook. This skill encodes hook archetypes, the three layers (visual,
7	verbal, text), the named-creator frameworks, and the anti-patterns that kill
8	retention before the algorithm finishes deciding. It does not predict
9	virality. It gives the user proven openings instead of a blank frame.
10
11	For full script structure, see `viral-short-form`. For platform algorithm
12	specifics, see `viral-tiktok-content`, `viral-youtube-shorts`, and
13	`viral-instagram-reels`. For caption and CTA craft, see
14	`viral-captions-and-ctas`.
15
16	## Operating principles (read these first, apply throughout)
17
18	1. The hook is the gate, not an ornament. TikTok, Reels, and Shorts
19	decide within roughly 1.5 to 3 seconds whether to keep distributing. If
20	the hook fails, nothing else in the video matters.
21	2. Hand back a batch, not a single line. One hook is a guess. Six to
22	ten across at least three archetypes is a strategy. The user picks the
23	angle, not just the wording.
24	3. Hooks have three layers. Visual, verbal, and on-screen text work
25	together in the first 1 to 2 seconds. A clever verbal line on a flat
26	opening frame is half a hook.
27	4. Specific beats clever. Concrete nouns, odd numbers, and named
28	stakes beat vague intrigue. "I spent $400 on coffee gear" lands. "You
29	won't believe what happened" doesn't.
30	5. Match the promise to the payoff. A hook that oversells what the
31	video delivers gets the click and tanks the satisfaction signal
32	underneath it. Bait-and-switch is the fastest way to get demoted.
33	6. Pattern-matching, not prediction. Hooks raise the odds. They don't
34	guarantee anything. Say what tends to work and why, never that a video
35	will go viral.
36	7. If you can't write the hook, the idea is probably weak. Treat hook
37	writing as idea validation, not final polish. An idea that resists a
38	clean opening line usually has a deeper problem.
39
40	## Workflow
41
42	Adapt to the ask. Don't interrogate the user. If they want hooks fast,
43	skip to step 3 and infer the rest.
44
45	1. Clarify the brief (ask only for what's missing): the topic or
46	video idea, the audience, the platform, the goal (reach, saves,
47	click-through to long-form), any constraints (no-face, brand voice).
48	2. Pick the angles. Choose three or more archetypes that fit the
49	idea. Don't run all ten through one archetype. See
50	`references/hook-archetypes.md` for the menu.
51	3. Generate six to ten hooks across those archetypes. For each, write
52	the verbal line, sketch the visual hook (what the first frame shows),
53	and the on-screen text (3 to 7 words). Label each by archetype.
54	4. Run each through the checklist. Specific noun, payoff visible or
55	implied, no throat-clearing, hook resolves by second 3, visual works
56	if the sound is off.
57	5. Critique mode (if they brought a draft): diagnose against the
58	anti-patterns in `references/hook-anti-patterns.md`. Be specific about
59	where attention drops and why. Rewrite the weak parts; don't just
60	flag them.
61	6. Close honestly. Suggest filming two to three variants and reading
62	the first-three-seconds retention to pick the winner. Hooks are
63	tested, not guessed.
64
65	## Modes (route by what the user asked)
66
67	- "Give me hooks for X" → steps 1 to 4. Return a labeled batch across
68	archetypes with all three layers sketched. Offer to develop the
69	strongest into a script (hand off to `viral-short-form`).
70	- "Make this opening stronger" → critique mode. Identify which layer
71	is weak, name the anti-pattern, then rewrite three variants the user
72	can A/B.
73	- "What hook archetype fits this idea?" → match the idea to two or
74	three archetypes, explain the tradeoffs, write one example in each so
75	the user can feel the difference.
76	- "Critique this draft hook" → run it through
77	`assets/h

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