viral-short-form
Create High-Retention Short-Form Videos
Creators often lose viewers because hooks are vague and scripts lack a clear payoff. This skill gives Claude, Codex, and Claude Code structured patterns for hooks, scripts, carousels, and critique.
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Test it
Using "viral-short-form". Give me hooks for a video launching a $39 reusable cold-brew maker.
Expected outcome:
- Withhold: I found the coffee gadget I would actually rebuy. I am not saying the brand yet.
- Cost confession: I spent $400 on coffee gear so you can skip to the $39 one.
- Contrarian: Your expensive coffee setup may be why it tastes worse.
Using "viral-short-form". Write a 30-second talking-head script about why morning routines fail.
Expected outcome:
- Hook: Your 5 AM routine may be why you crash by noon.
- Escalation: You copied a routine built for someone else, so the timing fights your day.
- Payoff: Build the routine around your energy pattern, then add one habit at a time.
- CTA: Save this before you rebuild your schedule tonight.
Using "viral-short-form". Turn a blog post about productivity myths into a carousel.
Expected outcome:
- Slide 1: The productivity advice that quietly wastes your morning.
- Slides 2-5: One myth per slide with a direct correction.
- Slide 6: A saveable recap with the three changes to try first.
- Slide 7: A simple save or follow CTA.
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What You Can Build
Plan a Product Launch Video
Generate multiple hooks and a tight short-form script for a new product, offer, or feature.
Repurpose Long Content
Turn a blog post, podcast, webinar, or long video into several distinct short-form ideas.
Improve Draft Performance
Diagnose where a hook or script loses attention and rewrite the weak beats with clearer payoffs.
Try These Prompts
Give me 8 short-form hooks for [topic or product]. Label each hook by archetype and make each one concrete.
Write a 30-second [TikTok/Reels/Shorts] script about [topic]. Use hook, escalation, payoff, and CTA. Include on-screen text notes.
Here is my draft: [paste draft]. Identify where attention drops, name the failure mode, and rewrite the weak hook and payoff.
Turn [source idea] into 5 distinct short-form pieces: talking head, demo, listicle, carousel, and POV. Give each a unique hook, structure, and platform note.
Best Practices
- Provide the audience, platform, topic, goal, and any brand constraints before asking for scripts.
- Ask for several hook archetypes so the output explores different creative angles.
- Check that every hook promise is paid off clearly inside the script or carousel.
Avoid
- Asking for guaranteed viral content or specific view counts.
- Using a brand-first introduction before the viewer understands the payoff.
- Reusing the same hook angle across every short-form format.