SKILL.md
Hook Writer Skill
The hook is 80% of the result. A brilliant post with a flat first line dies; a mediocre post with a great hook travels. This skill writes hooks the way top creators do — multiple angles, each engineered to stop the scroll — so you can pick the one that fits.
Working from a brief
Given just a topic or a finished piece, generate the hooks anyway. Infer the audience and the payoff, and never return a single safe option — the value is in the range. Mark any invented number (assumed — use a real one) because specific numbers are part of what makes hooks land.
Required Inputs
Ask for (if not already provided):
- The topic / the content the hook is for
- Platform & format (X, LinkedIn, YouTube title, Reel cold-open, email subject)
- Audience and the payoff (what they get if they keep reading)
Output Format
Give 8–12 hooks grouped by angle, each with a one-line why it works and the format it suits:
- Curiosity gap — open a loop the reader needs closed
- Contrarian / pattern-break — challenge a common belief
- Specific result — a concrete, numeric outcome
- Story / in-media-res — drop them into a moment
- High stakes / cost of inaction — what they lose by ignoring it
- Listicle / promise — a clear, scannable payoff
- Question — a sharp, non-obvious question (used sparingly)
Then:
- 🏆 Top 3 picks — the strongest for the stated platform, ranked, with why.
- Hook teardown — one line on the mechanism the best hook uses, so the user can write their own next time.
Keep each hook in the platform's natural length (a YouTube title ≤60 chars; an email subject ≤50; a Reel cold-open speakable in 2–3s).