viral-social-video-creator

# Viral Social Video Creator

This skill creates viral short-form video scripts through a structured 4-phase workflow. Each phase must be completed before proceeding to the next.

## Workflow Overview

```
DISCOVER → SELECT → PLAN → EXECUTE
   ↓         ↓        ↓        ↓
 Gather   Choose   Map      Generate
 inputs  archetype structure  script
```

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## PHASE 1: DISCOVER

Gather these inputs before proceeding. Ask the user:

1. **Topic**: What specific topic, tool, or concept is this content about?
2. **Audience Level**: Complete beginner / Curious beginner / Intermediate / Advanced builder / Developer / Business professional
3. **Content Goal**: What should viewers DO after watching? (Discover tool / Learn technique / Understand concept / Change perspective / Join community)
4. **Platform**: TikTok / Instagram Reels / YouTube Shorts / LinkedIn
5. **Visual Format**: Talking head only / Talking head + screen / Screen recording + voiceover / Text overlays
6. **Tone**: High energy / Calm educational / Urgent FOMO / Analytical / Tactical practical

> **Platform Note**: This skill works for TikTok, Instagram Reels, AND YouTube Shorts. Each platform has different optimal lengths, CTA styles, and algorithm priorities. Load `references/platform-guide.md` for platform-specific adjustments when generating scripts.

**Output a Content Brief** summarizing all inputs before proceeding to Phase 2.

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## PHASE 2: SELECT

Choose the optimal archetype using the decision framework in `references/decision-framework.md`.

### The 6 Archetypes (Summary)

| Archetype | Best For | Audience |
|-----------|----------|----------|
| **CURATOR** | Resource lists, tool roundups | Beginners |
| **ENTERTAINER** | Tips/tricks with personality | Intermediate |
| **TEACHER** | Technical concept explainers | Developers |
| **ANALYST** | Trend analysis, hot takes | Business pros |
| **PRACTITIONER** | Workflow tutorials | Active builders |
| **EDUCATOR** | Skill roadmaps, learning paths | Career-focused professionals |

### Quick Selection Logic

- "What tools exist?" → CURATOR
- "How do I use this better?" → ENTERTAINER  
- "How does this work?" → TEACHER
- "What does this mean?" → ANALYST
- "How do you have it set up?" → PRACTITIONER
- "What skills do I need to learn?" → EDUCATOR

For detailed archetype profiles including audience psychology, signature elements, content formulas, and when to use/avoid each style, load `references/archetypes.md`.

**Confirm the selected archetype with the user** before proceeding to Phase 3.

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## PHASE 3: PLAN

Build the content plan by selecting components from reference files.

### 3.1 Select Hook

Load `references/hooks-library.md` and present 3-5 hook options matching the selected archetype. Let the user choose or customize.

### 3.2 Map Structure

Each archetype has a signature structure. Load `references/archetypes.md` for the detailed timestamp breakdown of the selected archetype's structure.

### 3.3 Select CTA Strategy

Load `references/cta-strategies.md` for the archetype-specific CTA patterns and placement guidelines.

### 3.4 Output Content Plan

Present a Content Plan for approval:
```
CONTENT PLAN
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
Archetype: [Name]
Hook: [Selected hook]
Structure: [Timestamp outline]
CTA Strategy: [Approach]
Target Length: [X seconds]
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
```

**Get user approval** before proceeding to Phase 4.

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## PHASE 4: EXECUTE

Generate the complete script following these requirements:

1. **Load language patterns** from `references/language-patterns.md` for the selected archetype
2. **Include timing markers** for each section: `[0:00-0:05]`
3. **Add visual cues** in brackets: `[Visual: screen recording of demo]`
4. **Write for spoken delivery** - conversational, not written prose
5. **Use the selected hook verbatim** at the start
6. **Match CTA style** to archetype guidelines

For complete script examples to use as templates, load `references/example-scripts.md`.

### Output Format

```
VIRAL SCRIPT: [Title]
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
Archetype: [Name] | Platform: [Platform] | Length: ~[X]s
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

[0:00-0:03] HOOK
[Visual: talking head, high energy]
"[Hook text]"

[0:03-0:XX] [SECTION NAME]
[Visual: description]
"[Script text]"

[Continue all sections...]

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
PRODUCTION NOTES:
- [Relevant notes for filming/editing]
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
```

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## Bundled Resources

| File | Load When |
|------|-----------|
| `references/archetypes.md` | Phase 2 (detailed profiles) or Phase 3 (structure mapping) |
| `references/decision-framework.md` | Phase 2 (archetype selection logic) |
| `references/hooks-library.md` | Phase 3 (hook selection) |
| `references/cta-strategies.md` | Phase 3 (CTA planning) |
| `references/language-patterns.md` | Phase 4 (script generation) |
| `references/example-scripts.md` | Phase 4 (script templates) |
| `references/platform-guide.md` | Phase 4 (platform-specific adjustments for TikTok/Reels/Shorts) |

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## Critical Rules

1. **Complete each phase sequentially** - Do not skip phases
2. **Get user confirmation** at end of Phase 2 (archetype) and Phase 3 (plan)
3. **Load reference files as needed** - Do not duplicate their content in responses
4. **Adapt to platform constraints**:
   - TikTok: 30-90 sec optimal, casual tone, mid-roll "save this" CTAs
   - Instagram Reels: 30-60 sec optimal, polished aesthetic, "save this" CTAs work best
   - YouTube Shorts: 60 sec MAX (hard limit), educational tone, "subscribe" CTAs, optimize title for search
   - LinkedIn: 60-120 sec, professional tone
5. **Match archetype voice precisely** - Each style has distinct language patterns
6. **Adjust for platform** - Load `references/platform-guide.md` for algorithm signals and CTA differences