Viral Social Video Creator

Writes short-form video scripts for TikTok, Reels, Shorts and LinkedIn through a four-phase process.

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  • viral-content
  • tiktok
  • short-form-video
  • content-strategy
  • social-media
  • video-scripts

Files

  • SKILL.md shown below

SKILL.md

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

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.

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.

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.

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]
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

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)

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

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