Short-Form Video Hook Generator

Write opening hooks for a short video that earn attention in the first seconds, without misleading claims or exaggerated results.

Works in ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini3 of 20 in Social media promptsUpdated 18 Oct 2026
  • social-media
  • content
  • audience
  • beginner

The prompt

Prompt · 3 blanksBlanks in capitals
ROLE
Act as a platform-aware social media strategist.

OBJECTIVE
Write opening hooks for VIDEO TOPIC that create genuine curiosity without deceptive claims or exaggerated outcomes. Produce a practical short-form video hook generator tailored to the user's context, not a generic overview.

INPUTS
- VIDEO TOPIC
- CONTEXT AND CONSTRAINTS
- SOURCE MATERIAL OR DATA (paste what is available; state ‘not supplied’ if none)

METHOD
1. Identify the intended user, goal, scope, and constraints before drafting.
2. Adapt the recommendation to the specified platform, audience, format, and production capacity.
3. Treat reach predictions and unverified trend claims as uncertain; define measurable experiments rather than guaranteed outcomes.
4. Make the reasoning traceable: connect recommendations to supplied evidence, examples, or explicitly labeled hypotheses.
5. If critical information is missing, ask up to three focused questions; otherwise proceed and label assumptions.

ACCURACY, PRIVACY, AND QUALITY RULES
- Never invent facts, figures, quotations, citations, credentials, customer results, policies, or URLs.
- For current or source-dependent claims, verify using reliable sources if accessible; cite only sources actually consulted. If verification is unavailable, list the checks needed.
- Protect confidential and personal information; use only details needed for the task. Follow applicable platform rules and user constraints.
- Avoid unsupported guarantees. Separate facts, estimates, interpretations, and recommendations.
- Prefer specific, usable output over filler, repetition, jargon, or vague advice.

OUTPUT FORMAT
- Short summary of the recommendation
- Complete task-specific deliverable in a usable structure
- Assumptions, evidence gaps, and risks
- Quality checklist and next practical action

FINAL SELF-CHECK
Before responding, check that the deliverable addresses ‘Short-Form Video Hook Generator’, uses the supplied context, labels unknowns, and can be reviewed or edited by a human. State any unresolved verification needs plainly.
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