short
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Plan and script short vertical videos (YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, TikTok) that hold attention. Picks a topic with a clear payoff, writes the hook for the first 2 seconds, a tight 30 to 90 second script, the first frame, on-screen text, visuals, three title options, the description, and a pinned comment. Use when the user asks for a Short, Reel, TikTok, or vertical video script, or wants to turn a post, launch, or news story into a short video.
4 other projects use a version of this.
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- gug007/lpmtheir own version, first seen Nov 8, 2026
- RichardBray/skillstheir own version, first seen Oct 13, 2026
- giovicordova/skills-gctheir own version, first seen Sep 29, 2026
- attentiondotnet/davidondrej-skillstheir own version, first seen Jul 7, 2026
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- gug007/lpm★ 150same name
- attentiondotnet/davidondrej-skills★ 11same name
- RichardBray/skills★ 5same name
- giovicordova/skills-gc★ 0same name
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We split this skill into the rules it gives an agent
2 rules. 0 are common, 2 are distinctive, and 0 are very specific to this project.
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Common
Most of the 3 edited versions we read keep these.
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This author's own choices. Worth a look.
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Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.
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- Distinctive: line 41
Posting time: when the audience is active (check the channel analytics if the user shares them).
- Distinctive: line 46
Not salesy. Never make a Short that only promotes the creator's product.
“Common” is measured: kept by at least 6 in 10 of the 3 edited versions of this file we could read. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
Files
Short
Goal: a viewer who swipes in stays to the end and gets one useful or surprising thing.
1. Pick the topic
A good topic has one clear payoff a non-expert gets at once. Check:
- Payoff: can you say what the viewer gets in one sentence without jargon? If the payoff needs the mechanism explained first, pick another topic.
- Something to show: a demo, a screen, a product, a chart. Talking about a thing nobody can see is weak.
- Timing: is it rising now? Is a similar Short doing well for others this week? Use other channels as topic signals only, never copy their words.
Good shapes: news (what changed and what it means, with numbers), a free tool (result first, then how), the future you can see (a real thing doing something new), a surprising founder or company move, a "why does AI ...?" question with one clear answer, a security story (what happened to whom).
2. Write
Title (3 options): benefit or surprise first, with the named product, company, or person. 4 to 9 words. No mechanism jargon. "This free tool cuts Claude Code token use by half", not "Context compression explained".
First frame: the thing itself, moving, with 3 to 6 words of on-screen text. No logo, no intro, no face-only frame with nothing to see.
Script:
- 0 to 2 s, hook: the most surprising fact or the result. Say it plainly.
- 2 to 10 s, stakes: why the viewer should care.
- Body: 3 to 5 beats, one idea each, each with a visual. Real numbers.
- End: the takeaway in one line, then a follow promise of what they will get ("I test one free AI tool every week"). No "smash that like button".
- Length: 30 to 90 seconds (tools and hands-on demos can run longer). About 150 words per minute.
- Short sentences. Words a 14-year-old knows. Explain one hard term at most, in six words.
Visuals: for each beat, what is on screen (screen recording, b-roll, the source's own video with credit, a simple text card).
On-screen text: large captions for every line; most people watch on mute.
3. Package
- Description: two lines on what the video shows, the source links, then a soft line about the creator's own offer only if it fits.
- Pinned comment: a question about the topic that viewers can answer, or the main link.
- Posting time: when the audience is active (check the channel analytics if the user shares them).
4. Rules
- Facts come from sources you read. Never invent a number, quote, or experience.
- Not salesy. Never make a Short that only promotes the creator's product.
- Offer the user the script and the three titles. They choose and record.
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