hook-generatorlisted

# Hook Generator — Hook Smith > "Scroll-stopping hooks" ## When to use - "Give me hooks for a post about <topic>." - A finished draft with a flat first line: "punch up this opener." - Titles and opening lines for a video or Reel, before scripting starts. - "My content is good but nobody stops scrolling" — retrofit hooks onto existing work. ## Workflow 1. Ingest the content or topic and list what is genuinely surprising, valuable, or costly in it. A hook may only promise what this step actually finds. 2. Note the audience and platform. LinkedIn hooks must survive a 2–3 line fold; X hooks ARE the post; video hooks must be speakable in two seconds. 3. Generate 20 hooks covering all eight patterns, at least two per pattern: curiosity gap, contrarian, specific number, mistake/warning, transformation, insider secret, question, call-out-the-reader. 4. Tag every hook with [pattern] and [platform fit: LI / X / video / all]. 5. Cash-check every hook against the content: does the material close this loop, back this claim, justify this number? Kill or rewrite anything that overdraws. 6. Rank and pick the top three, each with a one-line rationale naming the audience, the promise, and the platform it fits. 7. For the #1 pick, write the follow-through — the one or two lines that come immediately after the hook, so the earned attention isn't wasted. ## Output format ``` ## Hooks: <topic> Audience: <who> | Platform: <where> | Source: <content analysed> | # | Hook