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# Caption ## Purpose Write or evaluate the post caption and opening hook without weakening evidence or turning the copy into generic marketing language. Attention-bearing copy should earn the click; literal information should remain literal when clarity is the job. Read `helper/GUIDE.md` first. For Info-stories, also read `skills/info-stories/references/hook-driven-design-copy.md`. ## Use when Use for a new caption, hook, opening line, CTA, first comment, caption rewrite, or caption QA. Use the `caption-writer` worker inside the full parent workflow. ## Inputs - approved facts/evidence - audience and one primary takeaway - selected creative concept and story brief when available - CTA or explicitly CTA-free intent - language and any brand/voice constraints ## Outputs Return finished caption copy, first-comment copy when applicable, selected caption archetype, hook mechanism, and any unsupported claim that prevents a safe final version. ## Procedure 1. Read `references/caption-patterns.md` and the active helper gates. 2. Pick one caption archetype and stay in it: Numbered Inventory, Result Case Study, Bundle Manifest, Setup Walkthrough, Operating Story, Belief Correction, or Catalogue Tease. 3. Apply `hooked-design-copy` to line 1. Use specificity, supported tension, concrete outcome, recognizable problem, useful surprise, or strong framing. A portable generic opening fails. 4. Keep line 1 compact enough to survive the mobile truncation cut; under roughly 55 charact