hook-generator

Hook Generator — Hook Smith

"Scroll-stopping hooks"

When to use

• "Give me hooks for a post about ."
• 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 | Pattern | Fits |
|----|------|---------|------|
| 1  | <hook> | curiosity gap | LI / X |
| 2  | <hook> | contrarian | all |
| …  | <20 rows total — all 8 patterns, 2+ each> | | |

### Top 3
1. "<hook>" — <pattern> — <why it wins for this audience on this platform>
2. "<hook>" — <pattern> — <rationale>
3. "<hook>" — <pattern> — <rationale>

### Follow-through for #1
<the next 1–2 lines after the hook>

### Killed in cash-check
<n> hooks — e.g. "<hook>" (promised <X>; the content only supports <Y>)