Viral Hook Creator
Skill Warning ActiveCreates viral social media hooks using proven psychological patterns and trigger words. Use when user needs attention-grabbing openings for posts, threads, videos, or content.
To help users create viral social media hooks that grab attention and drive engagement by leveraging proven psychological patterns and trigger words.
Features
- Generates viral social media hooks
- Uses proven psychological patterns
- Integrates specific trigger words
- Adapts to platform and audience context
- Outputs formatted hooks with pattern names
Use Cases
- Creating attention-grabbing openings for posts, threads, or videos
- Developing hooks for X/Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, or TikTok
- Maximizing engagement through curiosity and value-driven hooks
- Personalizing hooks based on business context and audience
Non-Goals
- Generating full social media posts or video scripts
- Providing general marketing strategy advice
- Performing competitor analysis or SEO optimization
- Directly interacting with social media platforms
Workflow
- Check for initial arguments, prompt if missing
- Read reference files (hook-patterns.md, trigger_words.md)
- Optionally read FOUNDER_CONTEXT.md for business context
- Analyze user input for topic, platform, goal, audience
- Select patterns and integrate trigger words
- Generate hooks following writing rules and platform adaptations
- Format output and self-verify
Maintenance
- critical:Commit recencyThe last commit was on 2026-02-12, over 3 months ago, indicating potential unmaintenance.
Versioning
- warning:Release ManagementThe repository does not have a clear versioning signal like a CHANGELOG or versioned releases, and installation via npx uses the main branch, making version pinning difficult.
Installation
First, add the marketplace
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