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Stop guessing what goes viral.

Editable title formulas, anti-hooks, pacing outlines and a Pattern DNA visualizer. Click a [bracket], type, ship. That's the whole workflow.

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What's inside

Six ways to unstick your next hook.

No AI hallucinations. No 40-tab research spiral. Just battle-tested patterns you can remix in under a minute.

Editable Formulas

Every hook is a live template. Click the brackets, type your angle, share a link with the variables baked in.

Slot Machine

Blocked? Spin three reels — niche, angle, variable — and get a ready-to-fill title in one click.

Remix Lab

Pick any two formulas and fuse them into a hybrid hook. Half authority, half curiosity, all yours.

Pattern DNA

See the psychology behind each formula — curiosity, novelty, authority — scored and visualized.

Ship Pipeline

Move ideas from Drafting → Filming → Editing → Live. Local-first, no account, works offline.

Daily Challenge

One curated formula every 24h. Build a streak, keep the reps up, never stare at a blank page again.

Today's living hook

Try it live — edit any [bracket].

Your Next Viral Idea

I organized my entire life with and I've never been happier

"It's free, it's open source, and it looks like it was designed in 2003. None of that matters once you experience the speed."

Anti-hookDon't introduce yourself first — your face isn't the hook, the stakes are.

3-Bullet Pacing Outline

  1. 1.Pattern-interrupt with one line that contradicts the default belief.
  2. 2.Walk through 2–3 steps that prove your contrarian take — keep cuts tight.
  3. 3.Recap the takeaway as a tweetable line, then point to the next video.

Click any [bracket] and start typing — the formula rebalances itself live. Hit Share to copy a link with your variables baked in.

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Today's Challenge⏳ 10:55:13

Quitting my $ job to build was the worst best decision of my life

"Month 4 I almost begged for my old role back. Month 7 a single email arrived that made me glad I never sent it."

Anti-hookDon't start on B-roll. Start on the line that makes them text a friend.

3-Bullet Pacing Outline

  1. 1.Pattern-interrupt with one line that contradicts the default belief.
  2. 2.Walk through 2–3 steps that prove your contrarian take — keep cuts tight.
  3. 3.Recap the takeaway as a tweetable line, then point to the next video.

Battle-tested title formulas for creators who actually ship.

Pick your niche → fill the [brackets] → copy. No AI fluff, no blank page.

The -second prompt that just killed

The truth about after months of daily use

vs : I ran the same impossible task on both

just confessed: is a lie (full breakdown)

said this on a podcast and it changes everything for

Featured

has a dangerous new feature (and nobody is talking about it)

I rebuilt in a weekend with — full source code

Featured

I built a $1,000/mo in 24 hours using only

I automated with and got my weekends back

The -second AI prompt that does the work of a $

Why every should learn right now

I gave my real bank account for 30 days. Here's what it did.

Mixer

I applied to my and saved hours a week

Tap the expand icon (or double-click any title) to enter Focus Mode.

How it works

From blank page to shippable hook in 60 seconds.

  1. Step 1

    Pick a formula

    Browse battle-tested hook templates by niche or spin the slot machine when you're stuck.

  2. Step 2

    Edit the [brackets]

    Click any bracket, type your angle. The title rebalances live — no AI hallucinations, just your words.

  3. Step 3

    Copy and ship

    Share a link with your variables baked in, or drop the idea into your pipeline. Works offline, no login.

Built for every place a hook matters.

YouTube titles

Long-form hooks that survive the sidebar.

TikTok & Shorts

Pattern-interrupt openers built for 3-second retention.

Newsletters

Subject lines that beat the promotions tab.

Podcasts

Episode titles that earn the tap on Spotify & Apple.

Hook Scorer

Paste any title. See why it flops.

Live scoring across six axes proven creators optimize for. Runs locally — nothing leaves your browser.

Try:
Overall
42/ 100
Rewrite it.
0 chars · 0 words
Length0
0 chars — mobile clips around 60.
Curiosity35
No curiosity gap words yet.
Specificity40
Add a number, dollar amount, or name.
Power words40
Try 'secret', 'quietly', 'nobody'.
Clarity90
Reads clean.
Emotion45
Feels flat — add a stake.
Questions

Everything you might wonder.

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