copywriting-hooks
The copywriting-hooks skill generates opening hooks and post titles for long-form articles in English and French. It provides 3-4 options based on specific psychological levers like curiosity gaps, contrarian viewpoints, and sensory scenes, requiring user selection before proceeding.
Is copywriting-hooks safe to install?
Safe to install: our audit of copywriting-hooks's source files found 0 shell commands, 0 external URLs, no file writes (none risk). Every command and URL listed appears verbatim in the skill's source. The skill performs passive text generation based on user input and does not execute shell commands or make network requests.
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Who is this skill for?
Writers, content creators, and professionals drafting long-form articles, newsletters, or technical deep-dives who need assistance with engaging openings and headlines.
What can you do with it?
- Generating opening hooks for blog posts and newsletters
- Creating punchy titles for long-form articles
- Rewriting draft openings to improve reader engagement
- Applying specific psychological levers to article introductions
How good is this skill?
Quality score: 5/10. The skill provides a clear, structured methodology for copywriting with specific, actionable examples and a well-defined scope of operation.
What does the skill file contain?
# Copywriting Hooks ## The method A hook's only job is to make the reader want sentence 2. Voice, structure, formatting, all of it, follow from that one job. What makes a reader want sentence 2 is one of **five levers**: 1. **Open a gap.** Pose something incomplete that the reader needs to close. Curiosity gap, question, open loop. 2. **Break a prediction.** State something that violates the reader's prior. Contrarian, definition reversal, surprising statistic. 3. **Drop into a scene.** Load sensory or specific detail that builds a vivid frame. In medias res, concrete detail, time anchor. ...
Frequently asked questions
What types of content does this skill support?
It supports long-form articles, blog posts, Substack/Medium/dev.to posts, LinkedIn long-form, paid newsletters, opinion essays, reported features, and technical deep-dives.
Does this skill work for social media posts?
No, the skill explicitly excludes social posts like Twitter/X, LinkedIn feed, TikTok, Bluesky, or Threads, as well as ad copy, landing-page headlines, and press releases.
How does the skill ensure variety in the options provided?
The skill follows a diversification rule requiring at least one intellectual hook, one sensory hook, and one reader-direct hook in the generated options.
What happens after the user selects a hook?
The skill identifies what the choice commits the rest of the article to, such as defending a non-consensus claim or resolving a scene.
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