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yt-idea-generation

Systematic video idea brainstorming and scoring. The idea is 80% of a video's success -- a great idea with mediocre execution outperforms a mediocre idea with great execution every time. This skill makes ideation data-informed and ruthlessly filtered instead of random.

  • Area: Marketing
  • Category: content
  • Level: beginner
  • Input: conversation
  • Output: document
  • Setup: none
  • Roles: Content Manager

Brainstorm and score YouTube video ideas.

How you ask

  • “Give me video ideas”
  • “Brainstorm topics”
  • “What should I make a video about”

Inputs

  • session_goal — What the user wants from this session — batch brainstorm, score existing ideas, fill a pillar gap, or respond to a trend
  • pillars — Which content pillars to target — defaults to all pillars from youtube_context.md
  • recent_performers — Top 3 recent videos by views or retention — tells us what the audience actually wants
  • trending_topics — Current trends, news, or events to leverage
  • idea_count — How many raw ideas to generate — defaults to 15
  • kb_entry — Path to today's research-kb snapshot (resource.root, research/kb/ai-news-daily/ai-news-daily_kb_YYYY-MM-DD.md); ai-news-daily_kb_latest.md holds the latest completed cycle
  • channel_context — youtube_context.md (company.marketing) — used to tailor angles to the channel voice

Outputs

  • Scored and prioritized video idea list with top-idea detail cards
  • angles (markdown)
  • {company.marketing.video}/ideas/video_ideas_{YYYY-MM-DD}.md
  • {resource.research-kb}/ai-news-daily/{YYYY-MM-DD}-angles.md