short-form-script
Write a short-form video script for TikTok, Instagram Reels, or YouTube Shorts — built on the hook→retention→payoff structure that drives watch-time. Use when asked to script a Reel, TikTok, Short, or any 15–60s vertical video. Produces a timed script with a 0–3s hook, retention beats with on-screen text and B-roll cues, a payoff, and a CTA — plus a caption and on-screen-text list. Distinct from long-form YouTube scripting.
npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill short-form-script --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Short-Form Script Skill Short-form lives and dies in the first 3 seconds, then by whether each beat earns the next. This skill writes a script engineered for *watch-time and re-watches* — tight hook, momentum, a payoff worth sharing — not a talking-head ramble. ## Working from a brief Given a topic or a long-form source, **write the full script anyway**, inferring the angle and the single takeaway. Keep total spoken copy to ~30–45s (≈80–120 words). Never pad to fill time — short and re-watchable beats long. ## Required Inputs Ask for (if not already provided): - **Topic / the idea** (or a long-form video/post to cut down) - **Platform** (TikTok / Reels / Shorts) and rough **length** (15/30/60s) - **Creator voice** (or pull from a [[creator-brand-kit]]) and the **CTA** (follow, link in bio, comment) ## Output Format ### The one takeaway The single thing a viewer remembers. Everything serves this. ### Script (timed) | Time | Spoken (VO/on-cam) | On-screen text | Visual / B-roll | |---|---|---|---| | 0–3s | **Hook** | bold hook caption | the visual that stops the scroll | | 3–8s | setup / stakes | | | | 8–25s | payoff beats (1–3) | key words | demo / cuts | | 25–35s | recap + **CTA*
- Working from a brief
- Required Inputs
- Output Format
- The one takeaway
- Script (timed)
- Caption & hashtags
- On-screen text list
- Quality Checks
- Anti-Patterns
What does the short-form-script skill do?
Write a short-form video script for TikTok, Instagram Reels, or YouTube Shorts — built on the hook→retention→payoff structure that drives watch-time. Use when asked to script a Reel, TikTok, Short, or any 15–60s vertical video. Produces a timed script with a 0–3s hook, retention beats with on-screen text and B-roll cues, a payoff, and a CTA — plus a caption and on-screen-text list. Distinct from long-form YouTube scripting.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill short-form-script --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, a repository with 1,255 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.