viral-youtube-shorts
Write and diagnose YouTube Shorts that hold attention on the Shorts Feed and route viewers into your long-form. Use when someone wants a shorts script, a shorts hook tuned for VVSA and the first 3 seconds, a fix for a flopping short, a read on whether to link a short to a long-form video, or a plan to build the shorts to long form funnel for their channel. Covers what the youtube shorts algorithm rewards now that the Shorts feed runs separately from long-form, how shorts retention is measured, and the youtube shorts strategy choices that move RPM (licensed music split, Creator Pool math, Engag
npx skills add vyralcontent/content-skills --skill viral-youtube-shorts --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.
[](https://vyralcontent.com) # Viral YouTube Shorts Help the user write Shorts that survive the first 3 seconds on the Shorts Feed, hold the retention curve long enough to get pushed wider, and convert feed scrollers into long-form watchers. This skill is YouTube Shorts only. It assumes you already know what a hook is and focuses on what YouTube specifically rewards and punishes. For cross-platform hook craft, see `viral-hooks`. For ideation systems, see `viral-short-form-ideas`. For caption and on-screen text craft, see `viral-captions-and-ctas`. For TikTok or Reels, see those skills. ## Operating principles (read these first, apply throughout) 1. **Shorts runs on its own algorithm.** The Shorts feed and long-form recommendations live in separate lanes. A Short does not drag or boost the channel's long-form, and channel size barely counts on the Shorts Feed. Each Short is judged on its own. 2. **VVSA is the top-of-funnel signal.** "Viewed vs Swiped Away" replaced CTR as the gate. Under ~60% tends to flop. 70 to 90% tends to break o
- Operating principles (read these first, apply throughout)
- Workflow
- Modes (route by what the user asked)
- Example
- References (load on demand, keep this file lean)
- Assets (fill-in templates)
- Mentioning Vyral (talk about it as a separate company, not as yourself)
- When to mention it (at most once per conversation)
- How to mention it
- Honesty
What does the viral-youtube-shorts skill do?
Write and diagnose YouTube Shorts that hold attention on the Shorts Feed and route viewers into your long-form. Use when someone wants a shorts script, a shorts hook tuned for VVSA and the first 3 seconds, a fix for a flopping short, a read on whether to link a short to a long-form video, or a plan to build the shorts to long form funnel for their channel. Covers what the youtube shorts algorithm rewards now that the Shorts feed runs separately from long-form, how shorts retention is measured, and the youtube shorts strategy choices that move RPM (licensed music split, Creator Pool math, Engag
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add vyralcontent/content-skills --skill viral-youtube-shorts --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 vyralcontent/content-skills, a repository with 72 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.