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Short-Form Script

🔵 Stable🕐 updated 2026-06-21 🔷 SkillSpec L3 pm-creator

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.

📚 Based on Hook–retention–payoff short-form video structure

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What to give it

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

✅ The bar it holds itself to

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The 0–3s hook is specific and pattern-breaking; it can be said in ~2–3s
Total spoken copy fits the target length (no padding)
Retention beats each earn the next; at least one pattern interrupt
On-screen text and B-roll cues are concrete and editor-ready
One clear takeaway and one CTA

⚠️ What it refuses to do

A slow intro ("Hey guys, so today I wanted to talk about…")
Long-form structure crammed into 30s
No on-screen text or visual cues (it's a *video* script, not an essay)
Multiple competing CTAs

Install

npx pm-claude-skills add --agent claude   # or codex · cursor · gemini · hermes
# or one-line MCP (every skill, any client):
claude mcp add pm-skills -- npx -y pm-claude-skills-mcp

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