Paste your weak hook or video topic — get 5 rebuilt hook variations with diagnosis, director notes, text overlay suggestions, and retention predictions. Stop losing viewers in the first 3 seconds.
Your hook decides in 3 seconds. We make those 3 seconds count.
Your video is good, but viewers swipe before the second sentence — the first three seconds lost them. Give Hook Lab a topic, trend, product, or niche and get back what actually decides retention: a clear positioning angle, trend-informed topic ideas, 5+ scroll-stopping hook options (spoken line + on-screen text, by hook type), a tight beat-by-beat script, and a caption. Built for creators, founders, marketers, and social teams shipping short-form for TikTok, Reels, and Shorts.
Predict second-by-second viewer retention for the first six seconds of a short-form video hook, then provide concrete opening fixes.
Video hook and script generator for creators, marketers, and social teams turning rough topics, trends, products, or niche ideas into film-ready videos. Get account positioning, trend-informed topic ideas, compressed hooks, short-form or long-form scripts, speakable voiceover, visual cues, tone notes, filming tips, platform fit, and publishing strategy — built hook-first so every script starts with the opening moment that makes viewers keep watching
Submit 2 to 5 video intros for TikTok, YouTube, or Reels. This Skill simulates real viewers using 5 unique AI personas to test engagement and retention. You receive a clear report with hook rankings, predicted engagement scores, and specific feedback for each version. It also generates an optimized "Super Hook" combining the best elements of your ideas. Don't waste time filming multiple versions; use AI to find the winner before you hit record.
Create stronger hooks for TikTok, YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, and other short-form videos. Turn one topic or video idea into multiple opening lines, curiosity hooks, problem-based hooks, questions, pattern interrupts, on-screen text ideas, visual openings, retention structures, and CTAs. Compare hook variations and improve weak openings for clearer, more engaging short-form content.
Second-by-second retention forecast for your video's first 6 seconds — which seconds bleed, why, and 3 ranked hook fixes. Every prediction goes on an auditable ledger.
Turn a finished short video into a precise, timecoded edit patch for its first 6 seconds—what to keep, trim, move, rewrite, reuse, or cut.