Viral Hooks
100 tested hook templates in 13 virality-ranked categories for social posts
Test report
- Verdict
- Tested · Works
- Score
- Tested
- Jul 17, 2026
- Environment
- Claude Code 2.x (agent harness)
- Upstream re-checked
- Aug 10, 2026 · ed0769e
Ran a head-to-head on hooks for a website-blocking productivity app on X. The no-skill baseline opened with a banned generic line ('Staying focused is hard in today's world'); the skill routed the topic to The Receipt category and returned 'I blocked 200 sites for 30 days. My output doubled', plus two alternates, each passing its own first-3-words test. The 100 inline templates and hard rules (specific-over-abstract, strongest word first, no AI openers) are fully self-contained, so no extra files are needed after copy. Clear, demonstrable edge over the baseline.
Scored on four weighted criteria — install, triggering, output vs. baseline, docs. How scoring works
- Installs cleanly 5/5
- Triggers reliably 5/5
- Output vs. baseline 8/10
- Docs & honesty 5/5
What Viral Hooks does
A library of 100 fill-in hook frameworks across 13 categories (Receipt, Contrarian, Negative Frame, Curiosity Gap, and more), ordered by virality ceiling. Picks the pattern that fits the topic, fills placeholders with real numbers and names, generates 3 variations, and runs a first-3-words test. Triggers on 'give me a hook for X', 'write hook options', or 'my intro is boring'.
How to install Viral Hooks
git clone https://github.com/Blotato-Inc/blotato-skills
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cd blotato-skills && cp -r blotato/skills/viral-hooks ~/.claude/skills/viral-hooks
Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/
(per-project). Restart Claude Code after installing.
Commands — how to trigger Viral Hooks
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/viral-hooks100 tested hook templates in 13 virality-ranked categories for social posts
It also activates on plain-language prompts like these:
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Write a hook for my X post about a website-blocking productivity app. -
My video intro is boring, give me a few punchier opening lines. -
Give me three hook variations using the curiosity-gap pattern.
Frequently asked questions
- Is the Viral Hooks skill free?
- Yes. The skill itself is free from Blotato-Inc/blotato-skills. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.
- Does Viral Hooks work with Claude Code?
- We tested it with Claude Code 2.x (agent harness) on Jul 17, 2026. Verdict: Tested · Works. Ran a head-to-head on hooks for a website-blocking productivity app on X. The no-skill baseline opened with a banned generic line ('Staying focused is hard in today's world'); the skill routed the topic to The Receipt category and returned 'I blocked 200 sites for 30 days. My output doubled', plus two alternates, each passing its own first-3-words test. The 100 inline templates and hard rules (specific-over-abstract, strongest word first, no AI openers) are fully self-contained, so no extra files are needed after copy. Clear, demonstrable edge over the baseline.
- What is the Viral Hooks SkillProof Score?
- 9.2/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 8/10, docs & honesty 5/5.
- How do I install Viral Hooks?
- Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.
- Can I use Viral Hooks with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?
- The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.