# Write social hooks that stop the scroll

> A prompt that produces a ranked set of opening lines for social posts, built from formulas matched to your niche, plus follow-up copy for the best ones.

- Type: prompt
- Access: free, no account needed
- Category: General
- Tags: General
- Added: 2026-11-08

## What this prompt does

This prompt turns a language model into a hook writer with a plan. Instead of asking for catchy first lines and getting generic bait, you get a short strategy pass, then a batch of hooks sorted by strength. It works for carousels, reels, threads, and short video captions. Use it when you have a topic and a format but the opening line keeps falling flat, or when you want a month of post starters in one sitting.

The value is in the ranking and the follow-through. Most hook prompts stop at the list. This one makes the model tell you which lines are strongest and draft the sentences that come right after them, so you can see whether the hook actually leads anywhere.

## How to use it

1. Fill in the four inputs at the top: your niche, who you are talking to, your main format, and the tone you want. Be specific. "Freelance designers who just left agency life" beats "creatives."
2. Paste the whole prompt into your model and let the analysis section run first. Read the formula breakdown before you look at the hooks. If the model picks formulas that do not fit your space, say so and ask it to try again.
3. Check the examples it cites from top creators. Models invent these. Ask for an example without a name attached, or swap in a real post you know performed well.
4. Review the 25 hooks. Mark the ones that sound like you and delete the rest. You are looking for lines you would actually say out loud, not lines that sound like a growth account.
5. Read the top five follow-ups. A hook that cannot survive its second sentence is not a hook, it is a promise you cannot keep.
6. Ask for a revision pass on your favorites. Useful follow-ups: "rewrite these five shorter," "make this one less aggressive," "give me three variations of hook two."

## What a good result looks like

A strong batch has range. Some lines should feel uncomfortable to post, because that is where the tension lives. Others should be plain and factual, leaning on a number. A weak batch sounds like one voice repeated 25 times, with the same "most people think X, but" shape over and over.

Watch for numbers that appear out of nowhere. If a hook opens with a statistic, verify it before you publish. Models will happily produce a confident percentage that has no basis. Replace invented figures with real ones from your own results or a study you have read.

Finally, keep the table. Paste it into your planning doc and mark which hooks you used and how they performed. After a few weeks you will know which formulas work for your audience, and you can tell the model to weight future batches toward those.

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