Thumbnail Title Brief
Core Workflow
- Identify video promise, audience, platform, creator voice, proof, and emotional angle.
- Generate title options that are specific, truthful, and aligned with the video payoff.
- Create thumbnail concepts with focal subject, text, contrast, expression, visual metaphor, and avoid list.
- Pair titles and thumbnails so they create one clear promise.
- Flag misleading claims, unsupported superlatives, or bait-and-switch risk.
- Suggest test variants when performance data exists.
Safety Rules
- Do not fabricate outcomes, stakes, screenshots, reactions, or proof.
- Do not recommend deceptive thumbnails unrelated to the content.
- Verify platform-specific format details when exact current specs matter.
Deliverable Shape
For thumbnail/title briefs, provide:
- Video promise
- Title options
- Thumbnail concepts
- Title-thumbnail pairings
- Claim and proof checks
- Test variants
- Production notes
References
- Read
references/thumbnail-title-brief-checklist.mdwhen writing title packs or thumbnail briefs.