# Hook Generator for TikTok and Reels (Free Prompt) · Octoclip > A free hook generator prompt for ChatGPT or Claude: ten opening lines for the first two seconds of a TikTok, Reel or Short, each in a different style. Source: https://octoclip.io/prompts/hook-generator Updated: 2026-10-18 --- Prompt Scripts and hooks # Hook generator for TikTok and Reels. This prompt turns ChatGPT or Claude into a hook generator: **ten opening lines for the first two seconds of a video, each in a different style**. Fill in four parts and pick the two or three hooks you want creators to film. [Post the result as a job, free](https://octoclip.io/signup/brand?src=prompt_library&utm_campaign=hook-generator) - Free, no account needed - Works in any assistant - 4 parts to fill in Updated 18 Oct 2026 **01** The prompt ## Copy the prompt. Replace each highlighted part with a fact about your product, then send it. Hook generator 4 parts to fill in ```text You write hooks for short vertical videos: the first line a creator says, or the first thing on screen, in the first two seconds of a TikTok, Reel or Short. Write 10 hooks for a video about my product. - Product name: [PRODUCT NAME] - Who is watching: [WHO IT’S FOR] - The problem they have: [THE PROBLEM] - What the product does about it: [WHAT IT DOES] Rules: - Each hook is under 12 words and can be said in two seconds. - Use a different style for each: question, bold statement, mistake people make, before and after, POV, list, reaction, confession, myth, challenge. - Write the way people talk, not the way ads read. - Don’t name the product in more than three of them. - Don’t promise results you can’t prove. Give the 10 hooks as a numbered list with the style in brackets after each one. Then pick the three you would test first and say why in one line each. Don’t invent features, numbers or results. If a fact is missing, write [ASK THE BRAND] instead of guessing. ``` Paste it into ChatGPT, Claude or any other assistant. **02** Fill it in ## What to put in each part. Short and specific beats long. Leave a part out and the assistant asks or marks it, instead of guessing. - **[PRODUCT NAME]**: The name as people see it. **Headspace** - **[WHO IT’S FOR]**: One kind of person. The more specific, the sharper the hooks. **People who lie awake replaying their day.** - **[THE PROBLEM]**: The problem in the viewer’s words, not yours. **Can’t switch off at night.** - **[WHAT IT DOES]**: One sentence about what the product does for that problem. **Short guided sessions and sleep sounds to wind down with.** **03** Example output ## What you get back. The prompt filled in for Headspace, the meditation app, and six of the ten hooks it returned. Filled in with *Product* Headspace *For* people who lie awake *Problem* can’t switch off at night Headspace **Hooks · Headspace** 6 of 10 · under 12 words each Example output Hooks 1. “Why is your brain loudest at 1 a.m.?” Question 2. “I stopped scrolling in bed. Here’s what I do instead.” Confession 3. “POV: it’s midnight and you’re replaying a meeting from 2019.” POV 4. “The mistake I made every night for a year.” Mistake 5. “Ten minutes. That’s all I give it before sleep.” Bold statement 6. “Try this for seven nights and tell me it didn’t help.” Challenge Test first - – 1 · The question names the exact moment the viewer is in. - – 3 · POV hooks feel like a post, not an ad. - – 5 · A clear number makes it sound easy to start. The answer changes a little each time you run the prompt. Check it against your product before you post it. **04** On Octoclip ## Turn the hooks into a job. Give each hook to a different video. You learn which opening works best from real creators, on real accounts. Where each part goes 1. **The three to test** Video angles, one each 2. **The other hooks** Brief, as ideas 3. **The problem** Job title and brief 4. **Under 12 words** Must-include point 1. Free **Post a job free.** Paste the result into the brief. Give each hook or angle to a different video. 2. You choose **Pick from who applies.** Creators apply to film it. Watch their videos and send an offer to the ones you like, at the price per video you set. 3. One revision **Review against your points.** Each must-include point is a check when the video comes in. A video that misses one gets a revision request that names it. [Post the result as a job, free](https://octoclip.io/signup/brand?src=prompt_library&utm_campaign=hook-generator) [How Octoclip works](https://octoclip.io/#s-how) **Posting a job is free.** You’re charged only when a creator accepts. ## About this prompt **Written by Octoclip.** Published 18 Oct 2026, updated 18 Oct 2026. ### How we check it The prompt tells the assistant not to invent features, numbers or results. Octoclip wrote and checked the example output before it was published. FAQ ## This prompt, answered. What brands ask before they use it. **A person answers.** Can’t find your question? Write to us and someone at Octoclip replies. [Write to us](mailto:support@octoclip.io) ### What is a hook in a short video? The first line said or shown in the first two seconds. It decides whether people keep watching, so it’s worth testing more than one. ### Is this hook generator free? Yes. It’s a prompt you run in ChatGPT, Claude or any other assistant. Copy it as often as you like; you don’t need an Octoclip account. ### How many hooks should I test? Two or three at a time. Give each one to its own video and keep the rest of the video the same, so you know the hook made the difference. ### Should the creator say the hook word for word? Close to it. Let them change a word or two so it sounds like them. A hook that sounds read loses people. **A person answers.** Can’t find your question? Write to us and someone at Octoclip replies. [Write to us](mailto:support@octoclip.io) Related prompts ## Prompts to use next. [All prompts](https://octoclip.io/prompts) [Ideas and planning TikTok video ideas Ten ideas for your product, each with a format and an opening line. Open the prompt](https://octoclip.io/prompts/tiktok-video-ideas) [Scripts and hooks Video script template A spoken script with timings: the hook, the problem, the product and the ending. 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