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ericrisco/rsc-harness
A skill your agent uses when a Reels/TikTok/Shorts account needs its next video ideas scored into a ranked backlog, grounded in its own performance log plus dated trending sounds, each bet logged so…
When the user wants to write YouTube video titles, optimize existing titles, A/B test title variants, or improve click-through rate.
$ npx skills add TheCraigHewitt/skills --skill title-craft -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install TheCraigHewitt/skills title-craft --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/TheCraigHewitt/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/youtube/title-craft .claude/skills/title-craft && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "title-craft" agent skill from https://github.com/TheCraigHewitt/skills/tree/main/youtube/title-craft into .claude/skills/title-craft/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "title-craft", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/TheCraigHewitt/skills/tree/main/youtube/title-craftType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add TheCraigHewitt/skills --skill title-craft -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install TheCraigHewitt/skills title-craft --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/TheCraigHewitt/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/youtube/title-craft .agents/skills/title-craft && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "title-craft" agent skill from https://github.com/TheCraigHewitt/skills/tree/main/youtube/title-craft into .agents/skills/title-craft/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "title-craft", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add TheCraigHewitt/skills --skill title-craft -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install TheCraigHewitt/skills title-craft --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/TheCraigHewitt/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/youtube/title-craft .cursor/skills/title-craft && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "title-craft" agent skill from https://github.com/TheCraigHewitt/skills/tree/main/youtube/title-craft into .cursor/skills/title-craft/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "title-craft", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/TheCraigHewitt/skills.git --path youtube/title-craft--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add TheCraigHewitt/skills --skill title-craft -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install TheCraigHewitt/skills title-craft --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/TheCraigHewitt/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/youtube/title-craft .gemini/skills/title-craft && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "title-craft" agent skill from https://github.com/TheCraigHewitt/skills/tree/main/youtube/title-craft into .gemini/skills/title-craft/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "title-craft", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install TheCraigHewitt/skills title-craftInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add TheCraigHewitt/skills --skill title-craft -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/TheCraigHewitt/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/youtube/title-craft .github/skills/title-craft && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "title-craft" agent skill from https://github.com/TheCraigHewitt/skills/tree/main/youtube/title-craft into .github/skills/title-craft/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "title-craft", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add TheCraigHewitt/skills --skill title-craft -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install TheCraigHewitt/skills title-craft --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/TheCraigHewitt/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/youtube/title-craft .opencode/skills/title-craft && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "title-craft" agent skill from https://github.com/TheCraigHewitt/skills/tree/main/youtube/title-craft into .opencode/skills/title-craft/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "title-craft", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
title-craftWhen the user wants to write YouTube video titles, optimize existing titles, A/B test title variants, or improve click-through rate.
Title Craft is an agent skill from TheCraigHewitt/skills. When the user wants to write YouTube video titles, optimize existing titles, A/B test title variants, or improve click-through rate. Also use when the user says 'write a title,' 'title ideas,' 'optimize my title,' 'fix this title,' 'title for my video,' 'improve CTR,' 'my titles aren't getting clicks,' 'title A/B test,' 'search vs browse title.' For thumbnail concepts to pair with titles, see thumbnail-design. For video ideas to title, see idea-generation.
Its SKILL.md is about 2.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
It sits in Media & Creative, covering A/B testing, Brainstorming and Video scripts and shorts. It works with YouTube. The repository describes itself as: AI skills for founders, sales teams, and creators. 47 skills across CEO, Sales, YouTube, and General categories. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and any agent that reads… The licence is MIT.
5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit fdbf39b. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are markdown).
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Title Craft loads about 2.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 118 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,068 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
The full file from TheCraigHewitt/skills at commit fdbf39b, republished under its MIT licence (© TheCraigHewitt). 1,068 words, ~2,089 tokens.
.claude/skills/title-craft/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).You are a YouTube title specialist who has written and A/B tested thousands of titles across channels from 5K to 1M+ subscribers. You know that the title is half of the click decision -- the other half is the thumbnail. You've diagnosed channels with great content and terrible titles, and watched CTR double after a title rewrite. You think in psychology, not keywords. Every title is a promise to the viewer, and you never make promises the video can't keep.
Check if .agents/youtube-context.md exists in the project root.
youtube-context first.| Element | What It Does | Example |
|---|---|---|
| I — Immediate hook | Start with the most compelling element | "I Replaced..." |
| M — Measurable outcome | Include a number, result, or timeframe | "...80% of My Team" |
| P — Personal/proof | Signal first-hand experience | "I," "My," "We" |
| A — Audience clarification | Make clear who this is for | "...as a CEO" |
| C — Curiosity/controversy | Open a loop or challenge a belief | "...and Revenue Went Up" |
| T — Timeframe | Add urgency or specificity | "...in 30 Days" |
Not every title uses all six. Pick 2-3 elements that fit.
| Archetype | Pattern | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Curiosity gap | Hint at the answer without revealing it | "The Tool That Runs My Entire Business" |
| Power word | Lead with an emotional/strong word | "I Was Wrong About Hiring a COO" |
| Number/result | Specific outcome or list | "5 AI Tools I Use Every Day as a CEO" |
| Contrarian | Challenge conventional wisdom | "Why I Stopped Setting Goals for My Team" |
| How-to | Direct, search-friendly | "How I Use Claude to Run My SaaS" |
| Story tease | Hint at a narrative | "I Almost Shut Down My Company. Here's What Saved It" |
| Before/after | Transformation framing | "From 10 Hours/Week to 45 Minutes (My AI Workflow)" |
| This vs. that | Comparison/choice framing | "ChatGPT vs Claude: Which One Actually Works?" |
| Type | Approach | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Search | Keyword-forward, answers a question | "How to Use AI for Customer Support" |
| Browse | Curiosity-forward, creates a loop | "I Replaced My Entire Workflow With One Tool" |
| Hybrid | Lead with curiosity, include keywords naturally | "How I Use AI to Run My SaaS (Complete Workflow)" |
Rule of thumb: Videos targeting search should have the keyword in the first 4 words. Videos targeting browse should lead with the hook.
Actually, Secret, Mistake, Proven, Real, Behind, Truth, Finally, Never, Every, Only, Complete, Honest, Surprising, Replaced, Entire, Exact, Simple, Just
"Part 1," "Update," "Vlog," "Random," "Misc," any date ("January 2026"), "Tutorial" (unless search-focused), "Episode [number]" (unless established series)
When generating titles, always provide 3-5 variants:
For each variant, note:
thumbnail-design next.)## Title Options for: [Video Topic]
### Option 1: [Title]
- **Type:** [Curiosity / Result / Search / Contrarian / Simple]
- **Mobile preview:** "[First 50 chars]..."
- **Why it works:** [One sentence]
- **Pairs with thumbnail:** [Brief concept]
### Option 2: [Title]
...
### Option 3: [Title]
...
**Recommended:** Option [X] because [reason].
**Search note:** [Any keyword considerations]© TheCraigHewitt, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Just SKILL.md in youtube/title-craft of TheCraigHewitt/skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit fdbf39b
Title Craft next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Title Craft this skillTheCraigHewitt/skills | 159 | — | ~2.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Shortform Ideationericrisco/rsc-harness | 180 | — | ~3.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Yt Briefjeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace | 2.8k | — | ~1.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Video Hook Generatornicepkg/ai-workflow | 285 | — | ~2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Youtube Producercbrock84/headcount | 2k | — | ~1.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Youtube Strategyericrisco/rsc-harness | 180 | — | ~3.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
ericrisco/rsc-harness
A skill your agent uses when a Reels/TikTok/Shorts account needs its next video ideas scored into a ranked backlog, grounded in its own performance log plus dated trending sounds, each bet logged so…
jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace
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nicepkg/ai-workflow
Generate attention-grabbing hooks for the first 3 seconds of videos.
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Plans, packages, and scripts long-form video for retention and channel growth — idea selection, titles and thumbnails, script structure, and diagnosing why a video or channel underperforms.
ericrisco/rsc-harness
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When the user wants to write YouTube video titles, optimize existing titles, A/B test title variants, or improve click-through rate. Title Craft is an agent skill from TheCraigHewitt/skills. When the user wants to write YouTube video titles, optimize existing titles, A/B test title variants, or improve click-through rate.
Title Craft fits situations like: wants to write YouTube video titles; optimize existing titles; A/B test title variants; improve click-through rate.
Run `npx skills add TheCraigHewitt/skills --skill title-craft -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (youtube/title-craft in TheCraigHewitt/skills) into .claude/skills/title-craft in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
Run `npx skills add TheCraigHewitt/skills --skill title-craft -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (youtube/title-craft in TheCraigHewitt/skills) into .agents/skills/title-craft in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add TheCraigHewitt/skills --skill title-craft -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/title-craft, .gemini/skills/title-craft, .github/skills/title-craft and .opencode/skills/title-craft in your project.
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Title Craft is instructions for the agent only.
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
Title Craft is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
About 2.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 8.4k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Title Craft: Shortform Ideation (ericrisco/rsc-harness, 180 stars), Yt Brief (jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace, 2.8k stars), Video Hook Generator (nicepkg/ai-workflow, 285 stars) and Youtube Producer (cbrock84/headcount, 2k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
TheCraigHewitt (a GitHub user) maintains it in TheCraigHewitt/skills, which has 159 GitHub stars. The repository holds 65 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on May 22, 2026.
Source: TheCraigHewitt/skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.