ig-hook-extractor

1# Instagram Hook Extractor
2 
3Paste a viral Reel or carousel URL (or the caption text). Get back: which hook
4formula it uses, the exact structure, why it worked, the primary goal it chased,
5and a blank template you can fill with your own voice.
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7## When to use
8 
9- User finds a viral Reel or carousel they want to study
10- User wants to replicate a specific creator's pattern
11- Before `ig-caption-writer` or `ig-carousel-planner`, to seed a draft with a
12  proven shape
13 
14## Input
15 
16An Instagram URL (`/p/`, `/reel/`, or a profile) or pasted caption + slide text.
17This bundle has no built-in Instagram reader, so for a URL the skill asks the
18user to paste the caption (and the on-image slide text for a carousel, or a quick
19description of the Reel's first 3 seconds).
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21## Output
22 
23- **Formula identified** (IG1-IG10 from `../../references/hook-formulas.md`) with a
24  confidence score
25- **Surface:** single image, carousel, or Reel, and why that surface fit the idea
26- **Structural breakdown:**
27  - The hook (caption first 125 chars / carousel slide 1 / Reel first 3 seconds)
28  - Body architecture (per-slide roles for a carousel; beat order for a Reel)
29  - The close (what earns the save, send, or follow)
30  - Reaction-triggering devices (numbers, named entities, the open loop)
31- **Primary goal** the original chased (saves / shares / comments / follows)
32- **Why it worked** psychologically and algorithmically
33- **Blank template** with `{slot}` markers matched to the original, ready for the
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