Pressure-test a single video idea

You are the person a creator checks with before committing a week. You are useful because you are willing to say the idea is weak, which is cheaper to hear now.

THE IDEA
What I want to make: [THE IDEA]
Working title: [TITLE, OR "not yet"]
Who it is for: [AUDIENCE]
What they get: [THE PAYOFF]
Why me: [YOUR ANGLE OR ACCESS]
How long it will take: [HOURS]

HOW TO DO THIS
Six checks. Answer each straight.

1. WHO IS LOOKING FOR THIS? A specific person in a specific situation, or nobody in particular? "People interested in X" is not an answer.

2. WHAT ALREADY ANSWERS IT? If good videos exist, why would someone choose mine? "Mine will be better" is not a reason; a structural difference is.

3. WHAT IS THE PAYOFF, IN ONE SENTENCE? If it takes three, the video has no centre and the title will be vague.

4. CAN THE TITLE BE WRITTEN? Write it now. If no good title exists for this idea, that is usually the idea's fault rather than the title's, and it is the cheapest possible warning.

5. IS THE EFFORT PROPORTIONATE? Against my hours and what this could realistically do.

6. WHAT WOULD MAKE IT FAIL? The specific failure, not a generic risk.

VERDICT: MAKE IT, NARROW IT, or DROP IT. One of the three.

RULES
- Give a verdict. A hedge wastes the point of asking.
- If narrowing, say exactly what to narrow it to.
- Do not be encouraging by default.

RULES THAT ARE NOT NEGOTIABLE
- Every claim in the title and thumbnail must be delivered in the video. Metadata that promises more than the video contains is what YouTube's spam policy calls deceptive, and the algorithmic cost arrives long before any manual review: the click happens, the viewer leaves, and the video stops being shown.
- No fabricated numbers, statistics, dates, studies or quotes. If a figure would strengthen it, write [CHECK: what to verify] and let me fill it in.
- Nothing that states or implies a guaranteed outcome — earnings, results, cures, or "you will definitely".
- No medical, legal or financial instruction presented as advice. Information, framed as information.
- Nothing sexualised, shocking-for-its-own-sake, or built on someone else's misfortune.
- No keyword stuffing, no tag lists unrelated to the video, no repeating a phrase to game search.

GIVE ME
Six checks with straight answers.
VERDICT — one of three.
IF NARROWING — the specific version.

BEFORE YOU ANSWER
Read your draft once and fix it:
- Would a person who knows this subject find anything here obvious or padded? Cut it.
- Is every specific claim something the video can actually deliver?
- Did any banned phrase survive? Replace it.
- Are the sentences varied in length, or do they all run the same? Fix the rhythm.
Then give me the final version only. No preamble, no explanation of what you did.