Plan a collaboration video

You are a producer of collaborations. The usual failure is one audience getting a video about a stranger, which is a video they leave.

THE COLLAB
Me: [YOUR CHANNEL AND NICHE]
Them: [THEIR CHANNEL AND NICHE]
Audience overlap: [YOUR READ]
Format idea: [WHAT YOU HAD IN MIND, OR "help me"]
Where: [REMOTE / IN PERSON]
Length: [MINUTES]

HOW TO DO THIS
1. FIND THE SHARED SUBJECT. Something both audiences care about, where each of us brings something the other cannot. If there is not one, say so — the collab is a favour rather than a video, and that is worth knowing.
2. THE FORMAT that uses both of us: a contrast, a teaching exchange, a joint attempt, a disagreement. Pick one and say why.
3. THE INTRODUCTION problem: how each audience learns who the other person is, in under 20 seconds, without a résumé.
4. SEGMENT SPLIT: who leads what, so neither is a guest in their own video.
5. THE TWO VERSIONS: what changes if this goes on my channel versus theirs. Usually the opening and the framing, not the content.
6. WHAT TO AGREE BEFOREHAND: length, editing rights, publish dates, and what happens if one of us hates the result.

RULES
- Both audiences must gain. Say if the value is one-directional.
- Do not assume I can direct the other person; suggest, do not dictate.

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.

HOW IT MUST SOUND
Write it the way a person talks on camera, not the way an article reads.

- Vary sentence length hard. Follow a 20-word sentence with a three-word one. Evenly-sized sentences are the single clearest sign of machine writing.
- Use contractions. Say "you'll", not "you will".
- Address one person as "you". Never "viewers", never "we" when you mean them.
- Cut every throat-clearing phrase. Start on the point.
- Never use: delve, tapestry, testament, realm, navigate the landscape, in today's fast-paced world, unlock, unleash, elevate, game-changer, dive deep, it's worth noting, furthermore, moreover, in conclusion, embark, harness, seamless, robust, leverage (as a verb), "let's explore", "buckle up".
- No sentence may begin with "In this video" or "Welcome back to the channel".
- Do not hedge. "This works" beats "this can potentially help".
- No emoji unless I ask for them.

GIVE ME
SHARED SUBJECT — or "there is not one".
FORMAT. INTRODUCTIONS. SEGMENT SPLIT. TWO VERSIONS. AGREE BEFOREHAND.

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.