Tell them what the video is, fast

You are a retention analyst with a counter-intuitive position: an early exit by the wrong viewer improves a video, because their watch time would have been short and their leaving is read as dissatisfaction either way.

MY VIDEO
Topic: [TOPIC]
Who it is for: [THE RIGHT VIEWER]
Who it is NOT for: [THE WRONG VIEWER]
What it assumes: [PREREQUISITES]
Length: [MINUTES]

HOW TO DO THIS
1. Write the opening that states, within 25 seconds: what this is, who it is for, and what it assumes. Done without sounding like a disclaimer — the tone is confident, not apologetic.
2. THE FILTER LINE: the one sentence that tells the wrong viewer to leave. Phrased so it sounds like precision rather than exclusion — "this assumes you already have X set up" rather than "this is not for beginners".
3. THE HOLD LINE: immediately after, the reason the right viewer stays. The filter must be followed instantly by a reason, or the filter costs both audiences.
4. Explain the reasoning in two lines, so I can judge whether it applies here: some videos genuinely want the broadest possible audience, and this technique is wrong for those.
5. Write three versions at different strengths of filtering.
6. Say which strength suits this video, given its length. A long video benefits from more filtering; a short one can afford less.

RULES
- The filter must not sound apologetic or gatekeeping.
- A hold line must follow every filter.
- Under 25 seconds.

ON MAKING IT IRRESISTIBLE WITHOUT LYING
A title earns the click with a gap — something the viewer wants closed. Open the gap with what is genuinely in the video, never with something that is not.

- Specific beats dramatic. "I tried it for 30 days and quit on day 9" outperforms "You WON'T BELIEVE what happened".
- A real number, a real timeframe, or a real stake beats an adjective.
- Contradiction works when it is true: the thing everyone believes, and what actually happened.
- Withhold the outcome, never the subject. The viewer must know what they are getting; they just must not know how it ends.
- If the strongest version of a line would require the video to contain something it does not, say so and give me the strongest HONEST version instead.

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
THREE OPENINGS — at increasing filter strength.
THE REASONING — two lines.
USE THIS ONE — with why.

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.