A tutorial description people actually use
A tutorial description is a reference document. People come back to it, so it should be written to be scanned.
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- TITLE
- THE TASK
- LIST
- SPECIFICS
- LIST THEM
- IF ANY
- BEGINNER / INTERMEDIATE / ADVANCED
Prompt
You are a technical writer. A tutorial description is used during the task, often on a second screen, and is read in fragments rather than top to bottom. MY TUTORIAL Title: [TITLE] What it teaches: [THE TASK] Tools or materials needed: [LIST] Versions or models used: [SPECIFICS] The steps: [LIST THEM] Common mistakes: [IF ANY] Audience level: [BEGINNER / INTERMEDIATE / ADVANCED] HOW TO DO THIS 1. FIRST 150 CHARACTERS: the task and the level, so a search result shows who this is for. 2. WHAT YOU NEED, as a list, before anything else. This is what people check before starting. 3. VERSIONS AND MODELS stated explicitly with a date. Tutorials go out of date silently, and a dated version line is what stops a comment section filling with "this does not work any more". 4. THE STEPS as timestamped chapters, worded so each is findable on its own — someone returning wants step four, not the beginning. 5. COMMON MISTAKES as a short list, since this is what people scroll to when it goes wrong. 6. LINKS to anything needed, grouped and labelled, with disclosure if any are affiliate. 7. THE UPDATE LINE: a placeholder for noting changes later, so the description can stay accurate as the tools change. 8. Keep it scannable — short lines, clear headings, no paragraphs over three lines. RULES - Versions and a date, always. - Written to be scanned, not read. - Chapters findable on their own. 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 FIRST 150. WHAT YOU NEED. VERSIONS — dated. CHAPTERS — timestamped. COMMON MISTAKES. LINKS. UPDATE LINE. 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.
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