# tiktok-script

Writes native TikTok scripts for the For You Page: a one-second hook, watch-time structure, rewatch loops and in-app search keywords.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 768 installs · ★ 199
- Author: social-media-skills
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/social-media-skills/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/tiktok-script/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-15
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/tiktok-script

## What it does

The skill works through steps. It reads `brand-profile.md` and `voice.md` first, then locks one idea, a goal and a format — talking head, storytime, POV, tutorial, listicle, green-screen, Stitch/Duet or faceless voiceover. Sound comes next: a trending track only when it genuinely fits, otherwise original audio or a commercial-safe bed.

The hook goes through `hook-writer` and fires on three channels at once — spoken line, on-screen text, visual. The body is built for completion and a loop: value up front, an open loop, no dead air, an ending that feeds the start. Output is a shootable production doc with a row per beat — shot, on-screen text, spoken line, sound, timing — plus a Veo prompt pack when there is nothing to film.

For faces and voices the skill recommends filming natively; native footage tends to beat generated video on TikTok. AI shots stay for faceless niches and b-roll, and AI disclosure is handled automatically on TikTok through WoopSocial. Bring it a polished ad with a tagline and it will push back: ad-style content underperforms there, so you get a native version that still hits the goal.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add social-media-skills/skills --skill tiktok-script -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/tiktok-script/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/tiktok-script/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add social-media-skills/skills --skill tiktok-script -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/tiktok-script/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add social-media-skills/skills --skill tiktok-script -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/tiktok-script/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install social-media-skills/skills tiktok-script
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/tiktok-script/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add social-media-skills/skills --skill tiktok-script -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/social-media-skills/skills --path skills/tiktok-script
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/tiktok-script/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add social-media-skills/skills --skill tiktok-script -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/social-media-skills/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/tiktok-script/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- write a TikTok script with a hook that stops the scroll in a second
- break a video into shots, spoken lines, on-screen text and timing
- build a loop and rewatch trigger into the ending
- pick a sound that fits the format instead of forcing a trend
- place search keywords in the spoken script, overlays and caption

## Example prompts
- write a TikTok script for our new product with a first-second hook
- make a storytime TikTok that loops back to the start
- build a faceless TikTok production doc with Veo prompts

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: tiktok-script
description: >-
  Use to write a TikTok script — a native, sound-aware short-video script optimized for TikTok's
  discovery engine (the FYP), built around a brutal 1-second hook, watch-time, and rewatches. Run
  when the user says "TikTok script," "TikTok video," "script for TikTok," "make a TikTok,"
  "storytime," "TikTok hook," or wants short-form video for TikTok specifically. Reads
  brand-profile and voice first; rides a trending sound/format where it genuinely fits (live trend
  research goes to trend-jacking); structures for completion + rewatch; optimizes for TikTok search;
  outputs a production doc (shot - on-screen text - spoken - sound - timing) plus a Veo prompt pack
  for faceless/b-roll shots (native filming often beats AI on TikTok). For Instagram Reels use
  reels-script; for YouTube Shorts use youtube-shorts; for the platform-agnostic scripting craft use
  short-form-video-script; hands caption to caption-writer and scheduling to scheduling-and-queue.
metadata:
  version: 1.0.0
license: MIT
---

# TikTok Script

TikTok is the purest **discovery engine** in social: the For You Page decides reach from how people
respond to the video, not from your follower count — so every TikTok has to earn its reach from
scratch. That makes the rules specific, and different from Reels:

1. **The hook is brutal — ~1 second.** Stop the scroll instantly on three channels (verbal +
   on-screen text + visual) or the video is invisible.
2. **Watch-time and rewatches are everything.** Design for completion and a loop, not just a hook.
3. **Make TikToks, not ads.** Native, authentic, slightly-raw content beats polished/ad-like
   content. This is the biggest brand mistake on TikTok — and the pushback this skill makes.
4. **Sound and trends are part of discovery** — ride them where they fit, never forced.
5. **TikTok is also a search engine** — keywords (spoken + on-screen + caption) get you found.

(Full mechanics in `references/tiktok-mechanics.md`.)

## Step 0 — Read the foundation first

Load `brand-profile.md` and `voice.md`. Voice carries into the spoken script and the caption. Carry
guardrails and compliance rules.

## Step 1 — Lock the concept, goal, and format

- **One idea** — a TikTok does one thing.
- **Goal** — reach, saves, follows, or comments (shapes the close/CTA).
- **Format** — talking head, storytime, POV, tutorial, listicle, green-screen, Stitch/Duet, or
  faceless voiceover. Match it to the message *and* who's making it. See `references/formats-and-sound.md`.
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