Reverse-engineer a YouTube video

See why a video worked

1. 01

   Open the video

   Find it in Discover and open it. To find breakouts first, see Find outlier YouTube videos.

2. 02

   Click Boost

   The Boost menu opens a chat about this video.

3. 03

   Pick Reverse Engineer

   Eden reads the full transcript and saves a breakdown note to your Library.

The breakdown covers the format, the structure beat by beat, the hook, the lines doing the heavy lifting, the tactics, the language, and the load-bearing move: the one part the video falls apart without. At the end, Eden offers to help you write your own.

You can also paste a YouTube link into any chat and ask why it worked.

Write your own in the same shape

1. 01

   Pick Replicate

   Open the video, click Boost, then Replicate. Eden lays out the pattern: the beats, with the original topic taken out.

2. 02

   Tell it what you're making

   Send your topic, who it's for, and the platform. @ mention one of your own posts so Eden can match your voice.

3. 03

   Get your script

   Eden writes the full script, beat by beat, with a time for each beat. Ask for changes until it's ready.

Get title ideas

• For your idea: in chat, type /youtube and pick youtube-titles. Paste your idea, script, or a video link. You get 30 titles and the ones to test first.
• From a video that worked: click Boost, then Headline Variations for 10 takes on its title.

Write the script on a board

On the Viral YouTube Videos board, click Chat and ask for a script. Eden asks a few questions, then works through the title and thumbnail idea, the hook, and the full script, checking in after each.

Plans

Reverse Engineer and Replicate use AI credits. The $5 Discover plan comes with 50, and Personal Plus and up get credits every month. Searching Discover needs the $5 plan or Starter or above. Looking up a channel in Creators needs Starter or above.