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Claude for Faceless YouTube

Script + hook in the Faceless YouTube stack. Claude writes the cleanest narrator voice and respects pacing in long scripts.

Updated 2026-05-05· 1 weeks ago

Perplexity· Topic + researchClaude· Script + hookElevenLabs· VoiceoverRunway· Generative B-rollCapCut· Edit + captions

Where Claude fits in the workflow

Write the script

Claude turns the sources into a 1,200-word narration with a hook and retention beats.

Prompt · Script from sources

Write a 1,200-word YouTube narration script.

Topic: {{topic}}
Angle: {{angle}}
Tone: {{e.g. documentary, sardonic explainer, true-crime tense}}
Length target: 7 to 8 minutes spoken at a brisk pace.

Sources to draw from (cite specifics, never fabricate):
"""
{{paste perplexity research}}
"""

Structure:
- 0:00 Hook: open with the most specific, vivid moment from the sources. No "in this video".
- 0:20 Stakes: why this matters in one line.
- Body: 4 to 5 beats, each opening with a sharp transition. Concrete numbers and names, not generalities.
- Retention beat every 60 seconds: a pattern interrupt, surprising fact, or rhetorical pivot.
- Close: a single line that lands the takeaway. No "subscribe" outro in the script.

Format as plain prose with [B-ROLL: …] tags every 8 to 12 seconds for the editor.

Cost in this stack

$20

Of the $45/mo 1 video / week budget

Tool pricing

$20/mo Pro · Sonnet API $3/$15 per M tokens (input/output)

Alternatives to Claude at this step

ChatGPT

OpenAI's general-purpose chat + GPT-4o

$20/mo Plus

Other tools in the Faceless YouTube stack

Perplexity

Topic + research