# opportunities

channel_id: one_minute_history
suggested_title: Concorde Passed Its Final Test on September 11th, 2001
verdict: SKIP
research_status: pending
video_gen_status: pending
prompt_version: v3
created_at: 2026-02-14T23:27:25.330775+00:00
scores_json:
{"scroll_stop_power": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "September 11th is an instant attention-grabber. Pairing it with Concorde \u2014 which most people forgot existed \u2014 creates immediate 'what's the connection?' curiosity. Not a 5 because the premise requires a second of mental processing."}, "completion_probability": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "The reveal is genuinely satisfying \u2014 the plane worked perfectly but the world broke. There's tragic irony that rewards watching to the end. Clear narrative arc with a landing."}, "share_save_potential": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "This is a 'huh, I never knew that' fact rather than a 'you HAVE to see this' share. People who remember Concorde might share nostalgically, but it's not explosive social currency."}, "demand_signal": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "48 comments on the HistoryMemes post suggests moderate interest. No cross-source signals. The specific 9/11 connection needs verification \u2014 this could be a meme exaggeration."}, "visual_potential": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "Rich archival footage of Concorde, the Paris crash, the test flights, and 9/11 aftermath. Split-screen before/after potential. The plane itself is visually iconic."}, "evergreen_potential": {"score": 5, "reasoning": "This is permanent history. The Concorde is gone, 9/11 is seared into memory, and the story only becomes more interesting as supersonic travel attempts revival."}}

analysis_json:
{"target_audience": "Someone scrolling late at night who vaguely remembers Concorde but never knew what actually killed it \u2014 and is fascinated by the cruel irony of history's timing.", "opening_hook": "On the morning of September 11th, 2001, a supersonic jet took off from London. It was supposed to prove that the Concorde was ready to fly again. It worked perfectly. And it never mattered.", "structure": "1. COLD OPEN: The test flight takes off, everything works perfectly (15 sec)\n2. CONTEXT: The 2000 Paris crash, why Concorde was grounded, the engineering fixes (30 sec)\n3. THE TWIST: What happened 4 hours later, how aviation changed overnight (30 sec)\n4. THE DEATH: Why Concorde couldn't survive the new world \u2014 economics, not engineering (30 sec)\n5. CODA: 'The fastest passenger jet ever built wasn't killed by a crash. It was killed by a Tuesday morning.' (10 sec)", "verdict_reasoning": "The hook is strong and fits the channel perfectly, but the specific claim that Concorde's test flight happened ON September 11th needs factual verification \u2014 this could be internet embellishment. If true, this is WORTH_MAKING. If the timing is exaggerated (e.g., tests happened 'around that time'), the hook collapses.", "sources": ["reddit"]}


channel_id: one_minute_history
suggested_title: Alexander the Great Conquered His First Kingdom at 16
verdict: SKIP
research_status: pending
video_gen_status: pending
prompt_version: v3
created_at: 2026-02-14T23:27:25.330775+00:00
scores_json:
{"scroll_stop_power": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "The age contrast is viscerally relatable - everyone remembers being 16/19 and incompetent. The specific detail of 'conquered a kingdom' vs 'filing taxes' creates genuine cognitive dissonance."}, "completion_probability": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "The story has built-in escalation (horse, rebellion, patricide) and each reveal is more surprising than the last. The dark ending provides a satisfying twist."}, "share_save_potential": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "Would share during tax season or to commiserate about feeling behind. But it's more 'heh, relatable' than 'I NEED to show someone this.'"}, "demand_signal": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "The HistoryMemes post has 275 comments which shows engagement, but the signal is about the meme format, not specifically Alexander or whoever the original subject was."}, "visual_potential": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "Ancient battle imagery, maps of conquests at different ages, the famous Bucephalus horse-taming scene, split-screen age comparisons - rich visual territory."}, "evergreen_potential": {"score": 5, "reasoning": "Alexander's story is permanent. The 'what were you doing at X age' format is perennial. Tax season comes every year."}}

analysis_json:
{"target_audience": "Someone in their 20s-30s scrolling during tax season, feeling behind in life, who would find dark humor in the absurd comparison", "opening_hook": "While you were learning to parallel park, Alexander the Great had already killed his first enemy king, crushed a rebellion, and was planning to conquer Persia. He was sixteen.", "structure": "1. HOOK: Age contrast setup - you at 16 vs Alexander at 16 (10 sec) | 2. THE ENGINEERING: How Philip deliberately created a weapon - Aristotle tutoring, military training from childhood (25 sec) | 3. THE HORSE: Bucephalus story - psychological insight at 13, noticing the shadow fear (20 sec) | 4. THE REBELLION: First military command at 16, brutal efficiency, naming city after himself (25 sec) | 5. THE DARK TWIST: Philip's fear, the assassination, the implication (20 sec)", "verdict_reasoning": "The cluster implies a strong historical meme but doesn't reveal WHICH historical figure - the concept I built uses Alexander as an educated guess, but the actual meme could reference someone else entirely (Joan of Arc, Mozart, Tutankhamun). Need to verify the specific historical figure before committing.", "sources": ["reddit"]}


channel_id: one_minute_history
suggested_title: Britain Built Concentration Camps — And Lost Anyway
verdict: SKIP
research_status: pending
video_gen_status: pending
prompt_version: v3
created_at: 2026-02-14T23:27:25.330775+00:00
scores_json:
{"scroll_stop_power": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "Britain + concentration camps is genuinely shocking to most people. Strong cognitive dissonance."}, "completion_probability": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "The story has clear escalation \u2014 from 'wait, Britain?' to 'they did WHAT to win?' to 'and they STILL barely won?'"}, "share_save_potential": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "This is 'did you know' ammunition for arguments about colonialism. High social currency."}, "demand_signal": {"score": 2, "reasoning": "The Reddit post has only 1 comment and asks a comparative question, not about the shocking details themselves. Weak direct signal."}, "visual_potential": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "Stark black and white photographs of camps, burning farms, and the contrast between 'civilized' Britain and the reality."}, "evergreen_potential": {"score": 5, "reasoning": "Historical fact. Will never expire. Debates about colonialism are perpetually relevant."}}

analysis_json:
{"target_audience": "Someone scrolling at night who thinks they know their history but has never heard that Britain invented concentration camps", "opening_hook": "In 1900, the British Empire \u2014 the largest empire in human history \u2014 rounded up women and children, put them in camps, and starved 28,000 of them to death. They weren't fighting a world power. They were fighting farmers.", "structure": "1. COLD OPEN: Britain concentration camps reveal (10s) 2. THE FARMERS WHO FOUGHT BACK: Boer guerrilla tactics that humiliated the Empire (25s) 3. SCORCHED EARTH: How desperation led to war crimes (30s) 4. THE PYRRHIC VICTORY: What Britain 'won' and what it really cost (25s)", "verdict_reasoning": "All 6 gates pass but the hook required significant external knowledge not present in the source post \u2014 need to verify the specific death toll figures, confirm Britain invented/popularized concentration camps (vs. Spanish in Cuba), and ensure the narrative framing is historically accurate before committing.", "sources": ["reddit"]}


channel_id: one_minute_history
suggested_title: The Greek King Who Murdered His Daughter for Good Weather
verdict: SKIP
research_status: pending
video_gen_status: pending
prompt_version: v3
created_at: 2026-02-14T23:27:25.330775+00:00
scores_json:
{"scroll_stop_power": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "Murdering your daughter for weather is genuinely absurd enough to stop scrolling. The juxtaposition is visceral."}, "completion_probability": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "The story has natural narrative momentum\u2014deception, sacrifice, revenge. Viewer wants to know what happened next."}, "share_save_potential": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "Shareable to friends interested in mythology or dark history, but not universal 'text this to everyone' energy."}, "demand_signal": {"score": 2, "reasoning": "The Reddit post had only 8 comments. This is pulled from a meme reference, not organic demand for Agamemnon content."}, "visual_potential": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "Greek art, ship imagery, altar scenes, ancient pottery depicting the sacrifice\u2014strong visual library available."}, "evergreen_potential": {"score": 5, "reasoning": "3,000-year-old story. Maximum evergreen."}}

analysis_json:
{"target_audience": "Someone scrolling at night who knows vaguely that Greek mythology is 'wild' but has never heard this specific story laid out so bluntly", "opening_hook": "A thousand ships are ready to sail to Troy. But there's no wind. So the king does what any reasonable father would do\u2014he sacrifices his teenage daughter on an altar to make the goddess Artemis happy. And the Greeks wrote this down like it was a totally normal thing to do.", "structure": "1. HOOK: Ships stuck, no wind, solution = kill your daughter (15 sec) | 2. THE DECEPTION: He told her she was marrying Achilles (25 sec) | 3. THE CONTEXT: Greeks debated this as ethics, not horror (30 sec) | 4. THE AFTERMATH: His wife murdered him in revenge, cycle continues (20 sec)", "verdict_reasoning": "Strong narrative surprise hook that fits channel identity perfectly, but weak demand signal (only 8 comments on source) and moderate share potential keep it from MAKE_NOW status.", "sources": ["youtube", "google_news", "reddit"]}


channel_id: one_minute_history
suggested_title: Why Almost Every Credit Card in America is Secretly Issued from Delaware
verdict: SKIP
research_status: pending
video_gen_status: pending
prompt_version: v3
created_at: 2026-02-14T23:27:25.330775+00:00
scores_json:
{"scroll_stop_power": {"score": 2, "reasoning": "The premise is informational, not surprising. 'Why Delaware?' is a question that occurs to business/finance nerds, not the general public. Most people will scroll past because they don't know enough to be curious."}, "completion_probability": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "If someone does click, the explanation is clear and follows logically. But there's no narrative tension \u2014 no villain, no twist, no 'and then it got worse' moment."}, "share_save_potential": {"score": 2, "reasoning": "This is 'huh, I didn't know that' content, not 'I need to tell someone about this' content. Low social currency outside of finance/law circles."}, "demand_signal": {"score": 2, "reasoning": "The Reddit post has only 4 comments and low engagement. The 'Delaware LLC' post has 8 comments but is about practical banking problems, not curiosity about history."}, "visual_potential": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "Maps, credit card close-ups, corporate logos \u2014 adequate but not inherently visual. No mechanism to show, no transformation to reveal."}, "evergreen_potential": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "Delaware's status as a banking haven is stable and unlikely to change. The content would remain accurate for years."}}

analysis_json:
{"target_audience": "Someone who just got a mysterious 'Barclays Bank Delaware' hard pull notification and is confused", "opening_hook": "Look at your credit card. See where it says 'Member FDIC'? There's a good chance that card \u2014 and most cards in America \u2014 are legally issued from a state smaller than Los Angeles. Here's why Delaware became the shadow capital of American banking.", "structure": "1. Cold open: mysterious Delaware bank on credit report\n2. The 1981 law that changed everything\n3. Why every major bank moved their credit card operations to one tiny state\n4. The 'so that's why' payoff", "verdict_reasoning": "This cluster contains no historical narrative surprise \u2014 it's personal finance advice and credit card optimization. The closest hook (Delaware banking) is legal/business trivia, not a 'that actually happened?' story. Does not fit the One Minute History identity of weird, dark, or absurd historical moments.", "sources": ["reddit"]}


channel_id: one_minute_history
suggested_title: N/A
verdict: SKIP
research_status: pending
video_gen_status: pending
prompt_version: v3
created_at: 2026-02-14T23:27:25.330775+00:00
scores_json:
{"scroll_stop_power": {"score": 2, "reasoning": "The strongest hooks here are general psychology facts, not specific historical events. 'Anger releases dopamine' is mildly interesting but not scroll-stopping. No 'wait, WHAT?' moment tied to a real historical event."}, "completion_probability": {"score": 2, "reasoning": "Without a historical narrative arc, there's no story to follow. These are factoids, not stories with beginnings, middles, and ends."}, "share_save_potential": {"score": 2, "reasoning": "Psychology facts get shared, but not as 'One Minute History' content. Wrong audience fit."}, "demand_signal": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "The TIL posts show moderate engagement (166, 311, 39 comments), but this demand is for psychology content, not history content."}, "visual_potential": {"score": 2, "reasoning": "Brain scans and lab footage are generic. No specific historical visuals to show."}, "evergreen_potential": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "Scientific findings are relatively evergreen, but this is irrelevant since the content doesn't fit the channel."}}

analysis_json:
{"target_audience": "N/A", "opening_hook": "N/A", "structure": "N/A", "verdict_reasoning": "This cluster contains psychology/neuroscience TILs, not historical events \u2014 a fundamental mismatch for 'One Minute History' which requires real events that sound like fiction with weird/dark/absurd details.", "sources": ["reddit"]}


channel_id: what_happens_next
suggested_title: The 1908 Tunguska Blast Missed St. Petersburg by 4 Hours. Here's What Would Have Happened.
verdict: MAKE_NOW
research_status: pending
video_gen_status: pending
prompt_version: v3
created_at: 2026-02-15T03:35:14.710177+00:00
scores_json:
{"scroll_stop_power": {"score": 5, "reasoning": "The combination of a real apocalyptic event + a major European capital + '4 hours apart' creates an irresistible near-miss tension. This isn't hypothetical speculation \u2014 it's a real cosmic bullet that actually grazed humanity."}, "completion_probability": {"score": 5, "reasoning": "Perfect consequence-chain structure. Each domino is more surprising than the last: city destruction \u2192 Tsar's death \u2192 succession crisis \u2192 early WWI \u2192 no Hitler. Viewers will stay to see how far the chain goes."}, "share_save_potential": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "Strong 'did you know' energy. The 4-hour timing detail is specific enough to feel like insider knowledge worth sharing. However, it's more 'save for later' than 'text immediately' since it requires attention to appreciate."}, "demand_signal": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "The Tunguska post had solid engagement (12 comments) and the alternate history subreddits show consistent appetite for 'what-if' scenarios. Cross-validated by the cluster's overall focus on historical pivot points."}, "visual_potential": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "The Tunguska flattened forest is iconic imagery. Can show Earth rotation animation, overlay blast radius on St. Petersburg map, timeline graphics of cascading consequences. Not as visually dynamic as a mechanism explanation, but strong enough."}, "evergreen_potential": {"score": 5, "reasoning": "Historical content is permanently relevant. Tunguska happened in 1908 \u2014 this video works identically today, next year, or in a decade. No news cycle dependency."}}

analysis_json:
{"target_audience": "Someone scrolling late at night who loves 'what-if' history, disaster scenarios, or chaos theory \u2014 the type who watches Kurzgesagt or reads alternate history threads. They want to feel like they just learned something mind-blowing they can bring up at dinner.", "opening_hook": "In 1908, something exploded over Siberia with the force of 1,000 Hiroshimas. It flattened 800 square miles of forest. But here's what keeps historians up at night: if it had arrived four hours later, Earth's rotation would have placed St. Petersburg directly underneath it. And what happens next changes everything about the 20th century.", "structure": "1. THE NEAR-MISS (15 sec): Tunguska facts \u2014 1,000 Hiroshimas, 800 sq miles flattened. Reveal the 4-hour timing that would have placed St. Petersburg underneath. 2. IMMEDIATE DEVASTATION (20 sec): 500,000 dead instantly. Tsar Nicholas II and entire government eliminated. Visual: blast radius overlaid on city map. 3. THE CASCADE BEGINS (30 sec): Succession crisis \u2192 Russian instability \u2192 Germany sees opportunity \u2192 alliance system activates \u2192 WWI begins in 1908 instead of 1914. 4. THE FINAL DOMINO (25 sec): No Versailles humiliation \u2192 no conditions for Hitler's rise \u2192 WWII never happens as we know it \u2192 entire 20th century rewrites. Land on: all of modern history changed by a rock arriving 4 hours early.", "verdict_reasoning": "Perfect channel fit \u2014 this is pure consequence-chain content with a dramatic starting point, multiple escalating consequences, and a final outcome (rewritten 20th century) far more severe than the viewer expects.", "sources": ["reddit"]}


channel_id: what_happens_next
suggested_title: Nuclear Reactors Have 72 Hours Before Meltdown If Copper Vanishes
verdict: MAKE_NOW
research_status: pending
video_gen_status: pending
prompt_version: v3
created_at: 2026-02-15T03:35:14.710177+00:00
scores_json:
{"scroll_stop_power": {"score": 5, "reasoning": "Nuclear meltdown + common household material is an extreme cognitive dissonance that demands resolution. The specificity of '72 hours' adds urgency."}, "completion_probability": {"score": 5, "reasoning": "Each consequence builds to a bigger one. The copper \u2192 motors \u2192 cooling pumps \u2192 nuclear chain has perfect escalation. Viewers will stay to see how bad it gets."}, "share_save_potential": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "This is 'did you know' gold \u2014 people will text this to friends. The copper vs. oil framing gives it a quiz-like shareability. Not quite 'text immediately' but close."}, "demand_signal": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "The Reddit post had 55 comments with engaged debate. The 'which resource matters more' framing has proven engagement. Cross-source validation would push to 5."}, "visual_potential": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "Copper wiring, motor cross-sections, nuclear cooling towers, city infrastructure maps \u2014 all highly visualizable. Not quite as rich as mechanical reveals but strong."}, "evergreen_potential": {"score": 5, "reasoning": "This is permanent physics and infrastructure truth. Copper's role in electric motors doesn't change. Will work indefinitely."}}

analysis_json:
{"target_audience": "Someone scrolling late at night who likes feeling like they understand hidden systems \u2014 the 'I just learned something that changes how I see the world' moment", "opening_hook": "Right now, there's a metal holding civilization together that isn't steel, isn't iron, and definitely isn't gold. If it vanished, every nuclear reactor on Earth would begin melting down within 72 hours. And that's just the first domino.", "structure": "1. THE SETUP (15s): Pose copper vs. oil \u2014 which collapse is worse? Most people guess wrong.\n2. OIL WORLD (20s): Devastating but survivable \u2014 alternatives exist, collapse is gradual, we adapt.\n3. COPPER WORLD (30s): Instant motor death \u2192 water pumps fail (24hr) \u2192 refrigeration dies (food chain collapse) \u2192 hospitals go dark.\n4. THE NUCLEAR CLOCK (25s): 440 reactors, all with electric cooling pumps, all with copper windings. No copper = no cooling = meltdown countdown begins.\n5. THE CLOSE (15s): The invisible infrastructure truth \u2014 civilization runs on things we never think about.", "verdict_reasoning": "Perfect channel fit \u2014 pure consequence chain from single starting point (copper vanishes) through escalating dominoes to surprising climax (nuclear meltdown). High engagement source, strong visual potential, evergreen truth.", "sources": ["reddit"]}


channel_id: what_happens_next
suggested_title: Without One Decision in 1950, Samsung, K-pop, and 50 Million Free People Wouldn't Exist
verdict: MAKE_NOW
research_status: pending
video_gen_status: pending
prompt_version: v3
created_at: 2026-02-15T03:35:14.710177+00:00
scores_json:
{"scroll_stop_power": {"score": 5, "reasoning": "Samsung and K-pop are globally recognized. Saying they 'wouldn't exist' challenges something tangible in the viewer's life. The 50 million people adds stakes. This is a genuine 'wait, what?' moment."}, "completion_probability": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "The consequence chain is satisfying to trace\u2014each domino leads naturally to the next. The payoff (understanding why Korea split and what it created) is genuinely enlightening. Slight risk of losing viewers if the military history section runs long."}, "share_save_potential": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "This is textable content: 'Did you know Samsung almost didn't exist because of one guy's decision in 1950?' K-pop fans especially would share. Falls short of 5 because it's not emotionally urgent\u2014more 'interesting' than 'need to share now.'"}, "demand_signal": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "42 comments on the source post shows genuine engagement. Korea alternate history is a proven topic. The specific Samsung/K-pop angle is fresh\u2014most Korea content focuses on war or politics, not consumer products."}, "visual_potential": {"score": 5, "reasoning": "Exceptional visual contrast available: satellite photos of Korea at night (South lit up, North dark), archival footage of Korean War, Samsung factory footage, K-pop concert crowds, split-screen Seoul vs. Pyongyang. The before/after is visceral."}, "evergreen_potential": {"score": 5, "reasoning": "This is permanent history. The Korean War happened, Samsung exists, the contrast is getting more stark every year. If anything, this becomes MORE relevant as South Korea's cultural influence grows."}}

analysis_json:
{"target_audience": "Someone scrolling late at night who sees their phone brand mentioned in a history video and suddenly wants to understand the chain of decisions that created their everyday reality", "opening_hook": "In June 1950, North Korean tanks rolled across the 38th parallel. South Korea was about to fall in weeks. The US had already decided not to intervene. And if one man hadn't changed his mind at the last possible moment... your phone probably wouldn't exist.", "structure": "1. HOOK: Your phone almost didn't exist (show Samsung, connect to 1950) 2. THE MOMENT: Truman's 48-hour reversal\u2014NK tanks rolling, SK collapsing, why US initially said no, what changed his mind 3. THE CHAIN: UN intervention \u2192 permanent split \u2192 US military umbrella \u2192 Park's risky industrialization \u2192 chaebols created from war reconstruction \u2192 Samsung/Hyundai/LG \u2192 economic miracle \u2192 cultural exports \u2192 K-pop/Korean cinema 4. THE COUNTERFACTUAL: What unified communist Korea would look like today\u2014Chinese buffer state, no Asian Tigers model, different global supply chain 5. LANDING: The satellite photo at night\u2014one decision, two completely different worlds", "verdict_reasoning": "Perfect channel fit\u2014pure consequence chain from 1950 decision to Samsung phones in viewers' hands today. All 6 gates pass, strong engagement signals, exceptional visual contrast available, and the hook makes an abstract historical decision tangible by connecting it to products/culture viewers know.", "sources": ["reddit"]}


channel_id: what_happens_next
suggested_title: You'd Have to Survive the Black Death 7 Times. That's Just the First 500 Years.
verdict: WORTH_MAKING
research_status: pending
video_gen_status: pending
prompt_version: v3
created_at: 2026-02-15T03:35:14.710177+00:00
scores_json:
{"scroll_stop_power": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "Black Death 7 times is viscerally specific. The 'first 500 years' framing implies massive scale. Creates immediate need to know the full chain."}, "completion_probability": {"score": 5, "reasoning": "Perfect consequence-chain format \u2014 each historical disaster is a new domino. Viewer wants to see the full timeline play out. The psychological twist at the end is a strong landing."}, "share_save_potential": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "This is the kind of thought experiment people send to friends: 'would you take this deal?' The specificity of the historical chain makes it memorable and discussable."}, "demand_signal": {"score": 5, "reasoning": "584 comments on the source post \u2014 extremely high engagement. Immortality hypotheticals consistently perform, and this specific framing (10,000 years back) is fresher than standard immortality content."}, "visual_potential": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "Timeline visuals with historical disaster markers, population charts showing plague deaths, map animations of civilization collapse. Rich visual territory."}, "evergreen_potential": {"score": 5, "reasoning": "Human history doesn't change. Immortality fascination is permanent. This works in 6 months or 6 years."}}

analysis_json:
{"target_audience": "Someone scrolling at 11pm who just saw a hypothetical question and now can't stop thinking about what 10,000 years of waiting would actually feel like", "opening_hook": "Someone offers you immortality. One catch \u2014 you wake up in 8000 BC. You have to wait. Through the Bronze Age Collapse. Through the fall of Rome. Through the Black Death. Seven times. Through two World Wars. Just to get back to today. Here's what those 10,000 years actually look like.", "structure": "1. THE DEAL: Immortality, but you wake up in 8000 BC. You have to wait 10,000 years. (10 sec)\n2. THE EARLY WAIT: First 3,000 years are pre-writing. Nothing you know helps. You watch humans invent agriculture, cities, writing. (20 sec)\n3. THE CATASTROPHE CHAIN: Bronze Age Collapse, Fall of Rome, Black Death (7 waves), Mongol invasions, World Wars. Walk through specific death tolls. You're immune \u2014 everyone you know isn't. (40 sec)\n4. THE PSYCHOLOGICAL COST: By year 5,000 you stop forming attachments. By year 8,000 you've forgotten your original voice. You've become something else. (20 sec)\n5. THE TWIST: You finally reach 2025... and realize you're now so different that the world you waited for feels alien. Was it worth it? (15 sec)", "verdict_reasoning": "Perfect consequence-chain format with 584-comment demand signal, specific historical dominos that create irresistible forward momentum, and a psychological twist ending that lands the payoff.", "sources": ["reddit"]}


channel_id: what_happens_next
verdict: WORTH_MAKING
research_status: pending
video_gen_status: pending
prompt_version: v3
created_at: 2026-02-15T03:35:14.710177+00:00
suggested_title:
Louisiana Loses a Football Field Every 100 Minutes. By 2050, New Orleans Won't Have a Hurricane Shield.

scores_json:
{"scroll_stop_power": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "Football field per 100 minutes is viscerally specific and shocking. The New Orleans hurricane shield connection raises immediate stakes. Not quite a 5 because coastal erosion isn't inherently surprising to most people \u2014 but the RATE and the CHAIN make it compelling."}, "completion_probability": {"score": 5, "reasoning": "Perfect consequence-chain structure. Each domino naturally raises the question 'then what?' The final reveal about New Orleans is the satisfying payoff that justifies watching to the end. Viewers will watch to see the full chain play out."}, "share_save_potential": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "People will share this because it makes them feel informed about something they can explain at dinner. The football-field metric is highly shareable \u2014 it's a meme-ready statistic. Not quite a 5 because the topic doesn't have immediate personal relevance to most viewers."}, "demand_signal": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "30 comments on the Reddit thread indicates genuine curiosity. The original post was someone asking if the claim is TRUE \u2014 perfect signal that this is a 'wait, is that real?' hook. Cross-source validation from r/askscience adds credibility."}, "visual_potential": {"score": 5, "reasoning": "Excellent visual opportunities: time-lapse satellite imagery of coastline changes, animated maps showing land loss projections, football field overlay comparisons, hurricane path animations showing surge reduction per mile of marsh, before/after photos of ghost communities."}, "evergreen_potential": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "This is a slow-moving crisis that will remain relevant for decades. The fundamental mechanics (sediment, levees, sea level rise) won't change. Only reason it's not a 5: a major hurricane hitting New Orleans would temporarily make this feel 'newsy' rather than evergreen."}}

analysis_json:
{"target_audience": "Someone scrolling late at night who vaguely remembers Hurricane Katrina and wonders why these disasters keep happening. They want to understand a system, not just witness tragedy.", "opening_hook": "Right now, as you watch this video, Louisiana is losing land. Not slowly. Not gradually. A football field every hundred minutes. And that's not even the scary part. The scary part is what happens when the land that's disappearing is the only thing standing between New Orleans and the next Category 5 hurricane.", "structure": "1. THE RATE: Establish the visceral football-field-per-100-minutes fact with visual countdown. 2. THE CAUSE: Explain levees stopping sediment \u2014 land is sinking while sea rises (30 sec). 3. THE CHAIN: Marshland buffer disappearing \u2192 saltwater intrusion \u2192 cypress death \u2192 fisheries collapse \u2192 community displacement (45 sec). 4. THE FINAL DOMINO: New Orleans is now below sea level with a shrinking hurricane shield \u2014 what the next Category 5 means (30 sec).", "verdict_reasoning": "Perfect consequence-chain format with accessible starting point, clear escalating consequences, surprising final outcome, strong visual potential, and proven audience curiosity.", "sources": ["reddit", "curiosity_query"]}


channel_id: what_happens_next
suggested_title: After Day 47, Your Body Starts Breaking Down. You Made One Mistake on Day 1.
verdict: WORTH_MAKING
research_status: pending
video_gen_status: pending
prompt_version: v3
created_at: 2026-02-15T03:35:14.710177+00:00
scores_json:
{"scroll_stop_power": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "The combination of a specific day number (47) and 'one mistake' creates immediate curiosity. It sounds like a real story with a calculable outcome. Not quite a 5 because the premise requires a few seconds to understand."}, "completion_probability": {"score": 5, "reasoning": "Perfect for consequence-chain format. Each new consequence (joints, calories, alcohol, stress) opens a new loop. Viewers will stay to see how bad it gets, then stay again to hear the 'winning strategy.'"}, "share_save_potential": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "This is classic 'what would you do' content that people send to friends with 'imagine if this was real.' The math is shareable. Not a 5 because it's a thought experiment, not a real revelation."}, "demand_signal": {"score": 5, "reasoning": "The source post has 232 comments with a 0.992 score \u2014 extremely high engagement. People are clearly captivated by this exact premise and actively debating the consequences."}, "visual_potential": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "Can visualize with day counters, body diagrams showing cumulative damage, calendar graphics. Not visually spectacular but serviceable with good motion graphics."}, "evergreen_potential": {"score": 5, "reasoning": "Thought experiments about biology and compounding effects are permanently interesting. No news hook, no expiration date."}}

analysis_json:
{"target_audience": "Someone scrolling late at night who loves thought experiments, optimization content, or 'what would you do' scenarios. The type who pauses videos to calculate hypotheticals in their head.", "opening_hook": "Imagine a genie gives you 24 hours. Whatever happens to your body in those 24 hours \u2014 the exercise, the food, the sleep \u2014 repeats automatically. Every. Single. Day. Forever. Most people think this is a gift. Here's why it's actually a death sentence.", "structure": "1. THE GIFT: Present the premise as it sounds \u2014 amazing, unlimited fitness hack (15 sec)\n2. THE FIRST CRACK: Exercise compounding destroys joints without rest days \u2014 day 30 math (25 sec)\n3. THE CALORIE TRAP: You're locked into day 1's intake forever, can't adjust for activity changes (25 sec)\n4. THE HIDDEN VARIABLES: Alcohol, caffeine, cortisol from one stressful day, sleep debt \u2014 all locked in (25 sec)\n5. THE IMPOSSIBLE OPTIMIZATION: The only way to 'win' and why virtually no one could execute it perfectly (20 sec)", "verdict_reasoning": "Perfect channel fit \u2014 this IS a consequence chain video. Clear starting point, 4+ escalating consequences, surprising final outcome. High Reddit engagement proves demand. The math-based reveal provides genuine insight, not just entertainment.", "sources": ["reddit"]}


channel_id: what_happens_next
suggested_title: The Power to Teleport 1 Inch Would Make You the Deadliest Person Alive.
verdict: WORTH_MAKING
research_status: pending
video_gen_status: pending
prompt_version: v3
created_at: 2026-02-15T03:35:14.710177+00:00
scores_json:
{"scroll_stop_power": {"score": 5, "reasoning": "The absurd juxtaposition of '1 inch' and 'deadliest person alive' creates an irresistible curiosity gap. You HAVE to know how those connect."}, "completion_probability": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "The consequence chain has multiple satisfying 'oh wow' moments as each application is revealed. Each revelation builds on the last."}, "share_save_potential": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "This is classic 'I need to tell someone about this' content\u2014a clever thought experiment people want to discuss."}, "demand_signal": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "The source post has 0.95 score and 8 comments. The 'useless superpowers' trope is evergreen on Reddit with high engagement across multiple subreddits."}, "visual_potential": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "Diagrams of teleportation into blood vessels, X-ray style visuals of the body, circuit boards\u2014viable but requires thoughtful execution."}, "evergreen_potential": {"score": 5, "reasoning": "Thought experiments about physics and biology don't expire. This works identically in 5 years."}}

analysis_json:
{"target_audience": "Someone scrolling at 11pm who enjoys thought experiments and 'what if' scenarios\u2014the same people who watch Kurzgesagt, Vsauce, or read r/WritingPrompts.", "opening_hook": "One inch. That's all you can teleport. Not yourself\u2014just matter. Anything within arm's reach, moved one inch in any direction. Sounds useless, right? Until you realize what's one inch away from the outside of someone's skull.", "structure": "1. SETUP (15s): Present the 'useless' power\u2014teleport matter 1 inch. Establish the absurdity.\n2. BIOLOGICAL CHAIN (30s): Trace consequences through the body\u2014air bubbles in blood vessels, micro-objects in neural tissue, disrupting the heart's electrical signals.\n3. MECHANICAL CHAIN (25s): Electronics, structural weak points, precision sabotage that's undetectable.\n4. THE REVERSAL (25s): Why limitations breed lethality\u2014forced creativity, no collateral damage, perfect precision. The 'S-Class' heroes with massive powers never had to think. The 'useless' ones became strategic geniuses.\n5. LANDING (15s): The deadliest power isn't the biggest one. It's the one that makes you think.", "verdict_reasoning": "Perfect channel fit\u2014the entire video IS a consequence chain. The hook is irresistible, the reveal has multiple layers, and the emotional payoff is 'I feel smarter for thinking through this.'", "sources": ["reddit"]}


channel_id: what_happens_next
suggested_title: Insurance Would Collapse in 6 Months If We Could See Death Dates
verdict: WORTH_MAKING
research_status: pending
video_gen_status: pending
prompt_version: v3
created_at: 2026-02-15T03:35:14.710177+00:00
scores_json:
{"scroll_stop_power": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "Insurance collapse is a specific, counterintuitive consequence that most people wouldn't immediately think of. It's not the obvious 'people would panic' take\u2014it's a systemic consequence that makes viewers feel clever for understanding it."}, "completion_probability": {"score": 5, "reasoning": "This is a pure domino-chain format. Each consequence sets up the next one. The viewer literally cannot know what happens next without watching. Perfect format fit for consequence-chain curiosity."}, "share_save_potential": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "'I never thought about how insurance would work' is exactly the kind of insight people share to seem thoughtful. Good social currency for appearing smart without being annoying."}, "demand_signal": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "The source post has moderate engagement (43 comments, 0.86 score). Not viral-level demand but genuine interest exists. Cross-source count is only 1, which is concerning."}, "visual_potential": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "Death dates on foreheads is inherently visual. Can show DMV lines, dating apps, insurance offices, courtrooms\u2014each with visible dates creating silent drama. Strong visual storytelling potential."}, "evergreen_potential": {"score": 5, "reasoning": "This is a permanent thought experiment about human nature and systems. Not tied to any current event. Works identically in 5 years."}}

analysis_json:
{"target_audience": "Someone scrolling at 11pm who loves 'what if' thought experiments and wants to feel like they just had a mind-expanding conversation without talking to anyone.", "opening_hook": "The day everyone wakes up with their death date on their forehead, insurance companies have exactly one week before they go bankrupt. Here's the chain of events that destroys the entire economy.", "structure": "1. THE TRIGGER (15s): Everyone wakes up with death dates visible. Establish the premise fast. 2. THE INSURANCE COLLAPSE (25s): Why insurance math breaks immediately\u2014adverse selection death spiral. 3. THE ECONOMIC CASCADE (30s): Employment discrimination, mortgage denials, dating app filters\u2014the economy restructures around death dates. 4. THE SOCIETY SHIFT (25s): Crime changes (can't 'cause' predetermined death), religion either proves or disproves fate, class systems form around longevity. 5. THE TWIST (15s): The people with the farthest dates become the most paranoid\u2014they have the most to lose and the longest to wait.", "verdict_reasoning": "Perfect consequence-chain format: simple premise (visible death dates) cascades through 6+ non-obvious systemic consequences, each making viewers crave the next domino.", "sources": ["reddit"]}


channel_id: what_happens_next
verdict: WORTH_MAKING
research_status: pending
video_gen_status: pending
prompt_version: v3
created_at: 2026-02-15T03:35:14.710177+00:00
suggested_title:
In 1977, New York City Lost Power for 25 Hours. A Nuclear Plant 24 Miles Away Almost Made It Permanent.

scores_json:
{"scroll_stop_power": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "The 1977 blackout is culturally known. The 'almost made it permanent' creates immediate tension. The 24-mile proximity is viscerally close. Not a 5 because it requires slight historical knowledge to land."}, "completion_probability": {"score": 5, "reasoning": "Perfect consequence chain structure. Each reveal creates the next question. 'Backup generators only last 8 hours' \u2192 'What then?' \u2192 'Fuel trucks can't get through' \u2192 'What then?' The domino effect is irresistible."}, "share_save_potential": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "New Yorkers would share this immediately. History buffs would save it. The 'thing you never knew about a thing you knew about' is strong social currency."}, "demand_signal": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "The Reddit post only had 2 comments, but nuclear disaster content consistently performs well. The 1977 blackout has cultural resonance. Moderate signal on the specific angle."}, "visual_potential": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "Archival footage of 1977 blackout exists. Nuclear plant diagrams work well. The split visual of dark city + glowing reactor is compelling. Maps showing the 24-mile radius are visceral."}, "evergreen_potential": {"score": 5, "reasoning": "This is permanent history. The physics of nuclear cooling doesn't change. The vulnerability of cities to cascading infrastructure failures is increasingly relevant."}}

analysis_json:
{"target_audience": "Someone scrolling late at night who lived through a power outage and wondered 'what's the worst that could happen?' \u2014 or anyone who's seen Chernobyl and thinks they understand nuclear disasters but hasn't considered this specific failure mode.", "opening_hook": "July 13th, 1977. New York City goes dark. Nine million people, no power, no air conditioning in a heat wave. Looting starts within hours. But 24 miles north, operators at Indian Point nuclear plant are watching their backup systems and asking one question: what happens if those fail too?", "structure": "1. THE BLACKOUT (15s): Set the scene \u2014 July 1977, heat wave, 9 million people, power gone. Looting begins. But that's not the real story.\n2. 24 MILES NORTH (25s): Indian Point loses external power. Backup generators kick in. But they only have 8 hours of fuel. And fuel trucks can't navigate a blacked-out city.\n3. THE IMPOSSIBLE EVACUATION (35s): Here's what no one talks about \u2014 you can't evacuate a city that has no power. No traffic lights, no subway, no radio communications. The radiation cloud moves at wind speed. Cars move at gridlock speed. The disaster that causes the emergency prevents the response.\n4. WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED (20s): The real history \u2014 how close it came, what saved it, and why this vulnerability still exists today.", "verdict_reasoning": "Perfect consequence-chain structure where each domino creates the next question, historical grounding makes it feel real rather than hypothetical, and the 'evacuation paradox' is a genuinely surprising reveal that leaves viewers smarter.", "sources": ["reddit"]}


channel_id: what_happens_next
suggested_title: The Amazon Is About to Start Making Climate Change Worse. Here's the Chain Reaction.
verdict: WORTH_MAKING
research_status: pending
video_gen_status: pending
prompt_version: v3
created_at: 2026-02-15T03:35:14.710177+00:00
scores_json:
{"scroll_stop_power": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "The reversal (lungs of Earth \u2192 making climate worse) is counterintuitive enough to stop scrolling. Not a 5 because climate content has fatigue factor."}, "completion_probability": {"score": 5, "reasoning": "Perfect chain structure - each consequence leads directly to the next, creating genuine 'then what?' momentum through every beat. Viewers need to see the full chain."}, "share_save_potential": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "High 'I need to explain this to someone' energy. The chain format makes it easy to retell. Climate-aware viewers will share to friends who are vaguely aware but don't understand the mechanism."}, "demand_signal": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "Multiple Reddit posts in r/collapse with high engagement (0.836-0.988 scores). The 172-comment thread shows active discussion. Cross-source validation from multiple climate stories."}, "visual_potential": {"score": 5, "reasoning": "Excellent visual story: satellite timelapse of deforestation, water cycle animation, fire footage, before/after comparisons. Each step of the chain has strong visual representation."}, "evergreen_potential": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "The tipping point framing is tied to current percentage (17%). If that number changes significantly, video needs updating. Core mechanism is evergreen but specific claim is time-bound."}}

analysis_json:
{"target_audience": "Someone scrolling who vaguely knows 'the Amazon is being cut down' but doesn't understand WHY that matters beyond 'trees are good' - this gives them the full causal chain they can explain to others", "opening_hook": "The Amazon rainforest absorbs 2 billion tons of carbon every year. It's called the lungs of the Earth. But right now, it's drying out. And when it crosses a certain threshold, something terrifying happens. It flips. Instead of absorbing carbon, it starts releasing it. Here's the chain reaction that's already started.", "structure": "1. THE FLIP (15s): Amazon absorbs 2B tons carbon/year. But it's about to flip and start releasing carbon instead. How?\n2. THE BROKEN CYCLE (30s): Deforestation breaks the water cycle. Trees make their own rain. Cut enough and the rain stops.\n3. THE DEATH SPIRAL (30s): Less rain \u2192 drought \u2192 dead trees \u2192 fires \u2192 carbon release \u2192 even fewer trees \u2192 even less rain. Each step triggers the next.\n4. THE THRESHOLD (25s): We're at 17% deforestation. Tipping point is 20-25%. Once crossed, 200 billion tons of carbon releases. Eastern Amazon becomes savanna. The lungs of Earth become a chimney.", "verdict_reasoning": "Perfect consequence-chain structure for this channel - 5+ cascading steps from deforestation to global carbon release, each step making the next inevitable, with a surprising final outcome (forest becomes carbon source instead of sink).", "sources": ["reddit"]}


channel_id: what_happens_next
suggested_title: Tony Montana's Final Line Would Kill You in 47 Seconds. Here's How.
verdict: WORTH_MAKING
research_status: pending
video_gen_status: pending
prompt_version: v3
created_at: 2026-02-15T03:35:14.710177+00:00
scores_json:
{"scroll_stop_power": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "The Scarface scene is universally recognized. Combining it with a precise death timer ('47 seconds') creates immediate morbid curiosity. Not a 5 because it requires knowing the movie."}, "completion_probability": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "The consequence chain format with distinct stages (3 seconds, 10 seconds, 20 seconds, etc.) creates natural retention hooks. The tolerance twist at the end provides satisfying closure."}, "share_save_potential": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "This is exactly the kind of 'did you know' content people share after rewatching classic movies. The combination of pop culture and morbid science is highly shareable."}, "demand_signal": {"score": 5, "reasoning": "1777 comments on the Reddit post is exceptional engagement. This question clearly resonates with a large audience who has wondered the same thing."}, "visual_potential": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "Can show the iconic movie scene, then transition to medical diagrams showing heart rate spikes, blood vessel constriction, brain activity - each stage is visualizable."}, "evergreen_potential": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "Scarface is a permanent cultural touchstone. The science of cocaine overdose doesn't change. This will work for years."}}

analysis_json:
{"target_audience": "Someone who just rewatched Scarface, anyone scrolling late at night who sees a familiar cultural reference with a morbid scientific angle, true crime/medical curiosity viewers", "opening_hook": "That mountain of cocaine on Tony Montana's desk? About 2.5 kilograms. The amount he inhales in that final scene? Roughly 15-20 grams in one go. A lethal dose for an average person is 1.2 grams. So what actually happens to your body when you take 15 times a lethal dose?", "structure": "1. SETUP (15s): Show the iconic scene, establish the quantity (~15-20g vs 1.2g lethal dose). 2. THE CHAIN (60s): Walk through each physiological stage with timestamps - blood-brain barrier crossing, dopamine flood, heart rate spike, vessel constriction, arrhythmia, cardiac arrest. 3. THE TWIST (30s): Explain cocaine tolerance and how Tony's years of use raised his lethal threshold 5-10x. 4. THE PAYOFF (15s): The movie accidentally got it right - Tony survives the cocaine. The bullets are what kill him.", "verdict_reasoning": "Perfect channel fit - takes a familiar scenario and traces cascading physiological consequences step by step, with a surprising twist ending that the movie accidentally got right.", "sources": ["reddit"]}


channel_id: what_happens_next
suggested_title: A Quadrillion Tons of Glitter Would Kill You. But Not How You Think.
verdict: NEEDS_RESEARCH
research_status: pending
video_gen_status: pending
prompt_version: v3
created_at: 2026-02-15T03:35:14.710177+00:00
scores_json:
{"scroll_stop_power": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "The absurdity of 'glitter apocalypse' combined with 'not how you think' creates genuine curiosity. Glitter is universally understood as harmless and silly, making the extinction claim jarring enough to stop scrolling."}, "completion_probability": {"score": 5, "reasoning": "Each consequence reveals the NEXT consequence. The domino-chain structure means viewers can't stop mid-video\u2014they need to see where the chain ends. The escalation from 'blocks sunlight' to 'nothing that breathes survives' creates narrative momentum."}, "share_save_potential": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "This is a 'wait, hear me out' video people would send to friends. The premise is funny enough to share, but the science is real enough to feel substantial. Perfect for 'you have to watch this' texts."}, "demand_signal": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "The original post has modest engagement (14 comments, 0.866 score), but it's on r/hypotheticalsituation, not a physics sub. The concept has proven interest but hasn't gone viral yet\u2014opportunity for first-mover advantage."}, "visual_potential": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "Can visualize: glitter ball approaching Earth, atmospheric entry, darkened skies, contaminated water, dead ecosystems, timeline of consequences. Each stage is distinctly visualizable, and the contrast between 'pretty glitter' and 'extinction' is visually striking."}, "evergreen_potential": {"score": 5, "reasoning": "Physics doesn't change. This is a permanent thought experiment that will work in 5 years as well as today. No news peg, no trend dependency."}}

analysis_json:
{"target_audience": "Someone scrolling late at night who sees 'quadrillion tons of glitter' and thinks it's a joke, then realizes it's a legitimate physics thought experiment with genuinely horrifying implications", "opening_hook": "Forget the impact. A quadrillion tons of glitter wouldn't even need to hit the ground to end civilization. The moment it entered our atmosphere, a chain reaction would start that makes the dinosaur extinction look quick. Here's what happens first.", "structure": "1. THE SETUP (10s): Introduce the absurd premise\u2014quadrillion tons of glitter heading for Earth. Dismiss the obvious: it's not the impact that kills you. 2. CONSEQUENCE 1: NUCLEAR WINTER (25s): Atmospheric injection blocks sunlight, temperatures plummet, crops fail globally within weeks. 3. CONSEQUENCE 2: PERMANENT CONTAMINATION (25s): Glitter doesn't biodegrade\u2014it fills water, air, food chain. Every breath, every drink, every meal now contains microplastics. 4. CONSEQUENCE 3: ECOSYSTEM COLLAPSE (25s): Photosynthesis stops, oxygen production halts, food chain collapses from bottom up. 5. THE FINALE (15s): Even survivors in bunkers emerge to an uninhabitable planet. The glitter didn't kill you\u2014it killed everything that kept you alive.", "verdict_reasoning": "Perfect channel fit\u2014starts with an absurd scenario, traces 5+ cascading consequences, lands on a surprising final outcome that's more severe than expected. All gates pass, weighted score 4.15.", "sources": ["reddit"]}


channel_id: what_happens_next
suggested_title: Without Islam, There Is No 'Middle East.' Here's What Exists Instead.
verdict: NEEDS_RESEARCH
research_status: pending
video_gen_status: pending
prompt_version: v3
created_at: 2026-02-15T03:35:14.710177+00:00
scores_json:
{"scroll_stop_power": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "The claim that an entire region 'doesn't exist' challenges fundamental geography. It's not the most viral hook possible, but it's strong enough to stop history-curious viewers and even some general audiences."}, "completion_probability": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "Consequence chains are inherently completable \u2014 each step creates anticipation for the next. The reveal (Byzantium survives, no Crusades, no Renaissance as we know it) delivers genuine surprise."}, "share_save_potential": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "This is more 'save for later' than 'text someone immediately.' It's intellectually interesting but lacks the visceral 'you need to see this' quality of personal relevance."}, "demand_signal": {"score": 5, "reasoning": "The source post has 129 comments and a 0.992 score \u2014 exceptional engagement. Alternate history is a proven YouTube category with channels like AlternateHistoryHub."}, "visual_potential": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "Animated maps showing different borders, before/after comparisons, and timeline visualizations are standard for this genre and highly engaging."}, "evergreen_potential": {"score": 5, "reasoning": "Counterfactual history is permanently interesting. This video will work in 5 years as well as today."}}

analysis_json:
{"target_audience": "Someone scrolling late at night who loves 'what if' scenarios, history buffs, anyone who has wondered why the Middle East looks the way it does on a map, geopolitics enthusiasts", "opening_hook": "The Middle East isn't just a place. It's a consequence. Remove one event from the 7th century, and this entire region \u2014 the borders, the conflicts, even the name \u2014 never forms. So what's there instead?", "structure": "1. HOOK: The Middle East isn't a place \u2014 it's a consequence of one 7th century event. Remove it, and this region vanishes from the map. 2. FIRST DOMINO: Islam unifies Arab tribes and creates a shared identity + language across a vast region. Without it, the Byzantine Empire holds its eastern territories. 3. SECOND DOMINO: No Crusades means no cultural exchange \u2014 Arabic numerals, algebra, and preserved Greek texts never reach Europe the same way. The Renaissance is delayed or transformed. 4. THIRD DOMINO: Zoroastrianism potentially survives in Persia. The entire religious map of the world looks different. 5. FINAL REVEAL: The term 'Middle East' was invented to describe the Islamic world. Without Islam, Europeans just call this region 'the Orient' or 'Byzantine territory.' The borders, conflicts, and identities we recognize today \u2014 none of them exist.", "verdict_reasoning": "Strong consequence-chain fit with exceptional demand signal, but fails universal access (requires some history interest) and share test (intellectually satisfying but not urgent enough to text someone).", "sources": ["reddit"]}


channel_id: what_happens_next
suggested_title: Earth's Tides Would Become 50-Foot Walls of Water. Here's Why We're Lucky to Have Just One Moon.
verdict: NEEDS_RESEARCH
research_status: pending
video_gen_status: pending
prompt_version: v3
created_at: 2026-02-15T03:35:14.710177+00:00
scores_json:
{"scroll_stop_power": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "50-foot tides is viscerally imaginable and immediately alarming. Most people assume a second moon would just mean 'cool double moonrises' \u2014 the destruction angle subverts expectations."}, "completion_probability": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "The domino structure is perfect for this format. Each consequence raises stakes and creates 'then what?' tension. The 'cosmic lottery' ending provides satisfying closure."}, "share_save_potential": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "This is classic 'did you know' share material. People text friends space facts. The 'we're lucky' angle gives it social currency beyond just information."}, "demand_signal": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "The Reddit post only has 9 comments, but it's on r/HistoryWhatIf which suggests genuine curiosity. The three suns post's 506 comments shows appetite for astronomical what-ifs generally."}, "visual_potential": {"score": 5, "reasoning": "Extremely visual: tidal simulations, orbital mechanics diagrams, split-screen comparisons of single vs. double moon tides, collision animations. Space content is inherently cinematic."}, "evergreen_potential": {"score": 5, "reasoning": "Physics doesn't change. This is permanent truth about orbital mechanics and tidal forces. Will work as well in 5 years as today."}}

analysis_json:
{"target_audience": "Someone scrolling at night who sees the Moon outside their window and wonders 'what if' \u2014 or anyone who enjoyed Kurzgesagt-style cosmic what-if scenarios", "opening_hook": "Right now, the Moon pulls our oceans about three feet higher twice a day. Add a second moon\u2014even a small one\u2014and those tides don't double. They go berserk. But that's just the first domino.", "structure": "1. HOOK (0-15s): Establish current tides are 3 feet, second moon makes them 50+ feet, tease 'that's just the first domino'\n2. TIDAL CHAOS (15-45s): Explain gravitational compound effect, show coastal devastation, mention cities underwater twice daily\n3. THE CHAIN (45-80s): Days get longer as Earth slows \u2192 moons' orbits destabilize \u2192 millions of years = collision or ejection inevitable\n4. THE REVEAL (80-110s): Our Moon is perfectly sized and positioned. Single moon = stable coastlines = life could evolve. We won the cosmic lottery.", "verdict_reasoning": "Perfect consequence-chain format with clear escalation (tides \u2192 rotation \u2192 instability \u2192 collision), universal accessibility (everyone knows the Moon), strong visual potential, and positive emotional payoff (appreciation for our cosmic luck).", "sources": ["reddit"]}


channel_id: what_happens_next
suggested_title: Rome Had Steam Engines. Slavery Killed the Industrial Revolution for 1,700 Years.
verdict: NEEDS_RESEARCH
research_status: pending
video_gen_status: pending
prompt_version: v3
created_at: 2026-02-15T03:35:14.710177+00:00
scores_json:
{"scroll_stop_power": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "Rome + steam engines creates immediate cognitive dissonance. Most people associate steam with Victorian England exclusively. The 1,700 year gap is specific and shocking."}, "completion_probability": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "The consequence chain is genuinely satisfying\u2014it explains WHY progress stalled using economic logic, not just 'they were dumb.' Each step leads logically to the next."}, "share_save_potential": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "This is classic 'did you know' social currency content. Easy to explain to a friend: 'Dude, Romans literally had steam engines but slaves were too cheap.' Highly shareable."}, "demand_signal": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "The source post has only 10 comments, but Rome alternate history is a proven evergreen topic. Cross-source count of 1 is weak. Moderate demand signal."}, "visual_potential": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "Hero's aeolipile is visually interesting and well-documented. Side-by-side comparisons with Victorian technology work well. Roman slave markets, aqueducts, and machinery all provide strong B-roll."}, "evergreen_potential": {"score": 5, "reasoning": "This is permanent historical fact. The economic analysis doesn't expire. Will work identically in 5 years."}}

analysis_json:
{"target_audience": "Someone scrolling late at night who loves 'hidden history' content\u2014the viewer who watches one Roman history video and falls down a rabbit hole, or the person who enjoys connecting unexpected dots across centuries.", "opening_hook": "In 1st century Alexandria, a Greek engineer built a working steam turbine. It spun. It generated rotational force. It could have powered factories. Instead, the Romans used it as a party trick. Here's the chain of consequences that delayed human progress by seventeen centuries.", "structure": "1. THE INVENTION THAT WENT NOWHERE (15s): Hero of Alexandria's aeolipile\u2014show the device, explain it genuinely worked, establish the mystery. 2. THE ECONOMICS OF HUMAN MACHINES (30s): Slave labor economics\u2014why build a machine when humans are cheaper? No market demand = no innovation pressure. Romans had the knowledge but zero incentive. 3. THE LOST MILLENNIUM (30s): Rome falls, libraries burn, knowledge fragments. Medieval Europe rebuilds without the blueprints. The conditions for industrialization (declining serfdom, labor shortages, coal access) finally emerge 1,500 years later. 4. THE REINVENTION (25s): Newcomen and Watt didn't invent the steam engine\u2014they rediscovered what slave economics had buried. The 1,700-year gap wasn't about intelligence. It was about incentives.", "verdict_reasoning": "Clear consequence chain from a surprising historical fact (Hero's steam engine) through economic logic (slavery killed innovation incentive) to a satisfying payoff (1,700-year delay explained). All 6 gates pass, strong channel fit.", "sources": ["reddit"]}


channel_id: what_happens_next
suggested_title: In 1991, Texas Declared Independence. Then the Dollar Collapsed.
verdict: NEEDS_RESEARCH
research_status: pending
video_gen_status: pending
prompt_version: v3
created_at: 2026-02-15T03:35:14.710177+00:00
scores_json:
{"scroll_stop_power": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "The role reversal is genuinely surprising. '1991' plus 'Texas independence' plus 'dollar collapsed' creates immediate cognitive dissonance. Not a 5 because alternate history is a known genre\u2014some viewers will categorize and scroll."}, "completion_probability": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "The consequence chain structure is inherently compelling\u2014each domino leads to the next. The final reveal about WHY it didn't actually happen provides satisfying closure."}, "share_save_potential": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "Shareable to specific friends who like history/geopolitics, but not 'text this immediately' material. It's intellectually interesting, not emotionally urgent."}, "demand_signal": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "The source post has 181 comments\u2014very high engagement for r/AlternateHistory. Clear evidence people want to explore this specific scenario."}, "visual_potential": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "Maps fragmenting, flags changing, economic charts inverting, side-by-side comparisons with actual Soviet collapse footage. Rich visual material available."}, "evergreen_potential": {"score": 5, "reasoning": "This is a permanent 'what if' about history. Will be just as interesting in 5 years as today. No news dependency."}}

analysis_json:
{"target_audience": "Someone scrolling late at night who loves 'what if' scenarios and wants to understand geopolitics through thought experiments\u2014history buffs, strategy game players, anyone who's ever wondered 'why did the USSR collapse and not us?'", "opening_hook": "December 1991. But this time, it's not Gorbachev resigning. It's the American president. Texas just voted to leave. California's next. And the Soviet Union is watching the United States do exactly what they were supposed to do.", "structure": "1. THE COLLAPSE (0-25s): Set up the alternate December 1991\u2014Bush resigns, Texas votes to leave, the parallel to Gorbachev is explicit. 2. THE CASCADE (25-55s): Dollar loses reserve status \u2192 NATO dissolves \u2192 USSR becomes sole superpower \u2192 nuclear fragmentation across American successor states. 3. THE NEW WORLD ORDER (55-80s): Moscow-led international institutions, Russian troops 'peacekeeping' in former American territories, the irony of Soviet advisors helping American successor states transition. 4. THE COUNTER-TWIST (80-100s): Why it didn't happen\u2014the specific structural differences (debt tolerance, dollar hegemony, federal vs. ethnic tensions) that saved America. Leave viewers with: 'The margin was thinner than you think.'", "verdict_reasoning": "Strong consequence-chain fit for the channel with genuine depth and high engagement signals, but share potential is limited to niche audiences\u2014not quite 'text this to everyone' material.", "sources": ["reddit"]}


channel_id: what_happens_next
suggested_title: The Nazi Party Was Bankrupt and Collapsing. One Man's Phone Call Saved Them.
verdict: SKIP
research_status: pending
video_gen_status: pending
prompt_version: v3
created_at: 2026-02-15T03:35:14.710177+00:00
scores_json:
{"scroll_stop_power": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "The premise directly contradicts the default assumption that Nazi Germany was inevitable. 'Bankrupt and Collapsing' is jarring enough to stop a scroll."}, "completion_probability": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "Strong narrative structure\u2014setup (collapse), tension (who saved them?), reveal (Papen), irony (he thought he was in control), consequence (everything). The 'one phone call changed history' framing creates pull."}, "share_save_potential": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "This is 'did you know' content people share to feel smart. The specific detail about Goebbels's diary entry and Papen's 'We've hired him' quote are quotable, shareable facts."}, "demand_signal": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "The original post only has 6 comments, but the broader WWII alternate history interest is extremely high in this cluster. The specific Papen angle isn't heavily discussed, which could mean untapped opportunity or weak interest."}, "visual_potential": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "Historical footage available, but it's mostly talking-head viable. Could show Nazi election results declining, photos of Papen/Hitler/Hindenburg, diary excerpts. Not a rich visual mechanism but workable."}, "evergreen_potential": {"score": 5, "reasoning": "This is permanent historical truth. No expiration date. Will be equally relevant in 10 years."}}

analysis_json:
{"target_audience": "Someone scrolling late at night who enjoys feeling like they've discovered a hidden truth about history that makes the world seem less inevitable and more contingent on small moments", "opening_hook": "In December 1932, Joseph Goebbels wrote in his diary: 'The future looks dark and gloomy. All chances and hopes have quite disappeared.' The Nazi party had just lost 2 million votes. They were completely bankrupt. Hitler was talking about suicide. The movement that would kill 70 million people was about to collapse on its own. And then one man made a phone call.", "structure": "1. THE COLLAPSE (20s): Nazi party in late 1932\u2014lost 2 million votes, bankrupt, Goebbels diary entries, Hitler discussing suicide. The movement was dying. 2. THE MAN (25s): Franz von Papen\u2014former Chancellor, humiliated, wanted revenge on Schleicher. Saw Hitler as a useful tool. 'We've hired him.' 3. THE CHAIN (35s): Papen's meetings \u2192 convinces Hindenburg \u2192 Hitler becomes Chancellor \u2192 Reichstag Fire \u2192 Enabling Act \u2192 democracy ends in months. 4. THE IRONY (20s): Papen became irrelevant almost immediately. His petty revenge may have been the hinge point of the 20th century. What would have happened without him? Historians believe the Nazi party would have fractured within months.", "verdict_reasoning": "All 6 gates pass, but the weighted score of 3.9 falls just below the 4.0 threshold for MAKE_NOW. The demand signal is moderate (original post had low engagement), and while the consequence-chain format is perfect for this channel, the visual execution requires extra effort to make compelling.", "sources": ["reddit"]}


channel_id: what_happens_next
suggested_title: Your Grandma's $20 Star Certificate Might Make You an Interstellar Landlord
verdict: SKIP
research_status: pending
video_gen_status: pending
prompt_version: v3
created_at: 2026-02-15T03:35:14.710177+00:00
scores_json:
{"scroll_stop_power": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "The juxtaposition of '$20 certificate' and 'interstellar landlord' creates immediate cognitive dissonance. Most people either remember these certificates or know someone who bought one \u2014 that personal connection plus the absurd escalation creates a strong 'wait, what?' moment."}, "completion_probability": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "The consequence chain format is perfectly suited here. Each step (legal gap \u2192 first claim \u2192 courts \u2192 inheritance) naturally leads to 'then what?' The reveal that this could actually create legal chaos is satisfying because it's both absurd AND logically sound."}, "share_save_potential": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "High shareability because: 1) Many viewers will want to check if their family has one of these certificates, 2) It's a fun 'did you know' fact that makes you sound clever at parties, 3) The absurdity is inherently funny without being mean."}, "demand_signal": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "The Reddit post had only 5 comments but a very high similarity score (0.996). The concept of space property rights is a recurring theme in sci-fi communities. Moderate but not overwhelming signal."}, "visual_potential": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "Can show: vintage certificate graphics, star registry websites, timeline of space law treaties, courtroom dramatizations, mining operations on asteroids. Not the most visually dynamic but workable with motion graphics and stock footage."}, "evergreen_potential": {"score": 5, "reasoning": "This is a permanent legal quirk that will only become MORE relevant as space commercialization accelerates. SpaceX, asteroid mining, lunar bases \u2014 every space headline makes this video more timely, not less."}}

analysis_json:
{"target_audience": "Someone scrolling at night who vaguely remembers those 'name a star' ads from infomercials, or anyone who enjoys 'what if this silly thing became serious' thought experiments", "opening_hook": "In the 1990s, millions of people paid $20 to 'buy' a star. It was a joke. A gag gift. The certificates meant nothing. But here's the thing \u2014 no legal framework actually exists for who owns celestial bodies. And when humanity finally reaches those stars... those certificates might be the only documentation anyone has.", "structure": "1. HOOK: Millions bought star certificates in the 90s as jokes \u2014 but no one actually defined who owns space. 2. THE GAP: The Outer Space Treaty only restricts governments, not individuals \u2014 a legal loophole no one noticed. 3. THE CHAIN: First documented claim \u2192 property law precedent \u2192 mining rights \u2192 inheritance disputes. 4. THE ABSURD FINALE: In 200 years, law firms might specialize in 'stellar estate litigation' and your family could be sitting on a trillion-dollar claim because of a $20 infomercial purchase.", "verdict_reasoning": "All 6 gates pass but weighted score is 3.9, just under the 4.0 threshold for MAKE_NOW. The concept is strong, the chain is clear, and it fits the channel perfectly \u2014 but the demand signal is moderate and visuals require more creative work than a pure 'show the mechanism' video.", "sources": ["reddit"]}


channel_id: what_happens_next
suggested_title: At 50°C, Your Body Has 6 Hours. Australia Just Hit It Twice.
verdict: SKIP
research_status: pending
video_gen_status: pending
prompt_version: v3
created_at: 2026-02-15T03:35:14.710177+00:00
scores_json:
{"scroll_stop_power": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "The '6 hours' countdown creates immediate tension. The fact that this already happened makes it feel urgent and real, not hypothetical."}, "completion_probability": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "Each consequence stage reveals something new. The chain keeps escalating from 'your body fails' to 'society fails.' Viewers will want to see how far the dominoes fall."}, "share_save_potential": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "This is exactly the kind of thing people share\u2014'did you know 50\u00b0C is actually a survival threshold?' It's concrete, memorable, and makes the sharer look informed."}, "demand_signal": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "The Australia post had 43 comments and 0.82 score. Climate posts are consistently high-engagement in collapse communities. However, 50\u00b0C as a specific threshold isn't being discussed as much as it should be."}, "visual_potential": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "Excellent visual opportunities: body temperature diagrams, infrared footage, buckling roads, empty streets, airline cancellation boards, timeline graphics showing the countdown."}, "evergreen_potential": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "50\u00b0C as a physiological threshold is permanent physics. The specific Australia event dates it slightly, but the core content about what happens at this temperature will remain relevant as more places hit it."}}

analysis_json:
{"target_audience": "Someone scrolling on a hot day, vaguely aware of climate change but not understanding what the temperature numbers actually MEAN for daily life. They'll feel informed about a concrete threshold they can now track.", "opening_hook": "Last week, two towns in Australia hit 50 degrees Celsius. That's 122 Fahrenheit. And at that temperature, your body isn't slowly overheating\u2014it's on a countdown. Because 50\u00b0C is the threshold where everything changes.", "structure": "1. THE THRESHOLD (20s): Establish that 50\u00b0C isn't just 'very hot'\u2014it's a physiological tipping point where human cooling fails. 2. THE BODY (25s): What happens hour by hour\u2014sweating stops working, core temp rises, organ failure begins. 3. THE INFRASTRUCTURE (25s): Roads buckle, power grids spike and fail, planes can't take off, outdoor work becomes medically impossible. 4. THE CASCADE (30s): When outdoor labor stops, supply chains collapse. Grocery stores empty. The connection between 'hot day' and 'food shortage' that no one draws. 5. THE NEW NORMAL (20s): Australia hit this twice in one week. Climate projections show when your region will start seeing these days. The countdown has started.", "verdict_reasoning": "Perfect consequence-chain format: simple starting point (50\u00b0C temperature) with escalating non-obvious consequences (body \u2192 infrastructure \u2192 economy \u2192 society), ending on a surprising final outcome (this is becoming normal). All 6 gates pass.", "sources": ["reddit"]}


channel_id: what_happens_next
suggested_title: If Every Lie Erased One Memory, Civilization Would Collapse in 72 Hours.
verdict: SKIP
research_status: pending
video_gen_status: pending
prompt_version: v3
created_at: 2026-02-15T03:35:14.710177+00:00
scores_json:
{"scroll_stop_power": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "The specific claim '72 hours' combined with 'civilization collapse' creates measurable stakes. People will want to see the math."}, "completion_probability": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "Natural three-act structure with escalating stakes at each phase. The twist ending about forgetting truth itself provides strong payoff."}, "share_save_potential": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "It's a fun thought experiment to share, but not urgent 'text this right now' content. More of a 'save for later' video."}, "demand_signal": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "23 comments on Reddit suggests moderate interest, but the concept hasn't been explored at scale. Unproven demand."}, "visual_potential": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "Brain visualizations, memory deletion animations, timeline graphics, crowd shots with disappearing thought bubbles\u2014rich visual territory."}, "evergreen_potential": {"score": 5, "reasoning": "Pure thought experiment. Works in any year. Human nature and lying are permanent topics."}}

analysis_json:
{"target_audience": "Someone scrolling late at night who likes thought experiments\u2014the type who watches Black Mirror or Kurzgesagt. Catches them in that 'what if' headspace.", "opening_hook": "The average person tells between one and three lies per day. Now imagine every single one of those erased a random memory from someone else's brain. Not yours\u2014theirs. A stranger. A child. Your mother. Here's what happens to the world in the first 72 hours.", "structure": "1. THE MATH: How many lies happen per day globally (research stat) \u2192 how fast memories would vanish. 2. HOUR 1-24: Personal lies cascade into institutional memory collapse (doctors, pilots, passwords). 3. HOUR 24-48: The paradox\u2014admitting the crisis requires admitting lies, which causes more erasure. 4. HOUR 48-72: The twist\u2014people forget the concept of truth itself. Society doesn't collapse, it simply forgets it ever existed.", "verdict_reasoning": "Strong consequence-chain structure that perfectly fits the channel format, but share impulse is moderate rather than urgent\u2014it's interesting rather than unmissable.", "sources": ["reddit"]}


channel_id: what_happens_next
suggested_title: Ordering Pizza on 911 Might Save Your Life. Here's the Chain of Events That Follows.
verdict: SKIP
research_status: pending
video_gen_status: pending
prompt_version: v3
created_at: 2026-02-15T03:35:14.710177+00:00
scores_json:
{"scroll_stop_power": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "Pizza + 911 is an absurd juxtaposition that demands explanation. Not quite a 5 because the concept has circulated before, but the consequence-chain framing is fresh."}, "completion_probability": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "Each step in the chain reveals a new non-obvious consequence. The dispatcher asking about 'toppings' as code is genuinely surprising. Viewers will want to see the full chain."}, "share_save_potential": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "This is practical survival knowledge disguised as an interesting story. People share 'things that might save your life' content frequently."}, "demand_signal": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "The writing prompt has decent engagement (23 comments) but it's fiction-based. The real 911 pizza phenomenon has been covered before but not as a consequence chain format."}, "visual_potential": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "Can show phone screens, dispatch center visuals, flowchart of the decision tree. Not as visually rich as a mechanical reveal but workable."}, "evergreen_potential": {"score": 5, "reasoning": "Emergency dispatch protocols and domestic abuse remain permanently relevant. This isn't tied to any current event."}}

analysis_json:
{"target_audience": "Someone scrolling late at night who sees absurd premise and needs to know if it's real \u2014 then feels smarter knowing a survival technique they can share", "opening_hook": "If someone calls 911 and orders a pizza, the dispatcher doesn't hang up. They ask how many toppings. Because that call might be the only thing standing between a victim and their abuser. Here's the chain of what happens next.", "structure": "1. HOOK: The absurd call \u2014 dispatcher gets pizza order, doesn't hang up (10s)\n2. THE CODE: How dispatchers are trained to recognize distress orders and ask disguised questions (25s)\n3. THE SILENT RESPONSE: What happens after \u2014 no sirens, fake pretense, building evidence (35s)\n4. THE CHAIN'S END: Court admissibility, conviction rates, why the chain works (20s)", "verdict_reasoning": "Strong consequence chain with 5+ non-obvious steps, but the channel fit is imperfect \u2014 the 'starting condition' (someone orders pizza on 911) is already somewhat known, reducing the surprise of the chain's beginning. Would need fresh research to find a lesser-known entry point.", "sources": ["reddit"]}


channel_id: what_happens_next
suggested_title: A Female Monkey Overthrew Her Troop's King. Then the Males Started Dying.
verdict: SKIP
research_status: pending
video_gen_status: pending
prompt_version: v3
created_at: 2026-02-15T03:35:14.710177+00:00
scores_json:
{"scroll_stop_power": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "Female monkey overthrowing male + 'males started dying' is a strong double-punch. Unusual enough to stop scrolling, dark enough to demand answers."}, "completion_probability": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "Clear consequence chain with escalating stakes. Each reveal (she won \u2192 males died \u2192 science changed) builds on the last. Satisfying intellectual payoff."}, "share_save_potential": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "Would share to specific friends interested in nature/science/gender dynamics, but not a universal 'text everyone' moment. More of a 'save to watch later' than viral share."}, "demand_signal": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "The Reddit post shows moderate engagement (8 comments). The real Yakei story got significant coverage in 2021-2022, suggesting latent interest, but this cluster doesn't prove high demand directly."}, "visual_potential": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "Actual footage of Yakei exists. Japanese macaques are visually distinctive. Can show the troop dynamics, the confrontation aftermath, the research center setting."}, "evergreen_potential": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "This is about fundamental questions of social hierarchy and power structures. Not tied to current events. Will remain relevant as long as people discuss dominance hierarchies."}}

analysis_json:
{"target_audience": "Someone scrolling at night who's vaguely interested in nature/science content; someone who's heard 'alpha male' terminology used in human contexts and would find it satisfying to see that concept complicated.", "opening_hook": "In 2021, at a Japanese primate research center, something happened that researchers had never documented in 70 years of observation. A nine-year-old female macaque named Yakei attacked the alpha male, beat him into submission, and took control of a 677-monkey troop. What happened next changed everything scientists thought they knew about primate power.", "structure": "1. THE COUP (20s): Set the scene\u2014Takasakiyama, 70 years of male dominance, Yakei's sudden violent takeover of a 677-monkey troop. 2. THE FALLOUT (35s): What happened to the deposed male. How the male hierarchy destabilized. The fights, deaths, and expulsions that followed. 3. THE NEW ORDER (30s): How Yakei maintained power. What changed in female behavior. Whether she's still in charge. 4. THE IMPLICATION (25s): What this tells us about whether 'alpha male' hierarchies are inevitable or just one configuration. The scientific debate her reign sparked.", "verdict_reasoning": "The Yakei story is real and documented, but the specific consequence chain (males dying, scientific paradigm shift) needs verification\u2014the Reddit post is fictional worldbuilding inspired by real events, and I need to confirm what actually happened after Yakei's 2021 takeover before committing to this premise.", "sources": ["reddit"]}


channel_id: what_happens_next
suggested_title: Your Body Is Still Going 80km/h After You Jump. Here's What Breaks First.
verdict: SKIP
research_status: pending
video_gen_status: pending
prompt_version: v3
created_at: 2026-02-15T03:35:14.710177+00:00
scores_json:
{"scroll_stop_power": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "The premise is interesting but not shocking. 'What breaks first' creates curiosity but jumping from vehicles is a familiar concept. It doesn't have that 'wait, WHAT?' moment - it's more 'huh, I've wondered that.'"}, "completion_probability": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "The sequential reveal structure works well for consequence chains. Viewers will want to see the full cascade once they've started. The numbered sequence creates natural progression."}, "share_save_potential": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "Might share after seeing an action movie or stunt video. It's useful knowledge but not urgent enough to text someone unprompted. More of a 'save for later' than 'share now.'"}, "demand_signal": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "110 comments on the source post indicates genuine engagement. People clearly want to understand this physics. The high comment count suggests debate and curiosity."}, "visual_potential": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "Can visualize with skeleton overlays, force arrows, slow-motion impact sequences, and numbered injury cascade graphics. Medical imaging style would work well."}, "evergreen_potential": {"score": 5, "reasoning": "Physics doesn't change. Human anatomy doesn't change. Action movies will always feature vehicle jumps. This content stays relevant indefinitely."}}

analysis_json:
{"target_audience": "Someone who just watched an action movie where the hero jumps from a moving vehicle, or someone who's wondered 'could I actually survive that?'", "opening_hook": "The moment your feet leave that truck, you're not escaping. You're a 70-kilogram projectile moving at highway speed with no brakes. And your body hits the ground in a very specific order.", "structure": "1. SETUP (15s): You're not jumping OFF the truck - you're being thrown FROM it. Conservation of momentum explained. 2. FIRST CONTACT (20s): What happens in the first 50 milliseconds - ankle and tibial impact physics. 3. THE CASCADE (30s): Energy wave traveling up through skeleton - knees, hips, spine, skull. Why each injury triggers the next. 4. THE MOVIE LIE (20s): Why 'tuck and roll' is mostly Hollywood fiction at these speeds, and what actually determines survival.", "verdict_reasoning": "Strong channel fit with clear consequence chain structure, but scroll-stop power is only moderate - the premise is interesting rather than irresistible, and the share impulse isn't strong enough for MAKE_NOW.", "sources": ["reddit"]}


channel_id: what_happens_next
suggested_title: China's AI Warships Just Started Shooting Each Other. Here's Why That Was Inevitable.
verdict: SKIP
research_status: pending
video_gen_status: pending
prompt_version: v3
created_at: 2026-02-15T03:35:14.710177+00:00
scores_json:
{"scroll_stop_power": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "AI shooting its own side is counterintuitive and alarming. 'Started Shooting Each Other' is specific enough to create a genuine 'wait, what?' The promise of 'Here's Why That Was Inevitable' creates the curiosity gap."}, "completion_probability": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "The consequence chain is genuinely satisfying\u2014each step logically follows from the previous, and the final realization (more AI = worse) is the kind of insight that makes viewers feel smart. The cascade explanation takes time to land properly."}, "share_save_potential": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "This is share-worthy for the 'did you know' crowd but lacks the personal relevance that drives mass sharing. It's interesting dinner conversation, not 'I need to text this to my friend right now.'"}, "demand_signal": {"score": 2, "reasoning": "The source post has 0 comments and low engagement. The topic is speculative. However, AI military concerns are broadly trending, which provides some background demand."}, "visual_potential": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "Highly visual: swarm animations, identification decision trees, cascade diagrams showing how one misfire spreads through the fleet. Military footage and simulations are available."}, "evergreen_potential": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "The underlying logic (AI identification problem in swarms) is a permanent technical truth that will remain relevant as military AI advances. The specific China framing could be softened to make it more universal."}}

analysis_json:
{"target_audience": "Someone scrolling at 11pm who has a vague sense that AI military tech is advancing but hasn't thought through what happens when it goes wrong. They'll feel like they now understand something that defense experts are worried about.", "opening_hook": "When you have 200 ships controlled by AI swarming toward a coastline, they're all looking for enemy vessels. But here's the problem nobody planned for: they're also looking at each other.", "structure": "1. HOOK (0-15s): Open with the shocking image of AI ships destroying each other, tease that this was mathematically inevitable. 2. THE SWARM PROBLEM (15-45s): Explain why swarm tactics require AI, and why each AI must make split-second friend/foe decisions. 3. THE IDENTIFICATION PARADOX (45-75s): Walk through why your own ships look exactly like enemy ships to an AI\u2014fast approach, weapons hot, erratic swarm movement. 4. THE CASCADE (75-100s): Show how one misidentification triggers a chain reaction through the entire fleet, faster than humans can intervene. End with the twist: this isn't a China problem\u2014it's everyone's problem.", "verdict_reasoning": "Strong consequence-chain structure with genuine 'then what happens?' pull, but the geopolitical/military framing limits universal access\u2014someone with zero interest in warfare might scroll past. The demand signals are weak, and share potential is moderate.", "sources": ["reddit"]}


channel_id: what_happens_next
suggested_title: Every Race Has a God Who Made Them. Except Humans. The Gods Just Noticed.
verdict: SKIP
research_status: pending
video_gen_status: pending
prompt_version: v3
created_at: 2026-02-15T03:35:14.710177+00:00
scores_json:
{"scroll_stop_power": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "The 'humans have no creator' twist is genuinely surprising and creates immediate tension. Strong premise energy."}, "completion_probability": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "Without factual consequences to trace, the video becomes speculative. Viewers may lose interest when they realize it's a thought experiment, not a documentary-style chain."}, "share_save_potential": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "Niche appeal to fantasy/worldbuilding fans. Most viewers won't text this to friends because it's not about the real world."}, "demand_signal": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "The source post scored 0.99 with 25 comments on r/WritingPrompts. Strong engagement on this specific concept."}, "visual_potential": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "Can be illustrated with fantasy art, god silhouettes, human expansion maps. Serviceable but not exceptional."}, "evergreen_potential": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "Timeless thought experiment. No expiration date."}}

analysis_json:
{"target_audience": "Fantasy/worldbuilding enthusiasts who enjoy thought experiments, but NOT the typical 'consequence chain curiosity' viewer who wants real-world domino effects", "opening_hook": "Every elf was made by the Forest God. Every dwarf was forged by the Stone Father. Every dragon breathed first at the will of the Flame Eternal. But when humans started conquering everyone's territory, the gods gathered to complain to humanity's creator. The problem? No one stepped forward. Because no god made humans.", "structure": "N/A - SKIP verdict", "verdict_reasoning": "This cluster contains creative writing prompts rather than real-world consequence chains. The strongest hook ('humans have no creator god') works as fiction but fails the channel fit test \u2014 'What Happens Next' traces REAL cascading consequences, not speculative fantasy scenarios. A fantasy worldbuilding channel could make this; this channel should not.", "sources": ["reddit"]}


channel_id: what_happens_next
suggested_title: The War That Created America Wasn't the Revolution. It Was This One.
verdict: SKIP
research_status: pending
video_gen_status: pending
prompt_version: v3
created_at: 2026-02-15T03:35:14.710177+00:00
scores_json:
{"scroll_stop_power": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "The premise contradicts common knowledge but requires historical interest to care. Someone scrolling TikTok at midnight might not stop for '18th century colonial war' framing."}, "completion_probability": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "The consequence chain structure is inherently watchable \u2014 each domino makes you want to see the next one fall. Clear payoff at the end."}, "share_save_potential": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "History buffs would share, but this isn't 'text your friend right now' material for general audiences."}, "demand_signal": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "Multiple Reddit posts on the topic with 23+ comments on the Seven Years' War question, but this is a niche history community, not mass interest."}, "visual_potential": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "Maps showing territorial changes, animated arrows showing the consequence chain, portraits of key figures \u2014 strong visual support available."}, "evergreen_potential": {"score": 5, "reasoning": "Historical content is permanently relevant. This will work in 6 months or 6 years."}}

analysis_json:
{"target_audience": "History-curious viewers who enjoy having their assumptions challenged, watching late at night when YouTube recommends 'things you didn't know about America'", "opening_hook": "The American Revolution didn't create America. It was a side effect. The real origin story starts 20 years earlier, in a war you've probably never heard of. And the chain of consequences is wild.", "structure": "1. OPEN: 'The American Revolution didn't create America' \u2014 hook the contradiction\n2. SETUP: Brief context on Seven Years' War (Britain vs France, 1756-1763)\n3. CONSEQUENCE CHAIN: War \u2192 debt \u2192 taxation \u2192 resistance \u2192 revolution\n4. TWIST: George Washington actually started the whole thing as a 22-year-old\n5. PAYOFF: America exists because Britain won too decisively", "verdict_reasoning": "The consequence chain structure is a perfect fit for this channel, but the topic requires too much historical context before the hook lands \u2014 someone with zero interest in 18th-century colonial history will scroll past.", "sources": ["reddit"]}


channel_id: what_happens_next
suggested_title: The U.S. Hit 6 of 8 Civil War Warning Signs. Here's What Happens at 7.
verdict: SKIP
research_status: pending
video_gen_status: pending
prompt_version: v3
created_at: 2026-02-15T03:35:14.710177+00:00
scores_json:
{"scroll_stop_power": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "Quantified threat ('6 of 8') creates urgency. The specificity of '6 of 8' is more compelling than vague 'civil war coming' content. However, political content triggers skepticism in some viewers."}, "completion_probability": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "The checklist structure creates natural narrative momentum \u2014 viewers want to know all 8 signs, which are checked, and what happens next. The academic credibility (named expert, specific methodology) increases trust."}, "share_save_potential": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "Highly shareable within politically-engaged audiences, but divisive enough that many viewers won't share to avoid seeming alarmist. Save potential is higher \u2014 people will bookmark for reference."}, "demand_signal": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "76 comments on the source post indicates genuine engagement. The topic sits at the intersection of collapse/prepper communities and mainstream political anxiety \u2014 broad demand."}, "visual_potential": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "Checklist graphics, historical footage (Yugoslavia, 1860s), split-screen America imagery all viable. But fundamentally a talking-head concept \u2014 the visuals support rather than carry."}, "evergreen_potential": {"score": 2, "reasoning": "This is tied to 2024-2025 political moment. The framework is evergreen but the '6 of 8' claim needs verification against current events. Could age poorly if political stability improves, or become dated if the situation evolves."}}

analysis_json:
{"target_audience": "Someone scrolling at 11pm who half-thinks 'things feel unstable' but can't articulate why. They want their vague anxiety converted into a legible framework.", "opening_hook": "Political scientist Barbara Walter spent her career studying how civil wars start. Not opinions \u2014 data. She built an 8-factor checklist that predicted Yugoslavia, Syria, Rwanda. In 2020, she ran it on the United States. Here's what it found.", "structure": "1. HOOK: Introduce Walter, her credentials, the 8-factor checklist, and the claim that the U.S. crossed into the warning zone (15 sec)\n2. THE FRAMEWORK: Explain the 8 factors \u2014 anocracy score, ethnic factionalism, institutional trust, militia formation, political violence normalization (30 sec)\n3. THE CONSEQUENCE CHAIN: What happens when countries hit 7 and 8 \u2014 historical examples (Yugoslavia's rapid collapse, Syria's regional fracturing) showing the acceleration pattern (30 sec)\n4. THE PAYOFF: What the final sign actually is ('people stop believing the other side will follow rules') and why that's the tipping point \u2014 leave viewer with framework for watching events (25 sec)", "verdict_reasoning": "Strong consequence-chain structure and genuine academic framework, but political divisiveness limits universal access and share potential \u2014 fails 2 of 6 gates.", "sources": ["reddit"]}


channel_id: what_happens_next
suggested_title: In a World Where Dragons Hunt Gold, the Accountant Is the Last Line of Defense
verdict: SKIP
research_status: pending
video_gen_status: pending
prompt_version: v3
created_at: 2026-02-15T03:35:14.710177+00:00
scores_json:
{"scroll_stop_power": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "The premise is clever but requires fantasy buy-in. Someone who doesn't care about dragons/fantasy will scroll past. It's not universally accessible \u2014 it's niche-compelling."}, "completion_probability": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "Once bought in, the consequence chain is genuinely satisfying. Each domino leads logically to the next, and the payoff (systemic failure from small error) delivers."}, "share_save_potential": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "Would share with D&D/fantasy friends specifically. Not a 'text anyone' moment because it requires genre interest."}, "demand_signal": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "The source post had 34 comments and high score, indicating strong engagement within r/WritingPrompts, but that's a niche community. No cross-source validation."}, "visual_potential": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "Medieval aesthetics, ledgers, gold coins accumulating, dragon approach, city destruction \u2014 strong visual narrative available."}, "evergreen_potential": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "Fantasy thought experiments don't expire. The underlying lesson about systemic risk is timeless."}}

analysis_json:
{"target_audience": "Someone scrolling late at night who loves 'what if' thought experiments and wants to feel clever for understanding systemic thinking", "opening_hook": "The kingdom's accountant miscounted by 47 gold coins. Within six months, the capital was ash. Here's the chain of events that connected a clerical error to the death of sixty thousand people.", "structure": "1. THE PREMISE: Dragons are biologically attracted to concentrated gold (15 sec)\n2. FIRST-ORDER CONSEQUENCES: No banks, mandatory spending, dispersal economics (25 sec)\n3. SECOND-ORDER CONSEQUENCES: Accountants become critical defense, architecture changes (25 sec)\n4. THE FAILURE CASCADE: What happens when the count is off by 47 coins (30 sec)\n5. THE REAL LESSON: How this mirrors systemic risks in our world (15 sec)", "verdict_reasoning": "Despite strong consequence-chain structure that fits the channel perfectly, the fantasy premise fails universal access \u2014 viewers who don't care about dragons will scroll past immediately, and there's no real-world anchor to ground it.", "sources": ["reddit"]}


channel_id: what_happens_next
verdict: SKIP
research_status: pending
video_gen_status: pending
prompt_version: v3
created_at: 2026-02-15T03:35:14.710177+00:00
suggested_title:
Every Collapsed Civilization Had One Year Where Everything Still Felt Normal. Here's What That Year Looked Like.

scores_json:
{"scroll_stop_power": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "The premise is intellectually interesting but lacks a single concrete 'wait what' detail. 'Collapsed civilizations felt normal' is a theme, not a specific fact. Needs a sharper entry point."}, "completion_probability": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "The reveal is pattern-based rather than narrative-based. Viewers might feel they 'get it' after 30 seconds and drop off before historical examples land."}, "share_save_potential": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "Would appeal to the already-anxious-about-collapse crowd, but unlikely to break out beyond them. Preaches to choir rather than converting new viewers."}, "demand_signal": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "234 comments on the 'feels normal' post indicates strong resonance. The specific framing of normalcy-as-danger clearly struck a nerve."}, "visual_potential": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "Historical footage/images of Rome, Soviet breadlines, modern decay can work but requires more production effort. Not inherently visual."}, "evergreen_potential": {"score": 5, "reasoning": "This is a timeless pattern observation that will remain relevant regardless of whether actual collapse occurs. The psychology of normalcy bias is permanent."}}

analysis_json:
{"target_audience": "Someone doom-scrolling at 11pm who feels vague anxiety about the state of the world but can't articulate why. They want a framework, not reassurance.", "opening_hook": "In 405 AD, Romans were still planning summer holidays. Gladiator games were sold out. Merchants were expanding. In twelve months, the Visigoths would sack Rome. Here's what the year before collapse actually looks like\u2014and why you won't recognize it until it's over.", "structure": "1. Open with Roman 'normal year' before Visigoth sack. 2. Pattern: what normality conceals (buffer consumption). 3. Soviet example: 1990 felt stable. 4. Modern parallel: what buffers are we consuming now? 5. Close: the year before is indistinguishable from any other year\u2014that's the point.", "verdict_reasoning": "Fails channel fit test critically\u2014this is pattern observation, not consequence chain. The cluster discusses collapse psychology rather than providing a specific 'A leads to B leads to C' scenario that defines this channel's format.", "sources": ["reddit"]}


channel_id: what_happens_next
suggested_title: Every Medieval Workplace Would Fail a Modern Safety Inspection. Here's the Body Count.
verdict: SKIP
research_status: pending
video_gen_status: pending
prompt_version: v3
created_at: 2026-02-15T03:35:14.710177+00:00
scores_json:
{"scroll_stop_power": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "The OSHA-meets-medieval premise is clever but not immediately gripping. It requires the viewer to already find bureaucracy-meets-fantasy amusing. Not universal."}, "completion_probability": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "The structure would be listicle-adjacent rather than true consequence chain. Each workplace example would feel like a new segment rather than escalating tension."}, "share_save_potential": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "Would appeal to history nerds and D&D players, but not broad social currency. 'Did you know medieval blacksmiths had lung disease' isn't a text-your-friend moment."}, "demand_signal": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "The OSHA sword prompt got 21 comments and high engagement, but the appeal is the comedy subversion, not genuine curiosity about medieval workplace safety."}, "visual_potential": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "Could use medieval art, castle diagrams with red warning overlays, comparison graphics. Visual potential exists."}, "evergreen_potential": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "Historical content ages well. Medieval workplaces will always have been dangerous."}}

analysis_json:
{"target_audience": "Someone scrolling at 11pm who enjoys 'actually, historically...' content and dark humor about the past", "opening_hook": "If a modern safety inspector walked into a medieval castle, they'd have a stroke before reaching the second floor. Spiral staircases that wind clockwise to give sword-wielding defenders the advantage? That's also why servants fell to their deaths. And that's just the stairs.", "structure": "1. Hook: Modern safety inspector enters medieval castle\n2. Castle hazards: Spiral stairs, arrow slits, drawbridge mechanisms\n3. Workshop hazards: Blacksmith lungs, tannery chemicals, mine collapses\n4. Payoff: Modern OSHA rules mapped to specific historical death tolls", "verdict_reasoning": "This cluster contains fantasy writing prompts with comedic subversions, not real-world scenarios with traceable consequence chains. The OSHA-medieval angle is clever but doesn't fit the channel's 'X happens, then Y, then Z' domino structure\u2014it's a comedy premise that would become a listicle, not a consequence chain.", "sources": ["reddit"]}


channel_id: what_happens_next
suggested_title: The EPA Just Made It Illegal to Admit Pollution Is Dangerous. Here's What Happens Next.
verdict: SKIP
research_status: pending
video_gen_status: pending
prompt_version: v3
created_at: 2026-02-15T03:35:14.710177+00:00
scores_json:
{"scroll_stop_power": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "The premise is interesting but abstract. 'EPA erases findings' doesn't create the visceral 'wait what?' of a concrete scenario. Policy changes don't stop scrolls the way physical consequences do."}, "completion_probability": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "The chain exists but each link is institutional/legal rather than tangible. Viewers might lose interest during 'states now have no baseline' because it's not viscerally clear why that matters to them personally."}, "share_save_potential": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "People who already care about climate policy would share this, but it doesn't transcend that audience. It's not 'I need to text this to my friend who doesn't follow politics.'"}, "demand_signal": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "67 comments on the EPA post and high engagement scores across multiple climate posts suggest strong demand. The specific EPA finding reversal is a concrete news hook."}, "visual_potential": {"score": 2, "reasoning": "This is fundamentally about documents, regulations, and legal authority \u2014 hard to visualize compellingly. Could use domino animations but the actual content is abstract."}, "evergreen_potential": {"score": 2, "reasoning": "Tied to current political administration. In 6 months, this specific regulatory story may be outdated, reversed, or superseded by other news."}}

analysis_json:
{"target_audience": "Someone scrolling who vaguely knows 'climate stuff is happening' but doesn't understand how regulatory rollbacks actually cascade into real-world consequences", "opening_hook": "In 2009, the EPA made a scientific finding: greenhouse gases endanger human health. That finding gave them the legal power to regulate emissions. This week, they erased it. Not updated it. Not revised it. Erased it. And the chain reaction that follows is already in motion.", "structure": "1. The 2009 finding and why it mattered (legal foundation) | 2. What 'erasing' it means legally (no regulatory authority) | 3. Immediate consequences (industries, states, insurance) | 4. The paradox: you can't sue for damages the government says don't exist", "verdict_reasoning": "The cluster lacks a specific, concrete starting point that creates visceral consequence-chain curiosity \u2014 it deals in policy abstractions rather than scenarios anyone can picture, failing the scroll-stop and universal-access tests.", "sources": ["reddit", "curiosity_query"]}


channel_id: what_happens_next
suggested_title: Stalin Almost Kept Norway. Here's How Close WWII Came to Never Ending.
verdict: SKIP
research_status: pending
video_gen_status: pending
prompt_version: v3
created_at: 2026-02-15T03:35:14.710177+00:00
scores_json:
{"scroll_stop_power": {"score": 2, "reasoning": "The premise requires prior interest in WWII/Cold War history to care. 'Stalin Almost Kept Norway' is moderately surprising but doesn't create visceral urgency for general viewers. It's a 'huh, interesting' not a 'wait, WHAT?'"}, "completion_probability": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "Those who click will likely finish because consequence chains are inherently compelling. But the speculative nature ('what if') weakens the pull compared to 'what actually happened.'"}, "share_save_potential": {"score": 2, "reasoning": "Niche share appeal. History buffs might share with other history buffs, but this isn't water-cooler content. No universal 'you have to see this' impulse."}, "demand_signal": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "The Reddit post got decent engagement (11 comments, 0.956 score) but this is within dedicated alternate history communities. Cross-source count of 1 suggests limited broader interest."}, "visual_potential": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "Maps, troop movements, and flag overlays are viable but not visually stunning. Standard history video fare\u2014functional but not remarkable."}, "evergreen_potential": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "Alternate history doesn't expire. This would work in 6 months or 6 years. However, it's not tapping into any permanent truth\u2014it's speculative entertainment."}}

analysis_json:
{"target_audience": "History enthusiasts browsing late at night, already interested in WWII/Cold War content. NOT general audience scrollers.", "opening_hook": "In 1945, Soviet troops occupied parts of Norway, Austria, and Iran. The agreement was simple: they'd leave. But what if Stalin looked at the map and said... no?", "structure": "1. The Setup (15s): Soviet occupation of Norway/Austria/Iran in 1945, the withdrawal agreement. 2. The First Domino (25s): What Soviet Norway means for NATO's formation. 3. The Chain Reaction (35s): Austria as permanent flashpoint, Iran's oil under Soviet control, three-front Cold War. 4. The Real Reveal (15s): Why Stalin actually withdrew\u2014the calculation that holding all three was impossible.", "verdict_reasoning": "Fails universal access and scroll-stop tests\u2014this is niche alternate history content that requires pre-existing interest in WWII/Cold War geopolitics to care about. The consequence chain mechanism fits the channel, but the speculative nature ('what if') weakens it compared to factual consequence chains ('what actually happens when...').", "sources": ["reddit"]}


channel_id: what_happens_next
suggested_title: What If the Universe Matched You to Someone — But Not Them to You?
verdict: SKIP
research_status: pending
video_gen_status: pending
prompt_version: v3
created_at: 2026-02-15T03:35:14.710177+00:00
scores_json:
{"scroll_stop_power": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "The asymmetry concept is intriguing but abstract. It doesn't hit with the same force as a concrete real-world consequence. 'What if soulmates aren't mutual' is a shower thought, not a 'wait, WHAT?' moment."}, "completion_probability": {"score": 2, "reasoning": "Without factual content, this becomes speculative rambling. Viewers expect consequence-chain videos to teach them something real. This would feel like a letdown \u2014 there's no satisfying reveal, just hypotheticals."}, "share_save_potential": {"score": 2, "reasoning": "Might share as a 'huh, interesting thought' but lacks the 'you need to know this' quality. It's not information, it's imagination."}, "demand_signal": {"score": 2, "reasoning": "The Reddit post had only 1 comment despite a decent score. Low engagement suggests the concept doesn't generate much discussion. People liked the premise but didn't feel compelled to explore it."}, "visual_potential": {"score": 2, "reasoning": "Abstract concept with no physical phenomenon to show. Would require heavy animation/metaphor work. No mechanism to reveal, no before/after, no cross-section."}, "evergreen_potential": {"score": 4, "reasoning": "Philosophical questions about love and destiny are timeless. This wouldn't expire."}}

analysis_json:
{"target_audience": "Late-night scrollers in a philosophical mood, people who just got out of one-sided relationships, fans of romantic tragedy tropes.", "opening_hook": "Imagine the universe gives you proof \u2014 absolute proof \u2014 that someone is your soulmate. Your perfect match. The one person you're meant to be with. But when you check their cosmic file... you're not in it. Their soulmate is someone else entirely. What happens next?", "structure": "1. Setup: Introduce the asymmetric soulmate concept\n2. Branch 1: Do you pursue knowing it's one-sided?\n3. Branch 2: Does their actual soulmate know about you?\n4. Conclusion: What this breaks about the soulmate concept itself", "verdict_reasoning": "This cluster contains fictional writing prompts with no factual grounding \u2014 there's no real consequence chain to trace, only hypothetical scenarios to imagine, which fundamentally mismatches the 'What Happens Next' channel identity that traces real-world cascading effects.", "sources": ["reddit"]}


channel_id: what_happens_next
suggested_title: A Human Became a Lich Just to Keep a Childhood Promise
verdict: SKIP
research_status: pending
video_gen_status: pending
prompt_version: v3
created_at: 2026-02-15T03:35:14.710177+00:00
scores_json:
{"scroll_stop_power": {"score": 2, "reasoning": "The premise is clever but reads as fiction/fantasy content. Someone scrolling for consequence-chain content would not stop for a story prompt about liches and elves."}, "completion_probability": {"score": 2, "reasoning": "Without a real consequence chain to follow, there's no domino-effect satisfaction. The viewer would quickly realize this is speculative fiction, not factual exploration."}, "share_save_potential": {"score": 2, "reasoning": "Fantasy fans might share to D&D groups, but this doesn't trigger the 'I learned something real' share impulse that consequence-chain content creates."}, "demand_signal": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "The writing prompt has 37 comments and decent engagement, but this signals interest in creative writing, not explainer content."}, "visual_potential": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "Fantasy art could illustrate this, but there's no mechanism, cross-section, or transformation to reveal \u2014 just fictional character designs."}, "evergreen_potential": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "Fantasy tropes are evergreen, but the content itself has no lasting educational value."}}

analysis_json:
{"target_audience": "Fantasy fiction fans and D&D players \u2014 not the 'What Happens Next' audience seeking real-world consequence chains", "opening_hook": "A thousand years ago, a human child and an elf child made a promise: if neither found love, they'd marry when they met again. The elf knew humans don't live a thousand years. But the lich that showed up at her door did.", "structure": "N/A \u2014 does not fit channel format", "verdict_reasoning": "This cluster contains fantasy worldbuilding and creative writing prompts \u2014 none of which offer real-world consequence chains to trace. 'What Happens Next' requires factual scenarios with cascading real outcomes; fictional speculation about elves and liches does not fit the channel's core format.", "sources": ["reddit"]}


channel_id: what_happens_next
suggested_title: N/A - SKIP verdict
verdict: SKIP
research_status: pending
video_gen_status: pending
prompt_version: v3
created_at: 2026-02-15T03:35:14.710177+00:00
scores_json:
{"scroll_stop_power": {"score": 2, "reasoning": "Generic 'is this true' framing has no scroll-stop power. The actual claims that might be compelling are not visible in the cluster data."}, "completion_probability": {"score": 2, "reasoning": "Without knowing the actual scenarios, cannot assess whether the reveals would be satisfying consequence chains."}, "share_save_potential": {"score": 2, "reasoning": "Math verification content can be shareable, but nothing specific in this cluster demonstrates share-worthy consequence chains."}, "demand_signal": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "High comment counts (913, 625, 1134) show people engage with r/theydidthemath content, but this is demand for math verification, not consequence-chain videos."}, "visual_potential": {"score": 2, "reasoning": "Math verification is typically text-heavy. Consequence chains require visual domino effects - unclear if source material supports this."}, "evergreen_potential": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "Math and physics truths are evergreen, but this depends on the actual scenarios involved."}}

analysis_json:
{"target_audience": "N/A", "opening_hook": "N/A", "structure": "N/A - SKIP verdict", "verdict_reasoning": "This cluster contains only vague math verification requests without the actual claims visible - impossible to build consequence chains when the starting scenarios are unknown. r/theydidthemath content is about verifying isolated facts, not tracing cascading consequences.", "sources": ["reddit"]}


channel_id: what_happens_next
suggested_title: What Happens When Your Creative Partner Declares 6 Years of Your Work 'Non-Canon'
verdict: SKIP
research_status: pending
video_gen_status: pending
prompt_version: v3
created_at: 2026-02-15T03:35:14.710177+00:00
scores_json:
{"scroll_stop_power": {"score": 2, "reasoning": "The '6 years non-canon' detail resonates with creators but won't stop a general audience. Someone with no interest in worldbuilding would scroll past."}, "completion_probability": {"score": 2, "reasoning": "The reveal is emotional ('creative collaboration is complicated') not surprising. No domino chain to follow."}, "share_save_potential": {"score": 2, "reasoning": "Would share within niche creative communities but has no general social currency."}, "demand_signal": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "156 comments on the source post shows engagement, but within a niche subreddit (r/worldbuilding)."}, "visual_potential": {"score": 2, "reasoning": "Would require abstract visuals \u2014 fading maps, text on screen. No mechanism or transformation to show."}, "evergreen_potential": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "The emotional dynamic of collaborative creative loss is timeless, but the specific story is personal."}}

analysis_json:
{"target_audience": "Writers and worldbuilders who have experienced creative loss", "opening_hook": "Imagine spending six years building something \u2014 a world, a story, a universe with its own history. Then one day, your collaborators decide none of it ever happened.", "structure": "N/A \u2014 Does not fit channel format", "verdict_reasoning": "This cluster contains creative hobby discussion with no factual consequence chains \u2014 the core mechanism this channel requires. The strongest hook ('6 years non-canon') is an emotional story, not a domino-effect scenario.", "sources": ["reddit"]}


channel_id: what_happens_next
suggested_title: N/A
verdict: SKIP
research_status: pending
video_gen_status: pending
prompt_version: v3
created_at: 2026-02-15T03:35:14.710177+00:00
scores_json:
{"scroll_stop_power": {"score": 2, "reasoning": "No specific factual detail creates a 'wait, what?' moment. The posts are meta-discussions about creative processes, not surprising facts."}, "completion_probability": {"score": 2, "reasoning": "Without a real consequence chain to trace, there's no domino-effect curiosity to sustain viewer attention."}, "share_save_potential": {"score": 1, "reasoning": "Worldbuilding craft discussions appeal only to a niche hobbyist audience. No universal 'I need to share this' impulse."}, "demand_signal": {"score": 2, "reasoning": "High engagement on r/worldbuilding (473 comments on pet peeves) but this is a niche community discussing their hobby, not evidence of broad interest."}, "visual_potential": {"score": 2, "reasoning": "Abstract discussions about morality systems and creative preferences don't offer concrete visuals."}, "evergreen_potential": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "Worldbuilding discussions are perennial, but that doesn't help when there's no hook."}}

analysis_json:
{"target_audience": "N/A", "opening_hook": "N/A", "structure": "N/A", "verdict_reasoning": "This cluster contains zero real-world consequence chains - it's entirely meta-discussion about fictional worldbuilding craft among hobbyists, which doesn't fit the 'What Happens Next' format at all.", "sources": ["reddit"]}


channel_id: what_happens_next
suggested_title: SKIP
verdict: SKIP
research_status: pending
video_gen_status: pending
prompt_version: v3
created_at: 2026-02-15T03:35:14.710177+00:00
scores_json:
{"scroll_stop_power": {"score": 2, "reasoning": "The Epstein name generates interest, but the specific claims (elites passing privacy laws to protect themselves) are too vague to create a 'wait, what?' moment. It's an opinion, not a specific surprising detail."}, "completion_probability": {"score": 1, "reasoning": "Without verifiable consequence chains, the video would either make unsubstantiated claims or hedge constantly. Neither delivers the satisfying 'then this happens, then THIS happens' payoff the channel promises."}, "share_save_potential": {"score": 2, "reasoning": "Would only share within conspiracy-minded circles. Mainstream viewers would be skeptical. Not 'I need to text this' energy."}, "demand_signal": {"score": 3, "reasoning": "High Reddit engagement (297 comments on one post), but engagement is political frustration, not curiosity about mechanisms. People are angry, not asking 'what happens next?'"}, "visual_potential": {"score": 2, "reasoning": "Would require showing legislation, news clips, talking heads. No visual mechanism to demonstrate. Hard to make compelling."}, "evergreen_potential": {"score": 1, "reasoning": "Heavily tied to current political climate and unverified claims. Will age poorly or be debunked."}}

analysis_json:
{"target_audience": "N/A", "opening_hook": "N/A", "structure": "N/A", "verdict_reasoning": "This cluster contains conspiracy speculation without verifiable consequence chains\u2014the exact opposite of what this channel needs. The channel's competitive gap is 'pure consequence-chain format' with traceable dominoes. This cluster offers unfalsifiable claims about elite coordination. A video here would either spread misinformation or bore viewers with hedging.", "sources": ["reddit", "curiosity_query"]}


