The ShadowViral™ AI Setup Kit
Everything you need to go from signup to your first published faceless video: the connection checklist, six ready-made prompts for ChatGPT and Claude, and the research workflow we use ourselves. Nothing here is gated — bookmark it or print it.
1. Set up your connection
Tell us which assistant you use, which platform you publish on and what you want out of it. We'll write your analysis prompt and save it to your prompt library.
2. Connection checklist
Create your free account
Sign up with the same email you used on the connect page so your saved scripts, library and trial all line up.
Add the ShadowViral connector to your assistant
ChatGPT and Claude both accept a custom connector. The exact URL and one-click links live on the connect page.
Run one test request
Ask your assistant to list your saved analyses. If it answers, the connection is live and authenticated.
Save your first script
Generate a script from a real viral video and save it to your library — that's what the follow-up email and your account page track.
Step-by-step connection instructions for each assistant live on the connect page.
3. Ready-made prompts
Paste these into ChatGPT or Claude once the connector is live. Replace anything in curly braces with your own niche, video URL, platform and angle.
Find a proven format in my niche
Using ShadowViral, list the top faceless videos in the {niche} niche from the last 30 days. For each one, give me the hook, the retention structure, and why it outperformed. Then tell me which single format I should copy first and why.
Reverse-engineer one video
Analyse this video with ShadowViral: {url}. Break down the hook (first 3 seconds), the pacing beats, the retention curve, and the copyright risks. Finish with the three things I must keep and the three things I should change.
Write my script
Generate a retention-engineered faceless script based on the analysis above, for a {length}-second {platform} video in the {niche} niche. Keep the proven structure, replace all specific claims with my own angle: {angle}. Include voiceover, on-screen text, visual direction and SFX per beat.
Swap the hook until it lands
Give me five alternative hooks for that script — one curiosity gap, one contrarian, one number-led, one story-led, one negative-framing. Score each for scroll-stopping power and copyright safety.
Copyright pass before publishing
Run a copyright risk check on this script and its planned visuals for {platform}. Flag anything that could trigger a claim, and rewrite the risky lines in safe mode without losing the retention structure.
Weekly research routine
Every Monday, pull the newest breakout faceless videos in {niche} from ShadowViral, group them by format, and tell me which format is rising and which is saturating. Give me one script idea for the rising format.
4. The faceless research workflow
Pick the proof, not the idea
Start from a video that already worked in your niche. Browse the category pages or paste a URL into Analyze — never start from a blank page.
Reverse-engineer the structure
Deep analysis gives you the hook, the pacing beats and the retention curve. Copy the structure, never the content.
Generate and re-hook
Produce the four-layer script — voiceover, visuals, on-screen text, SFX — then test hook variations until one clearly wins.
Clear it, export it, ship it
Run the copyright checklist, export to your editor or voice tool, and save it to your library so you can reuse the winning format.
Ready for your first script?
Paste a viral video URL and get a retention-engineered, copyright-checked production script back in under a minute.