Her real opening.
Send us any UGC video you've already filmed. We use AI on the same person, same voice, same shot to make new takes with different hooks, so you can test them all without paying for a reshoot.
set up https://hooks.video/SKILL.md
Then: "Make 6 hooks for this video." Your agent needs an API key from your account. The first pack sends you a checkout link; the first time a new person is on camera, it sends you a link to confirm.
A hook is the whole first second, not only the sentence. Same creator, same script, and we change what you see: a prop, the room, the reaction, even the face.
Test who your audience stops for.
Before you book a second creator.
Match the face to the audience.
Test gender without a new shoot.
Handheld, on the move.
The dog walks into frame.
Commute energy, quick and private.
The 2am version of the same thought.
Starts mid moment instead of at hello.
A visible "wait what" in the first frame.
Leans in. Listen for the change.
Listen for the ding.
The getting ready look stops the scroll.
Self care moment, same line.
Hair wrapped, no makeup, real.
A small prop that sets the scene.
Bunny ears, eye patches, a hair towel, iced coffee, headphones, the product already in hand.
Walking outside, a dog park, the bus, in bed, the kitchen, a parked car, the gym.
Mid laugh, a gasp, a whisper, a phone buzz, deadpan, a long silent stare.
Hand over the lens, an eyes close up, the phone screen first, face in hands, a text card.
AI personas by age, gender and look, to see who your audience stops for. Never a real person without consent.
Captions, pacing, the ending and the CTA, tested on the same performance.
One hook is one new opening, spoken by the same person and cut into your real footage. Pay as you go from prepaid credits. Same price in the app or through your agent.
Credits are in dollars. You pay on Stripe with card, Apple Pay or Google Pay.
Send the video and up to six hook lines, or leave them out and we'll write them. Every retake comes back with a word-match score, so your agent knows each line landed.
New person on camera? We start right away and send your agent a link for you to confirm you have their permission. One tap in your account, and the clean takes unlock. After that, that person is on file and your agent never has to ask again.
Your first pack sends a checkout link. After that, packs are paid from your prepaid credits, and your agent can check the balance.
# POST https://hooks.video/v1/packs { "video_url": "https://.../bag_thrift.mp4", "hooks": [ "If you thrift, you need to stop walking past bags like this.", "Would you pay $150 for this bag?" ], "write_the_rest": true, "person": "new", # or "person_emma" once confirmed "webhook": "https://your.app/hooks-done" } # 202 Accepted { "pack_id": "pk_41c9", "status": "uploaded", "permission": "needed", "confirm_url": "https://hooks.video/confirm/pk_41c9", "next_step": "Previews are rendering with a watermark..." } # You tap confirm → webhook: permission.confirmed # → 6 clean retakes + "person_emma" saved for next time
Hooks turns one UGC video you've already filmed into six versions with new opening lines. The same person says each new hook in their own voice, in the same shot, and then the video cuts into your real footage.
Upload your video. We find where the original opening ends, write six hooks for it (or use yours), generate each new opening with AI from the first frame of your video, match the speaker's voice, add captions, and cut it into the rest of your real video.
Your first pack of 6 hooks is $10 instead of $48. After that, each hook is $8, so a pack of 6 is $48. You pay as you go from prepaid credits, and there's no subscription. Bigger top-ups come with bonus credit: $250 gets you $275 and $500 gets you $575.
You're not charged for it. You only pay for hooks we deliver.
Usually 10 to 15 minutes after checkout. Your account page updates as each hook finishes.
Yes. Hooks is only for videos of you, or of someone who agreed to AI versions of their face and voice. You confirm that before checkout. If you choose to confirm later, you get watermarked previews until you do, and you can't run them as ads without that permission.
A vertical video of one person talking to the camera, with clear audio. It can be 4 seconds to 3 minutes long and up to 50 MB, as an MP4, MOV or WebM file.
Yes. We suggest six, and you can edit any of them before checkout. Keep each one under about 4 seconds spoken, roughly 6 to 11 words.
We transcribe every take and compare it to the line you approved. Each hook comes back with a word-match score, and we make a second take when the first one misses words.
Yes. Create an API key in your account, then point your agent at hooks.video/SKILL.md. It can send videos, pass its own hook lines and collect the finished takes. Packs it makes are paid from your prepaid credits.
It depends on where the ads run. New York, for example, requires ads to disclose synthetic performers. Check the rules for each platform and place you advertise in.