ChatGPT Prompts for YouTube Automation: 12 Scripts

ChatGPT prompts for YouTube automation help you plan faceless or lightly hosted channels: topic clusters, hooks, batch calendars, B-roll lists, and description templates. They do not upload for you, clear copyright, or guarantee views. Paste your niche boundaries, format length, and real hours, then record the scripts in your own voice. Below are 12 copy-paste prompts plus a flagship automation pack.

YouTube's monetization policies, including the inauthentic content policy on mass-produced or repetitive videos, apply to automated channels. Nothing here promises views or income.

A note on reuse: do not ask the model to scrape or reupload other creators' videos. Money niches need a not-financial-advice line. Clear stock and music licenses yourself.

Prompts for niche and ideas

1. Niche boundaries

My channel is about [topic]. List 10 subtopics to cover and 10 to avoid because of [risks]. Explain each avoid item in one line.

2. Topic cluster

Give 12 video ideas for [niche] aimed at [audience]. One line curiosity gap each. Stay inside [banned topics].

3. Series arc

Turn these 6 ideas, [list], into a 4-week series with a recurring segment name and a progress promise that does not guarantee results.

Prompts for scripts and hooks

4. Fifteen-second hook

Write 5 hooks under 35 words for a video on [idea]. Pattern bank: [patterns]. No fake statistics.

5. Timed outline

Outline a [minutes]-minute voiceover on [idea] in 5 beats. Show seconds per beat and confirm they add up. Include a CTA beat.

6. Full voiceover draft from outline

Expand this outline, [outline], into spoken lines at about 140 words per minute. Mark [B-ROLL: ...] cues. Do not invent sources.

7. Chapter timestamps

From this outline with times, [outline], write YouTube chapters. Titles under 40 characters.

Prompts for batching and assets

8. B-roll search list

For [idea], list 12 stock search phrases and 4 screen recordings I can capture myself. No celebrity names.

9. Two-week batch calendar

I can work [hours] per week. Plan research, script, record, edit, and upload for [N] videos. Hours must fit.

10. Description template

Write a description template with placeholders for title, one-line promise, chapters, and sources. Include a disclaimer line for [niche risk].

11. Thumbnail text options

Suggest 8 short thumbnail phrases (3 to 5 words) for [idea]. No clickbait that contradicts the script.

12. Compliance pass

Review this script, [paste]. Flag earnings claims, medical or legal advice tone, and copyright risks. Rewrite flagged lines.

Build a batch plan with the flagship prompt

The YouTube Automation Pack from Niche Hooks and Batch Plan turns niche, audience, format, and hours into clusters, timed outlines, B-roll lists, and a 14-day calendar. Its renter finance example keeps crypto out, sums beats to 10 minutes, and refuses view promises.

Related prompts

For short-form hooks and cut lists, see the short-form video script with hooks and B-roll and video editing transcript to cut list. More lists: ChatGPT Prompts for Video Content Creation and ChatGPT Prompts for Video Editing.

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