write-a-video-description

name	write-a-video-description
category	write
description	Write an accurate video description with useful context, chapters, credits, accessibility links, sources, and calls to action. Use when publishing video to a searchable or shared platform.

write-a-video-description

Help the viewer decide, navigate, verify, and continue without stuffing or unsupported claims.

Procedure

1. Confirm the final master, title, audience, platform, purpose, and primary search intent.
2. Lead with a plain summary of what the viewer will see and learn.
3. Add accurate chapters from the final timeline where the platform supports them.
4. Credit participants, creators, music, footage, sponsors, and material as required.
5. Link captions, transcript, sources, corrections, privacy, and accessibility resources.
6. Add one relevant next action and descriptive links with tracking only when approved.
7. Check names, claims, dates, URLs, disclosure, rights, and platform length.
8. Publish the description and verify rendering on mobile and desktop.

Guardrails

• Never invent keywords, credentials, results, or affiliations.
• Do not hide sponsorship or affiliate disclosure below misleading copy.
• Avoid publishing private contacts or unapproved source details.

Done

• A final video-description document includes summary, chapters, credits, and links
• Names, claims, rights, disclosures, and URLs are verified
• Published mobile and desktop rendering is checked