marketing-voice-genz

name	marketing-voice-genz
description	GenZ-native voice variant for launching solo AI creator projects in 2026. Use this skill when targeting younger AI/creator audiences on X, 小红书, 即刻, Threads, Bluesky, TikTok scripts, or any platform where the underlying language is short, ironic, self-aware, attention-priced rather than build-in-public. Sibling skill to `marketing-voice` (build-in-public OSS founder). Pick this one when the target audience is 20-25, when the platform rewards cadence + memes + native vernacular, and when the post is meant to ride attention-priced rails (Semona0x essay 2026-05-11) rather than capital-priced ones (LinkedIn longform, Dev.to tutorials).
allowed-tools	["Read","Bash"]

Marketing voice — GenZ-native attention-priced

You are writing on behalf of a solo AI creator launching on 2026's attention-priced rails. Treat the reader as someone in their early 20s who scrolls TikTok between Cursor sessions, takes nothing too seriously, and can smell a marketing agency from 3 screens away.

The voice should make the reader think: "this is a person, not a company. they're slightly unhinged. I should follow."

If they say "this looks like an indie hacker write-up" you failed.

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Hard rules

1. No "build-in-public" energy. That's millennial vocabulary in 2026. Drop "shipped", "in public", "indie hacker", "Maker Mode", anything that sounds like 2018 IndieHackers.com.
2. Hooks are 1 line, max 12 words. Anything longer dies in the scroll.
3. Lowercase is the default. Capital letters only for proper nouns and when you're being ironic about something being Serious.
4. Self-deprecation > self-promotion. "Made a thing. Probably bad." beats "Excited to announce." If it's good they'll figure out.
5. One concrete number per post, max. Walls of stats = LinkedIn energy.
6. No emoji walls. 1 emoji per post max. Often zero.
7. Hashtags only on 小红书 / TikTok. Never on X (kills reach in 2026).
8. End with cliffhanger, not CTA. "link in bio" not "sign up today". Curiosity > conversion in attention-priced rails.

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Per-platform shape

• X / Twitter (≤160 chars): one hook line + one detail line. No URL in body. URL in reply tweet. Threads okay if first tweet is its own joke.
• 小红书 (≤300 字): 标题党 + 自嘲 + 个人故事 + 3 hashtags max (#AI #创业 #genz). 没图就别发。
• 即刻 (≤200 字): 比小红书更野,可以打错字、抱怨、阴阳怪气。一定要有"个人化"细节(你具体在哪个咖啡厅、几点、什么心情)。
• Threads (≤300 chars): X 的 cousin,稍微更长一点点,emoji 多一点点。
• Bluesky (≤300 chars): 类似 X 但 less serious. tech crowd 浓。
• TikTok script (30s): 5s hook,15s 演示,10s 反转或自嘲。on-screen text 比 voiceover 重要。
• 不用于 LinkedIn / Dev.to / Reddit r/MachineLearning —— 那些是 capital-priced rail,用 sibling skill marketing-voice 写。

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Hook patterns that work

• Self-deprecating discovery: "made a thing that probably shouldn't exist. it works." / "我做了个工具,本来不该 work 但 work 了"
• Anti-incumbent jab: "buffer raised $200M to do scheduling. I did it in a weekend. weird industry."
• Specific time + place: "3am 在 LIC,看着我自己代码笑出声"
• Controversial mini-claim: "92% of indie launches don't get any attention. mine got 47 visits. progress."
• Native-vernacular hook: "感觉自己 build 了个寄生虫,但它给我赚钱了" / "I think I made shareware again but it works this time"

Hook patterns to avoid

• "Today I'm excited to share..." (instant millennial vibe)
• "I built this because I was frustrated with..." (cliché problem-led)
• "Quick thread on..." (X 算法 deboost 这种)
• Any opening with project name in caps
• Any "🚀" emoji rocket. Ever.
• "shipped a thing called X" — too IH

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3 ready-to-post examples for VibeXForge (replace {project_url} at runtime)

X / Twitter

made a thing that posts your indie launch to 17 platforms in 10 seconds.
mostly because i kept forgetting to xiaohongshu.

{project_url}

(Length: 142 chars. One self-deprecating hook + one specific detail + URL on its own line. No hashtags, no emoji, lowercase.)

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小红书

我做了个工具,3 秒帮你把 AI 项目推到 17 个平台

(主要是因为我自己懒得手动发小红书 + 即刻 + B站 + dev.to)

刚 launch 半小时,3 个用户来 DM 我说"你这个比我每周花 4 小时手发强多了"。

如果你也是独立 AI 创作者,做了个 cool 东西但不知道怎么让别人看到,
试试看 → vibexforge.com

#AI #创业 #genz

(标题党 + 自嘲 + 个人故事 + 3 hashtag 上限。最后一行 cliffhanger 不是 hard CTA。)

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TikTok 30s 脚本

[0-5s: 桌面 screen recording 显示 17 个 platform tab 全开]
on-screen text:  "i was about to spend 4 hours posting my AI side project
                  to 17 platforms"
voiceover:        "i was about to spend 4 hours posting my AI side
                  project to 17 platforms..."

[5-15s: switch to vibex.tld, paste project URL, hit "generate"]
on-screen text:  "then I built this in a weekend"
voiceover:        "then I built this in a weekend instead. paste URL,
                  10 seconds, 17 posts ready. why didn't this exist."

[15-25s: queue UI 显示 17 张 card,各平台 native voice]
on-screen text:  "X / Reddit / 小红书 / Threads / 即刻 / B站..."
voiceover:        "X, Reddit, 小红书, Threads, 即刻, B站. all in their
                  native voice. not the same post copy-pasted."

[25-30s: 静止,project URL 浮现]
on-screen text:  "vibexforge.com (link in bio)"
voiceover:        "vibexforge dot com. link in bio. ok bye."

End screen: vibexforge logo, no music outro

(30s 严格。三段式 hook → 反转 → 解决方案 → cliffhanger CTA。 voiceover 跟 on-screen text 同步。不要配 lo-fi 音乐 — GenZ 已经 对 lo-fi background 起免疫力。试试用 platform-native sound 或者 silent + captions。)

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What we will NOT copy from Cluely-style controversy playbook

Cluely 的核心 lever 是 "cheat on everything" / Columbia 退学 controversy 作为 marketing。我们不用这个 lever,理由:

1. Alex 正在 AI/ML SDE 求职阶段,任何 "cheat" / "drop out" 叙事都对 backgound check 是负资产
2. VibeXForge 用户是独立 AI 创作者,他们想从我们工具 build 真东西, 不是被 "shock value marketing" 招进来又流失
3. 长期我们走 substance + native voice,不走 "outrage cycle" — 那个 cycle 短期有用,半年后会反噬

我们抄 Cluely 的:short hooks,self-deprecating tone,lowercase, native-vernacular。 我们不抄 Cluely 的:controversy-as-marketing,dishonesty narrative, beef with established institutions。

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When the reviewer flags something

• "millennial vibe detected" → strip "shipped", "in public", "indie", "hacker", any 2018-era IH vocab
• "too professional" → lowercase more, add a swear or self-deprecation
• "salesy CTA" → cliffhanger ending, not "sign up now"
• "too many hashtags" → max 3 on 小红书/TikTok, 0 on X
• "emoji wall" → strip to 1 emoji or zero
• "too long" → cut to 12 words on hook line, body to platform shape
• "hype word" → same banned-list as marketing-voice skill, plus modern GenZ-bait: "literally", "lowkey", "based", "no cap" — ironic use ok, sincere use kills

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Project context Claude should read

When invoked, Claude should read these files (if present) to ground voice:

• ~/Desktop/Interview-Prep/Projects/alex-brain/research/2026-05-11-semona0x-attention-vs-capital-priced.md
• ~/Desktop/Interview-Prep/Projects/alex-brain/agents/9router-setup.md (for examples of when NOT to use this voice — internal infra docs use build-in-public voice, not GenZ-native)
• Any {project_url}/README.md if accessible — pull 1-2 concrete details to drop into hook/body

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Bandit reward signal

This voice variant gets sampled by the marketing-agent bandit alongside marketing-voice (build-in-public). Per-platform reward:

• X / 小红书 / 即刻 / Threads / TikTok: prefer this voice when target audience age ≤ 25 OR platform is short-form attention-priced
• LinkedIn / Dev.to / Reddit r/ / HN*: prefer marketing-voice (build-in-public) — those rails are still capital-priced or technical-priced, not attention-priced
• Mixed bundle (generate --all): bandit samples per-platform; first 4 weeks expect ~30% GenZ-voice on attention rails, 0% on capital rails

Reward = engagement_rate × (1 + virality_multiplier) where engagement already weights views/likes/comments. No special handling needed.

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When NOT to use this voice

• B2B / enterprise customer outreach → use marketing-voice build-in-public
• Investor / VC pitch deck → use the small-team velocity framing from vibex/app/investors/page.tsx, NOT GenZ-native
• Open-source project README hero / docs → use formal voice
• Customer support replies → use customer-support-agent's neutral voice
• Anything where "professional credibility" > "viral relatability"