AI generation should be grounded in layered context.
The goal is to avoid generic outputs and avoid copying references.
Use a stable context order:
| Layer | Content | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Product rules | Immutable product policy, output constraints, anti-copy stance | Keep generation aligned |
| 2. Channel profile | Niche, audience, voice, language, goals, boundaries | Adapt output to the creator |
| 3. Target video or idea | Current title, description, topic, transcript if allowed, known metrics | Ground the task |
| 4. References and patterns | Saved references, analyses, synthesized patterns, measured signal | Use niche memory |
| 5. Objective and surface | Improve existing video, prepare publication, generate idea, search/browse/suggested intent | Focus the output |
| 6. Output schema | Required fields and validation shape | Make output machine-checkable |
[Product rules]
[Channel profile]
[Target video or idea]
[References and synthesized patterns]
[Objective and surface]
[Output schema]
[Final instruction]The order matters. The task-specific objective should arrive after the general context so the model can apply the right context to the current request.
For high-value generation, channel profile should be required.
If channel context is missing, a system should prefer a clear error over a generic generation. Generic generation weakens the product and makes outputs harder to trust.
A publication plan should not be only a list of titles.
Useful fields:
- Title variants.
- Thumbnail briefings.
- Recommended title and thumbnail pairings.
- Description guidance.
- Tags or search terms.
- Angle.
- Why it might work.
- Risk.
- What not to copy from references.
- Confidence or evidence notes.
Title and thumbnail should tell one story.
A useful pattern is a second pass that evaluates:
- Do the title and thumbnail create the same promise?
- Is there a mismatch between curiosity and visual direction?
- Which pairs are strongest?
- What risk should the creator watch?
This pass can return a packaging coherence score and recommended pairs.
Validate structured outputs before saving them:
- Required fields exist.
- Arrays have expected lengths.
- Unsupported enum values are rejected.
- Anti-copy fields are present.
- Promises do not claim guaranteed growth.
- The output can be rendered by the UI without custom parsing.
Invalid AI output should fail the job or trigger regeneration, not leak into the user experience.