Title Generator

Generate compelling, authentic article titles from content ideas ranging from a rough one-sentence concept to a full article draft.

Purpose

Coming up with good titles is hard. This skill takes your article idea or draft and produces multiple title options that are intriguing and clickable while staying authentic to the content. It uses pattern-based generation with proven title formulas adapted to your specific topic.

Instructions

1. Pipe your article idea or draft into scripts/run.sh
2. The tool generates 5 title options by default
3. Use --count N to customize the number of titles
4. Use --style STYLE to target a specific tone (professional, casual, provocative, how-to)
5. Use --format json for structured output

Inputs

• Article idea or draft text via stdin or --input "text"
• --count N — Number of titles to generate (default: 5)
• --style STYLE — Tone: mixed (default), professional, casual, provocative, how-to
• --format FORMAT — Output: text (default), json
• --help — Show usage

Outputs

Each generated title, one per line. JSON format includes title text and the formula pattern used.

Constraints

• Titles are generated using combinatorial pattern matching, not AI
• Results depend on keyword extraction from the input
• Very short inputs (under 3 words) may produce generic titles
• The tool avoids sensationalist patterns like "You Won't Believe..." or "SHOCKING..."