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Reverse Engineering Content Framework
A systematic method for deconstructing high-performing content to understand its underlying structure and psychological patterns, then creating custom prompts to replicate the approach
How It Works
Take successful content pieces, ask AI to break down their structure, psychological triggers, and effectiveness factors, then combine multiple analyses into comprehensive guides and interview-style prompts for content creation
Components
Identify 3-5 high-performing pieces of content in your niche
Ask AI to break down structure, psychological patterns, and effectiveness factors
Combine insights from multiple breakdowns into a comprehensive guide
Create interview-style prompts that gather necessary context from you
Build two-phase prompts: context gathering + content generation
Test and iterate on the generated content
When to Use
When you want to understand why certain content performs well and systematically improve your own content creation abilities
When Not to Use
When you're trying to develop a completely unique voice or when the content you're analyzing doesn't align with your brand values
Anti-Patterns to Avoid
Example
“A creator analyzes three viral philosophical tweets, has AI identify common patterns (paradoxes, transformation arcs, core problems), creates a guide on 'viral philosophical posts,' then builds a prompt that interviews them about their insights and generates similar structured content”