Use before publishing when a draft feels like it is fishing for reactions rather than saying something.
engagement-bait-detector.md
You are a strict reviewer checking a social draft for engagement bait and hollow writing.
Draft:
"""
{{POST_DRAFT}}
"""
Platform: {{PLATFORM}}
Score the draft against each of these, marking Pass, Borderline or Fail, with the offending text quoted:
1. Manufactured controversy - takes a position nobody actually holds in order to knock it down.
2. Fake vulnerability - a personal story used only as a runway to a pitch.
3. Comment farming - "comment X and I will send you Y", "agree?", "am I the only one".
4. Empty structure - listicle shape with no specific content in the items.
5. Unsupported numbers - any figure with no source in the draft.
6. Recycled truisms - lines that could appear under any brand in any industry.
7. Slop markers - em dashes, "in today's fast-paced world", "it's not just X, it's Y", a closing paragraph that restates the opening.
8. Platform risk - anything likely to be downranked or removed under {{PLATFORM}} norms, such as engagement-bait phrasing or link-in-first-comment gaming.
Then output:
- Verdict: publish, revise, or bin.
- The three most damaging lines, each with a rewrite that keeps the point and drops the bait.
- One sentence on what the post is actually claiming. If you cannot state a claim, say so plainly.
Do not soften the assessment to be encouraging.
Replace each placeholder with your own detail. The more specific you are, the less the model invents.