Here's the prompt. Copy it into ChatGPT or Claude, paste your video's transcript under it, and you'll get one LinkedIn post built around a single idea from your video, written in your own words. The full prompt is below, along with a real test, the first version that failed, and how to get your transcript.
I'm going to paste the transcript of one of my YouTube videos. Turn it into one LinkedIn post.
Follow these rules:
1. Pick ONE idea from the video. The one a stranger would find most useful or surprising. Don't try to cover the whole video.
2. Write it as me, in first person. Keep my casual words and a few of my best phrases so it sounds like me, but write it as a post. Don't paste whole sentences or paragraphs from the transcript.
3. Start with a first line that makes people want to read the second line. Use a real line or claim from the video if one works. No made-up stats.
4. Keep any story, example, or number from the video exactly as I said it. Don't add facts, stories, or advice I didn't give.
5. 120 to 250 words. Short paragraphs of 1 to 3 sentences. Don't put every sentence on its own line.
6. Use a list only if I listed 3 or more things in the video.
7. End with my own conclusion, or one simple question people could actually answer. No "comment YES" or "agree?"
8. Write the way people talk. No em dashes, no hashtags, no emojis, and none of these words: delve, game-changer, unlock, leverage, landscape, journey.
9. Don't mention the video, YouTube, or "in this video". The post has to make sense on its own.
Give me only the post, nothing else.
Transcript:
Paste your transcript on the line after "Transcript:" and send it.
Every rule fixes a specific problem AI has with transcripts:
| Rule | What it stops |
|---|---|
| 1. One idea | The "In my latest video I covered X, Y and Z" summary post that nobody reads. |
| 2. Write as me, but as a post | The AI either rewriting you into a corporate voice, or pasting your whole transcript back. |
| 3. A real first line | Made-up hooks and fake stats. |
| 4. Keep stories and numbers exact | The AI "improving" your numbers or adding advice you never gave. |
| 5. 120 to 250 words, short paragraphs | Walls of text, and the opposite: one sentence per line all the way down. |
| 6. Lists only for 3+ things | Every post turning into a bullet list. |
| 7. A real ending | "Agree?" and "Comment YES below." LinkedIn reach for "comment a keyword" posts has dropped a lot since July 2026. |
| 8. Talk like a person | The words and punctuation that make a post look AI-written. |
| 9. Don't mention the video | Posts that only make sense if you've seen the original. |
My first version of rule 2 said: "Use my own words and phrases from the transcript wherever you can."
I tested it on a famous talk, and the AI did exactly what I asked. It copied about 200 words of the speaker's lines nearly word for word, in order. It wasn't a post. It was a cut-down transcript.
So I changed the rule to: keep a few of my best phrases so it sounds like me, but write it as a post, and don't paste whole sentences. That fixed it.
The lesson: AI follows your rules very literally. If a prompt gives you strange results, look for the rule it's following too well.
To test the final version, I used the script from one of my own YouTube videos: 8 ways to use Claude Sonnet 5.5 for everyday business work. It's about 675 words. I ran the prompt once, with OpenAI's GPT-6.1 Sol model, and didn't edit the result.
Here's what came back:
I’d rather review a proposal than spend my time putting the whole thing together.
One way I’d use Claude: after visiting a client, I’d record a quick voice memo and have it turn that into a full proposal, using my template and my usual pricing.
That’s the bit I find useful. I’m not asking it to come up with pricing or decide what my proposals should look like. I’m giving it the stuff I already use and having it put the draft together.
Then I look it over, approve it, and get it out the door.
For everyday business work, that’s where I see the value. Not handing over every decision, just getting to something I can review a lot faster.
I’d still read the whole thing before sending it. I’m still the boss.
What it got right:
What I'd still change: the first line is a bit flat. I'd try something closer to how I actually said it in the video. That's normal. Plan to tweak the opening yourself.
Remove the timestamps if they come along. The AI can work around them, but clean text gives better results.
The prompt asks for one idea on purpose. To get more posts from the same video, send a follow-up in the same chat:
"Now do the same thing with a different idea from the video. Don't repeat the first one."
Repeat until the good ideas run out. A typical 10-minute video gives 3 to 5 solid posts.
This prompt works well, but you'll paste it every time, and the AI won't remember how you write between chats. A few ways around that:
But if you post a few times a week, the prompt above and a free or $20 chat plan are honestly enough to start.
It's written in plain English, so it should work in any good AI chat tool. I tested the final version with OpenAI's GPT-6.1 Sol model. Results will vary a bit between tools, so check the first few posts closely.
The prompt is written for your own videos, since it writes in first person as you. Turning someone else's talk into a post in your name would mean passing off their ideas as yours.
Anything from a 2-minute clip to an hour-long podcast works. For very long transcripts, it helps to paste just the section with the idea you want.
Some tools add them by habit. Rule 8 tells it not to. If they still appear, reply "Remove all hashtags and emojis" and it will fix it.
A typical 10-minute video gives 3 to 5 good posts, one idea each. Ask for a new idea each time in the same chat so it doesn't repeat itself.
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