AI prompts for channel positioning, naming and content planning

Checking a niche before you commit months to it

I am considering a YouTube channel about [NICHE] for [AUDIENCE].

Pressure-test it: who already owns this space and what is their angle, what is the honest gap, what is the search versus browse mix for this topic, how does it monetise beyond ad revenue, and what is the realistic content ceiling — how many videos before it repeats itself?

Then give me the strongest argument against this niche. Do not be encouraging.

In practice: The 'argument against' is the most useful output — ask for it explicitly.

Defining the lane sharply

For a channel about [NICHE], write: a one-sentence positioning statement in the form "the channel that helps [WHO] do [WHAT] without [OBSTACLE]", the three content pillars, and — importantly — an explicit list of who this channel is NOT for and what it will never cover.

Then give me 5 video titles that only this channel could credibly publish.

In practice: The 'never cover' list is what keeps a channel from drifting into general content.

Planning a quarter around repeatable formats

Build a 12-week content calendar for a [NICHE] channel posting [CADENCE].

Use only 3-4 repeatable formats, each with a fixed structure I can produce faster over time. For each week: the format, the title, the search intent or browse hook, and the production effort (low/medium/high).

Balance effort so no two high-effort videos land in the same week. Front-load the three strongest titles.

In practice: Formats compound; one-off ideas do not.

Naming without regret

Generate 20 channel name options for a [NICHE] channel aimed at [AUDIENCE].

Mix: descriptive, invented, two-word compound, and personal-brand-adjacent. For each: why it works, how it sounds spoken aloud, and whether it constrains future expansion.

Then flag any that are hard to spell from hearing, easily confused with an existing channel, or box the channel into a single topic.

In practice: The 'constrains future expansion' check is what most naming exercises skip.

Finding topics the incumbents are missing

Here are the top channels in my niche and their most-viewed videos: [PASTE].

Identify: the topics they all cover (table stakes), the topics only one covers (contested), and the obvious adjacent topics none of them cover (gaps). For each gap, assess whether it is genuinely underserved or simply has no audience — and say which.

Then give me 10 video ideas from the real gaps.

In practice: Half of every apparent gap is a gap because nobody wants it. Ask which half.