{
  "schema": "aethermoore_channel_growth_v1",
  "updated": "2026-07-30",
  "channel": {
    "handle": "@id8461",
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/@id8461",
    "approx_videos": 69
  },
  "truth": {
    "strength": [
      "Long serialized content (Miracle audiobook + illustrated)",
      "Clear story IP (Six Tongues / Aethermoore)",
      "Talk that bridges DnD → AI safety (Everweave)"
    ],
    "gap": [
      "Playlists incomplete / low discoverability from Home",
      "No consistent Shorts funnel into full chapters",
      "Low view density — every video needs a next-click path",
      "Audio quality varies; re-upload only fixes with masters"
    ]
  },
  "series": [
    {
      "id": "start-here",
      "title": "Start here (3 videos)",
      "goal": "Convert a cold click into a subscriber",
      "videos": [
        { "id": "HhGA0aXpTAg", "role": "Who is this / why care" },
        { "id": "PTT5R9TEhds", "role": "Story hook Ch.1" },
        { "id": "EEBhGdWTEuk", "role": "Miracle Ch.0 audio — deeper series" }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "six-tongues",
      "title": "Six Tongues (story shorts)",
      "playlist": "PL4NrJc8z1YGBSCOM4wYBQw3PJWnJKM7XG",
      "cadence": "1 short or chapter recap / week"
    },
    {
      "id": "miracle-audio",
      "title": "Miracle audiobook",
      "playlist": "PL4NrJc8z1YGB19mIkcVRCiUW_9rNIrGtZ",
      "cadence": "2–3 chapters / week until caught up; then 1/week"
    }
  ],
  "weekly_cadence": {
    "monday": "Post 1 Short (30–45s hook from a chapter — cold open line + end card Subscribe)",
    "wednesday": "Full upload: Miracle chapter OR Six Tongues essay",
    "friday": "Community post or pinned comment linking aethermoore.com/videos + books",
    "sunday": "30 min: titles/thumbnails for next 3 videos; fix one description batch"
  },
  "studio_checklist_every_video": [
    "Custom thumbnail (face or strong title text, readable at phone size)",
    "Title: benefit or tension first, series tag second (e.g. 'What if magic was cryptography? | Six Tongues Ch.2')",
    "Description first 2 lines: who it's for + link https://aethermoore.com/videos.html",
    "Add to the correct playlist immediately",
    "End screen: next chapter + Subscribe + Books",
    "Pinned comment: next video URL + Proton contact if needed",
    "Chapters timestamps if longer than 8 minutes"
  ],
  "title_templates": [
    "{Tension question}? | Six Tongues Ch.{n}",
    "Miracle Was The Memory — Ch.{n}: {short scene title} (audiobook)",
    "Miracle Was The Memory — Ch.{n}: {short scene title} (illustrated)",
    "{Concrete claim about AI / governance} | Everweave"
  ],
  "funnel": {
    "youtube": "Subscribe + playlist autoplay",
    "site": "https://aethermoore.com/videos.html",
    "money": [
      "https://aethermoore.com/books.html",
      "https://aethermoore.com/shop.html",
      "https://aethermoore.com/math-ledger.html"
    ]
  },
  "thirty_day_targets": {
    "outputs": "8 Shorts + 4 long videos + all Miracle chapters in one playlist order",
    "channel": "Channel trailer = Start-here trilogy edit or Everweave + Ch.1",
    "site": "Every book/shop page links Videos",
    "metrics_to_watch": ["CTR on thumbnails", "Average view duration", "Subscribers from Start-here playlist"]
  }
}