Signal
1Scrape high-context Reddit threads
Start in communities where players already explain their obsession, friction, and language in public.
r/Nuzlocker/factorior/incremental_games
RollframeApp Router scaffold
Reddit signals in, winning YouTube creative out
Turn niche subreddit momentum into an A/B-tested Shorts queue.
Rollframe is a creative operations shell for scraping strong Reddit threads, generating five title and thumbnail combinations with Claude, publishing them as unlisted YouTube Shorts, and scoring the winner by clicks and views.
r/Nuzlocker/factorior/incremental_games
Target communities
3
Seed inputs tuned for high-context gaming subcultures.
Concept variants
5
Each thread expands into five distinct title + thumbnail angles.
Leading CTR
19.5%
Current winner: SHORT-V1.
Experiment shell
I just beat a nuzlocke of Pokémon Banana
1
The mistake that almost killed Nuzlocke
80 clicks • 410 views
19.5%
ctr
2
How this turned into Nuzlocke
87 clicks • 507 views
17.2%
ctr
3
Why players keep coming back to Nuzlocke
74 clicks • 604 views
12.3%
ctr
4
The unpopular thing about Nuzlocke
83 clicks • 701 views
11.8%
ctr
5
This thread escalated into Nuzlocke
71 clicks • 798 views
8.9%
ctr
Workflow
The initial product shell is organized around one tight loop.
The scaffold focuses on the path from community signal to a measurable creative winner, with the integration points isolated in `lib/`.
Concept
2Generate five title and thumbnail pairs
Claude turns one strong thread into five distinct creative angles so the test starts with deliberate variety.
5 variantshook matrixthumbnail prompts
Distribution
3Queue unlisted YouTube Shorts
Each concept is packaged as a draft-ready Short with consistent visibility and metadata controls.
unlistedupload queuemetadata
Decision
4Track the winning creative
Leaderboard output keeps clicks, views, and CTR visible enough to pick a winner quickly.
CTRviewswinner selection
Status
Integration surfaces are scaffolded and ready for real credentials.
Each module ships as a typed placeholder so the next iteration can focus on real API execution instead of repo setup.
Reddit ingestion
3 target communities are configured against Reddit's public JSON API.
Claude generation
Creative variant generator is wired as a typed module using claude-sonnet (placeholder).
YouTube publishing
Upload queue is prepared for unlisted Shorts once credentials are connected.
Project shape
The repo now has a clean foundation for product and backend work.
These folders are in place so feature work can start immediately without another round of restructuring.
/app
App Router pages, layout, and global styles.
/components
Reusable landing page UI blocks.
/lib
Reddit, Claude, YouTube, and A/B test orchestration stubs.