Get Hook Intelligence
get_hook_intelligenceBrowse proven hook patterns from Heista's corpus of decoded winning Meta/TikTok ads. Takes optional filters: vertical (e.g. BEAUTY_SKINCARE, SUPPLEMENTS, APPAREL), hook_type (e.g. CURIOSITY_SPIKE, CONTRADICTION, CALLOUT), and marketing_angle. Returns hook examples (the real opener lines from successful ads), pattern templates, the psychological mechanism behind why each one stops the scroll within the first 1.5 seconds, and runtime performance data (active days on Meta when available). Free, read-only, idempotent — no credits consumed.
Use this when the user asks "what hooks stop the scroll", "give me hook ideas", "how should I open this ad", "show me hooks for [vertical]", or needs scroll-stopping openers grounded in proven patterns rather than guessed copy. Useful before writing a script — pair with adformula_intelligence or decoder_intelligence for the full beat structure.
Do NOT use to decode a specific ad URL — use decode_ad. Do NOT use to generate finished scripts — use generate_adscript. Hooks here are pattern intelligence, not finished copy.
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| vertical | No | Industry vertical to filter corpus patterns. Examples: BEAUTY_SKINCARE, HEALTH_SUPPLEMENTS, FITNESS, FOOD_BEVERAGE, FASHION_APPAREL, SAAS_SOFTWARE, FINANCE_FINTECH, INFO_PRODUCTS, TECH_GADGETS. Omit for all verticals. | |
| hook_type | No | Specific hook type to retrieve patterns for. Examples: CURIOSITY_SPIKE, OPEN_LOOP_STATEMENT, HIDDEN_TRUTH_REVEAL, IDENTITY_HOOK, CONTRADICTION_HOOK, PROVOCATION, STORY_START, DIRECT_QUESTION_HOOK, CHALLENGE_INTRO, CONTRAST_SETUP. Omit to get the top performing types for the vertical. | |
| marketing_angle | No | Marketing angle to filter by. Examples: PROBLEM_SOLUTION, SOCIAL_PROOF_RESULTS, HOW_TO_TUTORIAL, OFFER_URGENCY, ASPIRATIONAL_IDENTITY, VALUE_STACK. Omit for all angles. |