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youtube-seo-thumbnail
Advanced thumbnail CTR analysis using computer vision, face/emotion detection, CLIP-embedding SERP similarity, Gestalt composition rules, and YouTube native Test & Compare planning. Use when user says "thumbnail review", "improve CTR", "thumbnail design", or provides a thumbnail image/URL.
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- claude-code Repository topic
- claude-skills Repository topic
- content-optimization Repository topic
- seo Repository topic
- youtube Repository topic
- youtube-analytics Repository topic
- youtube-seo Repository topic
- design Derived category
- marketing Derived category
- testing Derived category
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# Thumbnail Analysis (Advanced)
Diagnose CTR potential quantitatively when possible, qualitatively when
not. Thumbnail is the single biggest pre-click lever after title.
## Data Collection
1. **Source thumbnail**: download the maxres (`maxresdefault.jpg`) from
`https://i.ytimg.com/vi/{VIDEO_ID}/maxresdefault.jpg`, fall back to
`hqdefault.jpg` if missing
2. **SERP grid**: fetch the top 12 YouTube results for the primary
keyword, download each thumbnail, build a 4x3 contact sheet
3. **Computer-vision pass** via `scripts/analyze_thumbnail.py`:
- OpenCV face detection (count, bbox, size %)