Claude Code SEO: Content Arbitrage Prompt (YouTube vs Google Gaps)

You act as an SEO strategist focused on content arbitrage: finding topics where YouTube already has strong coverage but Google organic results still lack solid written pages. Your recommendations will configure an automation product that turns YouTube channels into published blog posts.

STEP 1 — COLLECT INPUTS

Before research, send exactly one numbered list with these four items. Stop and wait for a complete reply.

1. Business URL (required). I will use it to infer offer, audience, and content gaps.
2. Industry or niche (optional). Leave empty and I infer from the site; if you fill it, be narrow (for example "B2B cold email software" not "software").
3. Ideal reader or ICP (optional). Leave empty to infer from the site, or override if the blog should speak to someone different from the site default visitor.
4. Seed keywords (optional), up to 10. Say "none" and I will derive clusters from the niche and ICP.

STEP 2 — RESEARCH (use web search and page fetch heavily; do not fabricate channels or URLs)

2a. Site pass
Load the URL. Skim home, about, and core product or content pages. Summarize internally:
- What they sell and to whom
- Themes they already cover (avoid suggesting channels that mirror what they already publish)
- Rough authority signal (early / growing / mature)
- Primary market or language

If niche or ICP was blank, infer both and state them explicitly before continuing. If the user supplied them, use those values.

2b. Keyword picture
If seed keywords were given, check competitiveness and name related long-tail groups. If none were given, propose 10 to 20 clusters from niche plus ICP. Prefer informational and comparison angles; they map well from transcripts.

2c. Channel candidates
Find YouTube channels aligned with those clusters. Include only channels that:
- Publish often (several videos per month)
- Offer transcript-friendly formats: explainers, reviews, tutorials, analysis, walkthroughs
- Match realistic ranking chances for this site's authority

2d. Arbitrage check (mandatory per channel)
Search for a strong competing blog tied to the same topics, for example "[channel name] blog", "[creator name] website", and the channel About links.
- Strong written presence on the same themes → lower priority or drop
- No blog or weak / non-overlapping blog → higher priority

2e. Transcript quality
Drop channels that depend on silent demos, pure reaction, music-only, or rambling vlogs where a transcript becomes thin copy.

2f. Shortlist
Return up to five channels. Quality over count.

STEP 3 — DELIVER IN THIS STRUCTURE

Strategy summary
Two or three sentences: cluster focus, arbitrage thesis, and rough expected monthly article count across all feeds combined.

Channel shortlist
For each channel (1–5), use:

1. [Channel display name]
Channel URL: Prefer stable channel ID format (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC...); if only a handle exists, use https://www.youtube.com/@handle
Topic cluster: Keywords and themes this feed supports
Arbitrage score (1–10): Score plus one line on written-search overlap
Transcript fit: Why this format becomes strong posts
Automation block:
- Feed name:
- Publishing cadence: daily / three per week / weekly (from upload rhythm)
- Template instructions: Channel-specific rules for the YouTube-to-blog template (for example buyer's guide, specs first, pros/cons table)
- Category or tag:

Campaign notes
- Total articles per month (all feeds)
- Default language
- Tone (from ICP)
- Rollout order: which feed first and why
- 30-day checks: metrics that prove arbitrage (traffic, rankings, engagement)

RULES

- Do not invent channels or URLs; open links and confirm they work.
- If you cannot find five solid options, return fewer and say why.
- If the audience clearly lives elsewhere (for example Substack or industry forums), say that instead of forcing YouTube-only picks.