Video and podcasts

Free YouTube Thumbnail Brief Generator.

Visual composition brief for a designer.

Turn the video brief into a focused thumbnail direction and check how its image and text work together.

Chrome extension + account required.
25 free automation tasks/month across tools. Browser-provider limits apply.

WHAT TO HAVE READY

Video idea and brand style.

YOUR STARTING POINT

A task you can make yours.

Copy it here. Paste it into WebAct when you are ready.

This page prepares your prompt. The task runs in WebAct.

01

Make the task yours.

Review the prompt above. Add your goal and any requirements that matter.

02

Bring it to WebAct.

Open the source page, activate WebAct and select the relevant readable content. Paste the task and provide any additional source material it requests.

03

Check the useful part.

The result covers the readable content you provide or select. Expand the relevant page sections first and check that the output includes the records you intended.

A PRACTICAL GUIDE

How to use the YouTube Thumbnail Brief Generator.

Describe the focal point, hierarchy and contrast, not just a mood. Keep the concept faithful to what the video actually shows.

Make the workflow fit your task.

Describe the focal object, contrast and reading order, then specify the few elements needed to communicate the video topic. Keep the concept tied to actual footage or an explicitly illustrative visual.

What you provide
Video idea and brand style.
What you get
Visual composition brief for a designer.

See the input and the result.

Illustrative input and output · a teaching example, not a live WebAct run

Example input

Tutorial about finding a changed product dimension.

Completed example

Brief: two specification cards, one highlighted measurement, clear visual contrast and a short label indicating the change.
Download this example

Load this input into the prompt, then copy it to WebAct to try the task. Your result may differ from the illustration.

Decisions and troubleshooting.

Does a thumbnail brief need exact colors and coordinates?

Include required brand constraints, but prioritize hierarchy and meaning. Designers need to know what should be noticed first.

Why does the proposed thumbnail suggest an event absent from the video?

Replace the unsupported visual with a real demonstration or clearly representative concept. The thumbnail should set an accurate expectation.

Try it with your own source.

Replace the example with your material in the task prompt. Keep the requirements you need, then copy the task into WebAct.

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BEFORE YOU BEGIN

Using WebAct.

The prompt and example are available here. Run your task in the WebAct Chrome extension.

Is this tool free?

You can copy and edit the prompt here for free. To use it with WebAct, install the Chrome extension, create and verify your account, and connect an available browser ChatGPT session. The Free plan includes 25 user-started automation tasks per calendar month, shared across tools. Ordinary browser Chat is separate; provider limits apply.

Learn about shared context in our privacy policy and choosing Chat or Task.

FROM A PROMPT TO YOUR OWN WORK

Bring the task to your page.

Install WebAct, add your source material and make the result yours.

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