Part 01 · Follow the steps

Generate and choose an idea

1. 01Open your channel's idea generator

   Open a channel in Research Hub after its initial research is ready. Check the recommended field order in Overview. If your priorities have changed, open Edit Fields Preference, reorder the active topics and save before generating.

   Select Generate New Ideas from Overview or Ideas to open the idea-generation form.

   The generator takes the channel's existing ranked articles and clusters and develops video concepts and proposed outlines from that research. Updating field priorities beforehand changes which subject areas receive more attention in those suggestions.

2. 02Choose how to select the research fields

   Choose where the generation request should draw its research. The choice controls this idea batch; using manual selection does not change the channel's saved field ranking.

   Choose one research-field mode

   Use my top fields

   TrendyTube prioritizes the five highest-ranked fields, drawing more high-ranked topic clusters from them while still considering lower-ranked fields. Put your main niche at rank 1 in Edit Fields Preference. Use this for ideas across your channel's key interests.

   Manually pick fields

   Check the specific active fields to use for this request. Choose at least one field that has available research; fields with no items may be disabled. Use this when you're planning a video in a particular niche.

   Understand the Research Hub discovery workflow

3. 03Check the cost and start generation

   Review the credit cost and account balance, then select Start Generation. Follow the processing status instead of submitting the request again while it is running.

   Open the new results under The Latest Ideas or the Ideas area. Use search and Newest / Oldest sorting to revisit generated ideas. Scheduled idea refreshes and manual requests can both add ideas to the channel.

   Use Start Generation when you want an additional batch now, rather than waiting for the next scheduled idea run. The output is a set of concepts to compare; you choose whether any one deserves a full script.

4. 04Read the idea as a video proposal

   Open an idea to review the proposed video. Read its components separately to understand what the video would cover, how it could be presented and which supporting research is linked.

   What the idea contains

   Core Concept

   The main topic and premise of the proposed video.

   Strategic Angle

   The perspective that makes the topic interesting for your audience.

   Video Outline

   A suggested sequence of sections and talking points. You can choose later whether the script should follow it.

   Summary, Tags and Social Snippet

   Supporting context that helps you recognize, compare and describe the proposal.

   Explore the idea and script handoff

5. 05Check the linked research

   Open the research references attached to the idea and inspect the original sources before choosing the story to develop.

   Check publication dates, factual details and the range of sources. Decide whether the research supports the angle you want to take.

   Where to inspect the sources

   Linked Articles

   Open individual articles and check the details, publication dates and source links relevant to the idea.

   Linked Clusters

   Explore related articles grouped around the same topic. Use the cluster to understand the broader coverage.

6. 06Save, copy or develop the idea

   After reviewing an idea, choose how to use it. Saving is important: the latest Ideas list rotates under account limits, while the Saved library retains items you deliberately preserve until you remove them.

   If you like an idea but prefer another narrative structure, you can still use it. When generating the script, choose No — freeform script to create a new outline in the channel's style.

   Available idea actions

   Save

   Keep a copy of the idea in Saved → Ideas for future use.

   Copy idea

   Copy the generated concept and available reference text into your planning notes.

   Generate Script

   Carry the idea and its linked research into Script Builder to prepare the narration.

   Next: Turn an idea into a script

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