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Evaluate whether a clip is clear, platform-fit, brand-safe, original, and campaign-ready before submission or approval. Answer a QA rubric and get a transparent quality score with hook preview and category breakdown, an educational diagnostic, not a performance guarantee.

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Clip Quality Score

Evaluate whether a clip is clear, platform-fit, brand-safe, and campaign-ready before submission or approval. Eight QA dimensions sum to 100.

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Hook clarity

Retention structure

Source fidelity

Campaign brief alignment

Brand safety

Platform fit

Originality / edit quality

Measurement potential

Clip quality score

0/100

Quality band

Needs QA review

Hook preview

"Here's something interesting about clipping campaigns..."

Hook strength · 53%

53

Overall score

Score vs Approval candidate (65)

Your score53/100
Approval candidate65/100
Strong benchmark85/100

Category breakdown (% of max)

Hook clarity8/15
Retention structure8/15
Source fidelity8/15
Brief alignment8/15
Brand safety8/15
Platform fit5/10
Edit quality5/10
Measurement potential3/5

Category scores

Points earned per dimension

Review campaign readiness

Insights & recommendations

  • Needs QA review

    The clip has useful elements but needs review before approval. It may be usable after stronger alignment, editing, or brand-safety cleanup.

  • Hook clarity needs work

    Rewrite the opening so the viewer immediately understands why the clip matters.

  • Retention structure needs work

    Move the strongest tension, claim, question, or payoff closer to the beginning.

  • Source fidelity needs work

    Avoid cutting the clip in a way that changes the original meaning.

  • Weak hook?

    Try the Hook Generator to test stronger opening angles before your next edit.

What this means

Your clip quality score is 53/100, Needs QA review. The clip has useful elements but needs review before approval. It may be usable after stronger alignment, editing, or brand-safety cleanup. Educational QA diagnostic, not a guarantee of views or approval.

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Transparent scoring

How the score is calculated

Eight categories sum to 100 points: hook clarity (15), retention structure (15), source fidelity (15), campaign brief alignment (15), brand safety (15), platform fit (10), originality / edit quality (10), and measurement potential (5). Each answer maps to a fixed point value within its category. Weak categories trigger specific recommendations, the score is a QA diagnostic, not a prediction of views or approval outcomes.

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Frequently asked questions

What is a clip quality score?

A clip quality score is a structured self-assessment of whether a short-form clip meets campaign QA standards, hook clarity, retention, source fidelity, brief alignment, brand safety, platform fit, edit quality, and measurement potential. It supports approval decisions; it does not predict views or conversions.

What makes a clip campaign-ready?

A campaign-ready clip has a clear opening, holds attention, accurately represents the source, matches the brief and guardrails, passes brand safety review, fits the target platform, and can be measured against a defined outcome. Chapter 8 of The New Attention Economy covers the full clipping campaign architecture.

How do brands approve clips?

Brands typically review clips against a campaign brief, quality rubric, and brand safety rules before approving distribution. Self-serve campaigns use in-platform review; managed campaigns route through operator QA. This score helps you see gaps before formal submission.

What does brand safety mean in a clipping campaign?

Brand safety in clipping means the clip avoids misleading edits, unsupported claims, off-brand tone, and reputational risk while still delivering the campaign message. It is evaluated before scale, not after views accumulate.

Is this score a guarantee of performance?

No. This is an educational QA diagnostic based on your inputs. It does not guarantee approval, views, qualified views, clicks, or conversions, and it is not a substitute for operator judgment, legal review, or platform policy compliance.

Why clip quality matters in clipping campaigns

Campaigns scale on clip volume, but quality gates determine whether that volume compounds or collapses. A weak hook, misleading cut, or off-brief message can pass informal review and still fail brand safety, platform policy, or measurement standards.

Pair this score with Quality Scoring in Clipipedia, the Campaign Readiness Score, and Chapter 8 for the full QA architecture.