VideoCore how-to · 3 · Research

Find your next video idea from evidence, not guesswork

The Idea Engine starts from things people actually said and watched: your comments, your own hits that never got a sequel, and the videos that beat their channel's normal in your field. Every idea it gives you carries the evidence it came from.

5 steps · about 1 min · screens captured 16 Oct 2026
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Start on your Dashboard

Under "What do you want to do?" the Find ideas chip opens the one-question Find Ideas page, which has its own how-to. This how-to follows the Idea Engine, the evidence-first page: open Idea Engine from the left menu to start there.

Start on your Dashboard
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Read the signal count before you generate

The line next to the Generate button says what the engine found in your data: viewer questions, unanswered questions in your niche, audience problems, hits without a sequel, competitor outliers and neglected pillars. This step uses no AI.

Read the signal count before you generate
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Scroll down to see the raw evidence

Every signal is listed with where it came from and how strong it is, such as a question left under a video that did 12x its channel's normal. Anything here can be planned straight away with Plan it.

Scroll down to see the raw evidence
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Click Generate ideas and wait about a minute

One AI pass turns the signals into ranked ideas. Each one shows why now, what the viewer walks away able to do, a hook line, and the exact signals it was built from, with their measured numbers.

Click Generate ideas and wait about a minute
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Save it, or turn it into a brief

Save keeps the idea in the Saved tab for later. Turn into a brief or Make this video sends it into your production line with the evidence attached.

Save it, or turn it into a brief
Open the Idea Engine →

Next: Read a video's real numbers on YouTube with Lens