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Understanding the /formats-watchlist Tool

The /formats-watchlist tool is a powerful feature within Sandcastles designed to help video creators analyze the performance of different video formats within their watchlists. This tool allows you to understand the distribution of the best-performing formats across your watch list, look back at the last X days of videos, and identify which formats are most successful.

Key Features and Benefits:

• Analyze Watchlist Performance: Gain insights into the formats of videos you've already analyzed within your watchlist.
• Identify Top Performing Formats: Discover which formats are driving the most engagement and success.
• Break Out Visual Reports: Generate visual reports that highlight the top-performing formats.
• Explore Video Links: When you click on or ask for any of the formats, you can access individual links to the videos to watch them and gain inspiration.
• Discover Sub-Flavors: Identify specific sub-flavors within formats that you notice, allowing for a deeper understanding of what makes them successful.
• Automated Analysis: The tool can automatically process videos that meet certain criteria, saving you time and effort.

How to Use /formats-watchlist

1. Access Cowork: Navigate to the Cowork section within Sandcastles.
2. Create a New Task: Click on "+ New task" to begin.
3. Input the Command: Type /formats-watchlist into the task input field.
4. Specify Your Request: You can then ask for specific insights, such as:
   • "I want to understand a distribution of the best-performing formats across my watch list."
   • "I want to look back at the last 60 days at all the videos that we've already analyzed across the watch list."
   • "I want to look at those formats and then I want you to break out a visual report showing me the top-performing formats."
   • "When I click on or ask for any of those formats, I want to be able to see the individual links to any of the videos below so that I can watch them and get inspiration."
   • "If there are sub-flavors that you notice within one format, break those out separately so that we know the differences."

Understanding the Output

Once you run the /formats-watchlist command, Sandcastles will process your request and generate a report. This report typically includes:

• Data Summary: Information on the number of videos analyzed and the time period covered.
• Visualizations: Charts like a pie chart for "Format Mix (Video Count)" and bar graphs for "Total Views by Format Type" to visually represent the data.
• Detailed Breakdown: A list of specific formats, often ranked by performance, with details such as video count, total views, and peak outliers.