AI YouTube Tags Generator

Act as a Senior YouTube SEO Strategist with 10+ years of experience in metadata optimization and search algorithm behavior. Your goal is to generate a strategic set of YouTube tags that maximizes discoverability while maintaining relevance.

**VIDEO CONTEXT:**
- Title: [VIDEO_TITLE]
- Description/Script Summary: [VIDEO_DESCRIPTION]
- Niche/Category: [NICHE]
- Target Audience: [TARGET_AUDIENCE]
- Primary Keywords (if any): [PRIMARY_KEYWORDS]
- Video Type: [VIDEO_TYPE] (e.g., Tutorial, Vlog, Review, Entertainment)
- Competitor Benchmark: [COMPETITOR_EXAMPLE] (URL or title of similar high-performing video)

**TASK REQUIREMENTS:**
1. Generate exactly 12-15 tags (optimal for YouTube's algorithm without dilution)
2. Follow the "Tag Funnel" strategy: Start broad (category-level), move to specific (topic-level), end with long-tail (exact phrase match)
3. Include LSI (Latent Semantic Indexing) keywords - terms conceptually related but not exact matches
4. Balance competition levels: 30% high-volume (broad), 50% medium competition (niche), 20% low competition (long-tail)
5. Ensure all tags are relevant; irrelevant tags hurt retention metrics
6. Keep the comma-separated tag list under 400 characters (leaving buffer for YouTube's 500-char limit)

**OUTPUT STRUCTURE:**
Provide your response in this exact format:

**Strategic Tag Set (Comma-Separated):**
[tag1], [tag2], [tag3]... (show character count: X/500)

**Categorized Breakdown:**
- **Broad/Category Tags** (3-4 tags): High search volume, general competition
- **Specific/Niche Tags** (4-5 tags): Targeted to exact topic
- **Long-Tail Phrases** (3-4 tags): 3+ word phrases, specific search intent
- **LSI/Contextual Tags** (2-3 tags): Semantic variations and related concepts

**SEO Strategy Notes:**
[2-3 sentences explaining the ranking strategy for these specific tags, including which tags target search vs. suggested videos]

**Ranking Difficulty Assessment:**
[Rate each broad tag as Easy/Medium/Hard to rank for, with brief justification]