FREE TOOL · HEADLINE GENERATOR

Get 12 headlines across 6 proven patterns.

Type your topic and (optionally) your audience. Llama 3.3 70B drafts 12 headlines in 6 different patterns: curiosity, listicle, how-to, contrarian, news, and benefit. Sign-in required, 2 generations per day.

BY THESEOAGENT TEAMUPDATED 2026-05-103 MIN READ
INPUT
Sign-in required2 generations / day
OUTPUTPOWERED BY LLAMA 3.3 70B

12 headlines will appear here, 2 each across curiosity, listicle, how-to, contrarian, news, and benefit patterns.

6 patterns, 2 headlines eachCURIOSITY · LISTICLE · HOW-TO · CONTRARIAN · NEWS · BENEFIT
TL;DR

What does this headline generator do differently?

Most free headline generators give you 20 variations of the same shape. This one forces the model into a 6-pattern structure (curiosity, listicle, how-to, contrarian, news, benefit) with 2 headlines each, so you compare across angles instead of within one. Pairs well with our SEO title generator for the meta-tag layer. The same headline-generation step runs as the briefing stage inside our paid pipeline at SEO Automation. Built by TheSEOAgent.

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INPUT

A topic and (optionally) an audience. Sign-in required, no card.

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PROCESS

Llama 3.3 70B drafts 12 headlines across 6 patterns (2 each). About 2-3 seconds via Groq.

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OUTPUT

Pattern-tagged headline + char count for each. Copy any title to clipboard.

WHY THIS ONE

Four things that make this different from the average headline generator.

SIX PATTERNS, NOT ONE

12 headlines across curiosity, listicle, how-to, contrarian, news, benefit.

Most headline generators give you 20 variations of the same shape. We force the model to produce 2 headlines each across 6 specific patterns so you compare across angles, not within one. The pattern that lands is rarely the one you would have picked yourself.

6 PATTERNS × 2 HEADLINES
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CONCRETE OVER CLEVER

Specific numbers, named audiences, falsifiable promises.

"The Ultimate Guide to Cover Letters" is filler. "How to write a cover letter in 30 minutes for senior PM roles" is a falsifiable promise. The system prompt rejects hype words and forces concrete specifics. Same standard the paid pipeline applies on every published article.

CONCRETE > GENERIC
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SOCIAL + SERP SAFE

Headlines target 50-90 chars so they display fully in both surfaces.

Below 50 chars reads thin and click-throughs drop. Above 90 chars Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google all truncate. The prompt explicitly enforces 50-90 and the widget shows a per-title char count. Once you pick the body headline, run the meta-tag stage in our SEO title tag generator.

50-90 CHAR SWEET SPOT
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A PREVIEW OF THE PAID PIPELINE

The agent picks headlines + drafts + publishes the articles under them.

This widget gives you the headline-generation step. Our full SEO automation pipeline runs headline + meta-description + slug + draft + fact-check + image + quality-gate + publish on a daily cadence. Brief once, articles ship daily. Pricing is $99 a month flat.

PAID = HEADLINES + DRAFTS + PUBLISH
Illustration of one headline-generation stage feeding a longer pipeline that ends with multiple published article tiles.
HOW IT WORKS

Three steps, two seconds.

01YOU TYPE A TOPIC + AUDIENCE

Topic is required (4+ chars). Audience is optional but sharpens output meaningfully.

02LLAMA 3.3 70B DRAFTS 12 HEADLINES

Structured output: 6 patterns (curiosity, listicle, how-to, contrarian, news, benefit), 2 each.

03YOU PICK + COPY

Each headline has a pattern tag, char count, and a one-click copy button.

QUESTIONS

Everything we get asked about the headline generator.

Missing something? Ask us directly.

Why 12 headlines and not 20?

Because 20 variations of one pattern is worse than 2 each across 6 patterns. The categorization is most of the value. You can immediately compare a curiosity headline against a contrarian one against a how-to one without re-running the tool.

What are the 6 patterns?

Curiosity ("The X That Changed How <audience> Think About Y"), listicle ("12 X That Y Need to Know"), how-to ("How to <do something> in <window>"), contrarian ("Why X Is Wrong About Y"), news ("X Just Y. Here's What That Means for Z"), benefit ("Get X Without Y in <time>"). The 6 most consistently high-CTR shapes across most niches.

How is this different from a generic AI headline writer?

Most AI headline writers are a single prompt that asks for "10 headlines" with no structure. The model defaults to 10 minor variations of one shape. Ours forces the model into a 6-bucket structure with named pattern templates, which means every output is genuinely different from the others.

Why is sign-in required?

Each generation costs us a Groq API call. Without sign-in we have no way to fairly rate-limit, and a single bot script could exhaust the daily quota for everyone in minutes. Sign-in is free, no card.

Why is the cap 2 per day?

Because this is a top-of-funnel teaser, not a production tool. Two generations gives you one trial plus one regenerate if the first batch did not match your topic. Beyond that you should be on the paid pipeline, where the agent picks headlines + drafts + publishes on a daily cadence.

Will the same input give the same headlines?

Mostly no. The model runs at temperature 0.85 to encourage variety. Run it a second time and you should see different titles. The 6-pattern structure stays stable; the specific titles within each pattern vary.

Are these the same as SEO title tags?

No. Headlines are for the article body and social sharing (50-90 chars, click-led). SEO title tags are the <title> element Google shows in SERP (50-60 chars, keyword-led). Use this generator for the headline; use our SEO title generator for the meta tag.

What does the paid pipeline add over this widget?

This widget gives you 12 headline candidates. The paid pipeline at SEO Automation takes one headline, runs keyword research against it, drafts the full article with citations, resolves internal links, generates images, runs quality-gating, and publishes to your CMS. Daily cadence. The widget is one stage; the pipeline is 30.

WANT THIS ON EVERY ARTICLE?

The agent picks headlines on every article it publishes.

Plus meta descriptions, internal links, images, quality gating, CMS publishing. Daily cadence. Try it for $1.