# Ig Carousel

Build an Instagram carousel - the cover that earns the swipe, slide-by-slide copy, and...

- Repository: https://github.com/Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill (4342 stars)
- Category: Documents
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-09-13
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill --skill ig-carousel -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill --skill ig-carousel -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill --skill ig-carousel -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill --skill ig-carousel -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill`

## Description

Build an Instagram carousel - the cover that earns the swipe, slide-by-slide copy, and the 1080x1350 files to upload. Use when the user says "carousel", "slides", "swipe post", "turn this into a carousel", or has a list-shaped or step-shaped idea that would die as a single image.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# ig-carousel

Carousels are the highest-dwell format on the grid, because a swipe is an
interaction and a scroll is not. They also get a second chance: Instagram can
show a carousel again starting from a later slide to someone who did not engage
the first time, so slide two has to stand on its own as well.

The format rewards one idea broken into steps. It punishes a caption cut into
pieces.

## When to use it instead of a Reel

Use a carousel when the idea has **sequence and needs to be re-read**: steps, a
framework with parts, a before and after, a list worth screenshotting. Use a
Reel when the idea has motion, a face, or a payoff that has to be seen
happening.

If the idea is one claim, it is neither. Hand it to `/ig-reel` and say so.

## Structure

6 to 10 slides. The cap is 20 and 20 is almost always a book nobody finishes.
Under 5 and the swipe never starts.

```
1         COVER     the hook. 6 words or fewer, at a size that is legible in
                    the grid at thumbnail. One line of promise under it.
2         THE STAKE why this matters, in one sentence. This slide is also a
                    second cover, so it cannot be setup.
3 to N    ONE IDEA PER SLIDE. A headline of 3 to 7 words, at most 25 words
                    under it. If a slide needs a paragraph, it is two slides.
N+1       RECAP     the whole thing as a list. This is the screenshot slide.
LAST      CTA       one action. Save, comment a keyword, or follow. One.
```

## Slide copy rules

The rest: https://github.com/Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill/blob/HEAD/skills/ig-carousel/SKILL.md