# Ig Reply

Handle the comments under the user's own reels and posts - draft replies to the ones...

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

## Install

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

## Description

Handle the comments under the user's own reels and posts - draft replies to the ones worth answering, sorted by which ones are. Use when the user pastes their comments, says "reply to these", "handle my comments", "someone said X on my reel", or is dealing with a critic, a hater or a lead in the comments.

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

# ig-reply

The comment thread under your own post is where reach is decided. Every reply
is another interaction on the post, replies arriving in the first hour do most
of the work, and on Instagram a reply can also be a Reel, which is the single
most underused move on the platform.

But the value is not equal across comments, so this skill sorts before it
writes.

## Input

The user pastes the comments, ideally with handles. Screenshots are fine. Do
not scrape the thread with a browser tool.

## Triage first

Sort every comment into one of six buckets and say the counts out loud:

| bucket | what it is | what it gets |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **KEYWORD** | the word you asked them to comment | the promised thing, sent by hand or by your approved tool |
| **LEAD** | someone describing the problem you solve | a real answer in public, then a door |
| **SUBSTANCE** | adds data, disagrees, extends | the longest reply on the thread |
| **QUESTION** | a question a lot of people have | this one becomes a Reel, not just a reply |
| **SUPPORT** | "🔥", "great post", a tag | a like, and 3 to 8 words at most |
| **NOISE** | pitch, spam, bad faith, bait | nothing, or one line and out |

Write in that order and stop when the value stops.

## The move most people miss

If a question in the comments is one that thirty other people also have,
**reply to it with a Reel**. Instagram will attach the comment to the new video
as a sticker, the person who asked gets notified, and a question with real
demand behind it becomes a post with the hook already written for you. Flag
every QUESTION that qualifies and hand it to `/ig-reel` as formula #16.

## How to reply

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