Ig Carousel Planner
Plan an Instagram carousel slide by slide, up to 10 slides, with a hook slide that...
Install
npx skills add sergebulaev/instagram-skills --skill ig-carousel-planner -g -a claude-code -y- Repository
- sergebulaev/instagram-skills696
- Category
- Documents
- Updated
- 8d ago
- License
- MIT
- Context cost
- Mediumabout 1,752 tokens
- Runs scripts
- No, instructions only
What it does
Plan an Instagram carousel slide by slide, up to 10 slides, with a hook slide that opens a loop, value slides that front-load the payoff, and a payoff slide that earns the save and follow. Picks a 2026 carousel formula (listicle, before/after, myth-buster, framework) by goal (saves, shares, follows), drafts each slide's text plus the caption, then publishes the images you supply via Publora. Use to structure a multi-slide carousel. Not for single-image captions (use ig-caption-writer).
Instagram Carousel Planner
Plan a carousel that gets swiped to the end and saved. The whole game is slide 1 (the swipe-earning hook) and the last slide (the saveable payoff). This skill maps every slide, writes the on-image text, and drafts the caption that frames it.
When to use
- User wants to turn a topic or notes into a multi-slide carousel
- User has a list, a framework, or a transformation to teach
- User wants a slide-by-slide structure, not just a caption
Formulas this skill uses (carousel shapes)
| Code | Formula | Primary goal | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| IG5 | Listicle Carousel | saves | a numbered teaching list, one item per slide |
| IG6 | Before/After Transformation | saves, follows | proof of a result with the steps between |
| IG7 | Myth-Buster | shares | correcting beliefs your niche holds |
| IG8 | Steal-This Framework | saves | a named, repeatable framework |
Full skeletons in ../../references/hook-formulas.md.
Slide architecture (the 10-slide spine)
A carousel is 2-10 slides (API limit). The reliable spine:
| Slide | Role |
|---|---|
| 1 (hook) | the promise + an open loop ("most miss #4"). Earns the swipe. Big text, one idea. |
| 2-3 | the strongest value, front-loaded (swipe-through decays with depth). |
| 4 to N-1 | one point per slide, each standing alone, each readable in 2 seconds. |
| N (payoff) | the one-slide summary (the saveable artifact) + one clear ask (save / follow). |
6-10 slides is the sweet spot for a teaching carousel. Fewer than 4 is usually a
single image. See references/slide-architecture.md for per-formula spines.
Steps
Voice profile first (all drafts). If ../../references/voice-profile.md has filled: yes, load it and match the user's voice fingerprint, hard rules, and CTA/link style throughout. If it is not filled, mention once that ig-humanizer --mode profile can learn their voice from a few posts, then proceed with the generic voice rules.
