# Ig Carousel Planner

Plan an Instagram carousel slide by slide, up to 10 slides, with a hook slide that...

- Repository: https://github.com/sergebulaev/instagram-skills (696 stars)
- Category: Documents
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-10-28
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## Install

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

## Description

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).

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

# 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.

The rest: https://github.com/sergebulaev/instagram-skills/blob/HEAD/.codex-marketplace/instagram-skills/skills/ig-carousel-planner/SKILL.md