instagram-carousel-generator

Instagram carousel generator

Carousels are the highest-dwell format on the grid: a swipe is an interaction, and Instagram can re-show a carousel from a later slide to someone who skipped it, so slide 2 must stand alone too.

Carousel or Reel?

Carousel when the idea has sequence and gets re-read: steps, a framework, a checklist, a before/after, a comparison. Reel when it needs motion, a face, or a payoff that has to be seen. One single claim is neither; send it to instagram-reel-script-generator.

Source material

• The user's idea or text, or
• Repurpose a Reel that already worked (best source): with IShort, list_my_scripts sorted by views for their own handle, pick a 3x+ reel, and rebuild its transcript as slides. The audience already voted on it.
• A blog post, thread or newsletter the user pastes.

Structure (6-10 slides; 20 is the cap and nobody finishes 20)

1        COVER     the hook, 6 words max, legible at grid-thumbnail size,
                   carrying the topic keyword. One small promise line under it.
2        STAKE     why it matters, one sentence. Works as a second cover.
3..N     ONE IDEA  per slide: 3-7 word headline + max 25 words under it.
N+1      RECAP     the whole thing as a list. The screenshot-and-send slide.
LAST     CTA       one action: save, send to someone, or comment a keyword.

Rules: number slides (3/8); keep text out of the outer 120 px (grid crop); one typeface, max two weights; contrast you can read on a phone in sunlight.

Output

For each slide: headline, body, visual direction (what is on it), alt text. Then:

COVER OPTIONS: 3, ranked (score each with
  python3 ../instagram-reel-script-generator/scripts/hookscore.py --hook "...")
CAPTION: written by instagram-seo-caption-generator with the carousel text as
  the script (python3 ../instagram-seo-caption-generator/scripts/seo_caption.py
  --script slides.txt --caption caption.txt)
ALT TEXT: one literal sentence per slide, keyword on the cover's alt only.
  (Instagram > Advanced settings > Accessibility. Google indexes it.)

If the session can make images (HTML to PNG, Canva, Figma, a design tool), offer 1080x1350 files; otherwise hand over the copy deck.

Rules

• Cover is 80% of the result. Write 3, keep 1.
• No slide is a paragraph. Over 25 words, split it.
• Never fabricate stats for a "data" carousel. {{number}} + flag.
• Run instagram-humanizer on the slide copy.