Instagram Carousel Workflow: From Save-Worthy Ideas to HTML Slides
Produces Instagram carousels in four phases: 10 save-worthy carousel ideas, a long post turned into 8-10 slides with visual directions, an 8-slide 4:5 design in one HTML file, and a 5-carousel series sharing one style with transparent covers for your photo.
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- Phase 1 — 10 save-worthy carousel ideas
Role: you are a strategist who plans content for Instagram. My niche: [niche] My audience: [audience description] Task: propose 10 carousel ideas that people will actively want to SAVE. For each idea give: 1. a carousel title built on a strong hook plus a number 2. the reason people would save it 3. how many slides it needs Keep every topic practical: frameworks, checklists, comparisons, step-by-step guides, collections. Output: a content plan of 10 carousels, with the save potential of each one explained.
- Phase 2 — Long post into a carousel
My long post or article: [paste text] Task: convert it into a carousel of 8–10 slides. Rules: - each slide carries a single key idea - 30 words per slide at most - slide 1 is the hook - the final slide is the call to action - add visual directions: where an icon goes, which words to highlight in color, where to use arrows or accents Output: go slide by slide, giving the slide text first and then its visual directions.
- Phase 3 — 8-slide HTML carousel design
Task: build a carousel as one single HTML file. Specs: - slide size: 1080×1350 px (4:5 format) - topic: [topic] - slides: 8 - style: [minimal / bold / dark / pastel] - color palette: [palette] - font: [font name or "modern sans-serif"] Every slide contains: a large headline, 2–3 lines of text, and an icon or a geometric accent. Also add soft shadows and a slide number in the corner. Put everything in the one HTML file, with every slide at the exact size.
- Phase 4 — 5-carousel series in one visual style
Task: create 5 carousels on these topics: [topics] Deliver all of them together in one HTML file. The 5 carousels share a single visual identity: the same font, the same color palette, the same position for the numbering and the same headline style. Leave the first slide (the cover) of every carousel transparent, so I can put my own photo behind it later.