Instagram Post Comments
browser-act/skills
Fetches comments from an Instagram post including comment text, username, timestamp, like count and reply count.
Handle the comments under the user's own reels and posts - draft replies to the ones worth answering, sorted by which ones are.
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Install Ig Reply
$ npx skills add Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill --skill ig-reply -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill ig-reply --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/ig-reply .claude/skills/ig-reply && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "ig-reply" agent skill from https://github.com/Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill/tree/main/skills/ig-reply into .claude/skills/ig-reply/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ig-reply", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill/tree/main/skills/ig-replyType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill --skill ig-reply -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill ig-reply --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/ig-reply .agents/skills/ig-reply && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "ig-reply" agent skill from https://github.com/Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill/tree/main/skills/ig-reply into .agents/skills/ig-reply/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ig-reply", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill --skill ig-reply -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill ig-reply --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/ig-reply .cursor/skills/ig-reply && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "ig-reply" agent skill from https://github.com/Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill/tree/main/skills/ig-reply into .cursor/skills/ig-reply/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ig-reply", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill.git --path skills/ig-reply--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill --skill ig-reply -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill ig-reply --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/ig-reply .gemini/skills/ig-reply && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "ig-reply" agent skill from https://github.com/Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill/tree/main/skills/ig-reply into .gemini/skills/ig-reply/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ig-reply", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill ig-replyInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill --skill ig-reply -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/ig-reply .github/skills/ig-reply && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "ig-reply" agent skill from https://github.com/Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill/tree/main/skills/ig-reply into .github/skills/ig-reply/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ig-reply", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill --skill ig-reply -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill ig-reply --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/ig-reply .opencode/skills/ig-reply && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "ig-reply" agent skill from https://github.com/Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill/tree/main/skills/ig-reply into .opencode/skills/ig-reply/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ig-reply", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
ig-reply- GitHub stars
- 697
- Token cost
- ~997 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 538 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 13
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Handle the comments under the user's own reels and posts - draft replies to the ones worth answering, sorted by which ones are.
- The user pastes their comments
- SKILL.md covers Input, Triage first, The move most people miss and How to reply, plus 2 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
- Says reply to these
What it does
Ig Reply is an agent skill from Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill. 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.
Its SKILL.md is about 1000 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
The repository describes itself as: Thirteen Claude skills that run an Instagram account: Reels off 26 scored hook formulas, a viral research skill, a caption linter, and a humanizer. Free, MIT. The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- The user pastes their comments
- Says reply to these
- Handle my comments
- Someone said X on my reel
Example prompts
- “reply to these”
- “handle my comments”
- “someone said X on my reel”
- “/ig-reply”
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit d03c56b. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Ig Reply loads about 997 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 79 tokens; SKILL.md has 538 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
SKILL.md
The full file from Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill at commit d03c56b, republished under its MIT licence (© Jakeschincariol). 538 words, ~997 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/ig-reply/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- ig-reply
- 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.
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.
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How to reply
- Answer the actual question. If someone asks how, tell them how, in the reply. Do not send them to the DMs to hear an answer they could have had.
- Use their name once, at the start, without an exclamation mark.
- Match their length. A four-word comment does not get a four-line reply.
- To a critic: concede the true part first, in their words, then hold the line. Never delete, never get defensive, never reply twice on the same thread.
- To a hater: nothing. A reply is reach, and reach is what they came for. Hide the comment if it is abusive. Instagram's comment controls exist and using them is not losing.
- To a lead: answer fully in public. The door is one sentence at the end and it is an offer of help, not a pitch. The public answer is what makes the next person DM you.
Keyword comments
If the post used a keyword ask, those comments are the whole point of the post. Every one of them is a person who raised their hand. Reply to each, then send what was promised. If the user has automation set up through Instagram's own tools or an approved partner, say so and let it run; if not, the replies are manual and that is fine at this volume. Never bulk-DM people who did not comment.
Output
One block, grouped by bucket, each reply copy-ready and already humanized:
REPLIES · 84 comments · 41 KEYWORD, 2 LEAD, 3 SUBSTANCE, 2 QUESTION, 34 SUPPORT, 2 NOISE
KEYWORD (41) send the clause. One line each, same warmth, not copy-paste.
LEAD
@handle - "we had this exact thing happen in June"
> The bit that fixed it for us was moving the payment trigger off approval
> entirely. Happy to send the wording if it is useful.
QUESTION -> REEL
@handle - "what do you do if they refuse to sign it?"
34 likes on this comment. That is a Reel, not a reply. Formula #16.
NOISE (2) skipped. Replying gives them reach.Then the gate: nothing is posted until the user says yes. They paste the replies.
© Jakeschincariol, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Files
Just SKILL.md in skills/ig-reply of Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit d03c56b
Compare with similar skills
Ig Reply next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ig Reply this skillJakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill | 697 | — | ~997 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Instagram Post Commentsbrowser-act/skills | 6.1k | — | ~1.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| DOCX Comment Replyforyourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills | 3.6k | — | ~389 | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Error Handlingaffaan-m/ECC | 276k | 1 repos | ~2.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Post Issue Commentdyoshikawa/rulesync | 1.5k | — | ~541 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Post Review Commentsdyoshikawa/rulesync | 1.5k | — | ~528 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Ig Reply
What does Ig Reply do?
Handle the comments under the user's own reels and posts - draft replies to the ones worth answering, sorted by which ones are. Ig Reply is an agent skill from Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill. Handle the comments under the user's own reels and posts - draft replies to the ones worth answering, sorted by which ones are.
When should I use Ig Reply?
Ig Reply fits situations like: the user pastes their comments; says reply to these; handle my comments; someone said X on my reel.
How do I install Ig Reply in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill --skill ig-reply -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/ig-reply in Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill) into .claude/skills/ig-reply in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Ig Reply in Codex?
Run `npx skills add Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill --skill ig-reply -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/ig-reply in Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill) into .agents/skills/ig-reply in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Ig Reply in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill --skill ig-reply -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/ig-reply, .gemini/skills/ig-reply, .github/skills/ig-reply and .opencode/skills/ig-reply in your project.
What does Ig Reply need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Ig Reply is instructions for the agent only.
Does Ig Reply access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Ig Reply safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Ig Reply use?
Ig Reply is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Ig Reply use?
About 997 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
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Who maintains Ig Reply?
Jakeschincariol (a GitHub user) maintains it in Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill, which has 697 GitHub stars. The repository holds 13 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 13, 2026.
Source: Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.