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Ig Story

by Jakeschincariol in Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill

Write the day's Instagram Stories - the frame-by-frame sequence, which stickers to use where, and the one that moves people into the DMs.

MITAuto-check passedMedia & Creative

Install Ig Story

skills CLI
$ npx skills add Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill --skill ig-story -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill ig-story --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/ig-story .claude/skills/ig-story && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Facts

Skill name
ig-story
GitHub stars
760
Token cost
~1.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
551 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
13
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Write the day's Instagram Stories - the frame-by-frame sequence, which stickers to use where, and the one that moves people into the DMs.

  • The user says stories
  • SKILL.md covers The daily shape, The stickers, and what each is…, Rules and The DM funnel, done honestly, plus 1 more section
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • What do I post on my story

What it does

Ig Story is an agent skill from Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill. Write the day's Instagram Stories - the frame-by-frame sequence, which stickers to use where, and the one that moves people into the DMs. Use when the user says "stories", "what do I post on my story", "story sequence", "poll idea", "I have nothing to story about", or wants to sell something without making a post about it.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Media & Creative, covering Social media graphics and Messaging and chat bots. It works with Instagram. 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 says stories
  • What do I post on my story
  • I have nothing to story about
  • Wants to sell something without making a post about it

Example prompts

  • “stories”
  • “what do I post on my story”
  • “story sequence”
  • “/ig-story”

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 Story loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 83 tokens; SKILL.md has 551 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~83
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.1k

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). 551 words, ~1,092 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/ig-story/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
ig-story
description
Write the day's Instagram Stories - the frame-by-frame sequence, which stickers to use where, and the one that moves people into the DMs. Use when the user says "stories", "what do I post on my story", "story sequence", "poll idea", "I have nothing to story about", or wants to sell something without making a post about it.

ig-story

Stories are not a smaller feed. The feed is how strangers find you. Stories are how the people who already follow you decide whether you are a person worth buying from, and they are the only surface on Instagram where a tap turns into a conversation in one move.

Nobody outside your followers sees these, so the job is completely different: depth, not reach.

The daily shape

Three to seven frames a day. Beyond about seven, the tap-forward rate climbs and the last frames play to nobody, which is exactly where people put the ask.

1       THE OPEN     something happening today, with a face or a hand in it.
2-3     THE MIDDLE   the actual content: the process, the result, the mistake.
4       THE ASK      one sticker. Poll, question box, quiz or link.
5       THE CLOSE    the answer, the outcome, or tomorrow's setup.

Put the ask at frame 4, not frame 7. Completion drops with every tap and the ask should be seen by the people who are still there.

The stickers, and what each is actually for

stickerjobuse when
Pollthe cheapest tap there isyou want volume of response, not information
Question boxharvesting the exact words people useyou need content ideas or objections, verbatim
Quizteaching by letting them be wrongthere is a common misconception in the niche
Slidervibe checknothing important. Fun, low value
Linkthe only clickable surface besides the biothere is somewhere real to go
Countdowna deadline people can subscribe toa launch, a live, a close date
Add yoursreach beyond your followers, occasionallythe prompt is one anyone in the niche can answer

The question box is the most undervalued one in the list. Every answer is a caption, a Reel hook or a DM opener written in the audience's own words. Feed them to /ig-reel as formula #16.

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Rules

  • A face or a hand in the first frame. Text on a coloured background gets tapped through, and the first frame decides whether the rest get watched.
  • One idea per frame. Reading a paragraph on a story is not a thing anyone does.
  • Keep text inside the middle. On 1080x1920, nothing above y=250 or below y=1600. The profile row sits on top and the reply bar sits underneath.
  • Talk to one person. "You" singular. Stories are the closest thing to a DM that is not one.
  • Do not repost your own feed post to stories with no comment. It is the single most ignored frame on the platform. If you are pointing at a post, say what happened in the comments and why it is worth going back for.
  • Sell on stories, not in posts. Three frames of context, one frame of offer, one frame of proof. That sequence sells more than a feed post about the same thing and costs you no reach.

The DM funnel, done honestly

The sequence that works: a story that names a problem, a question box or a poll that lets people say "that's me", and then a reply to each person who answered. The conversation starts because they spoke first.

Automated keyword DM replies are a real, supported feature for professional accounts, through Instagram's own tools and approved partners. Bulk DMing people who did not interact is not, and it is what gets accounts restricted. The rule is simple: they act first, then you reply.

Output

The frames in order, each with what is on screen, what is said, and which sticker, plus what to do with the answers:

STORIES  ·  Tuesday  ·  5 frames

1  [selfie, walking]      "Third refund request this year. Same reason."
2  [screen recording]     the clause, highlighted
3  [talking]              "Approval is a feeling. Delivery is a date."
4  [poll]                 "Have you been burned by a late approval?"  Yes / Not yet
5  [text on photo]        "Reply and I will send you the clause."

After: everyone who votes Yes gets a reply. That is the whole funnel.

Nothing is posted. The user posts it.

© 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-story of Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit d03c56b

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Yuv Reel Covershoodini/ai-agents-skills282—~1.1kAutomated safety check: PassNone

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Questions about Ig Story

What does Ig Story do?

Write the day's Instagram Stories - the frame-by-frame sequence, which stickers to use where, and the one that moves people into the DMs. Ig Story is an agent skill from Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill. Write the day's Instagram Stories - the frame-by-frame sequence, which stickers to use where, and the one that moves people into the DMs.

When should I use Ig Story?

Ig Story fits situations like: the user says stories; what do I post on my story; I have nothing to story about; wants to sell something without making a post about it.

How do I install Ig Story in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill --skill ig-story -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/ig-story in Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill) into .claude/skills/ig-story in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Ig Story in Codex?

Run `npx skills add Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill --skill ig-story -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/ig-story in Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill) into .agents/skills/ig-story in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Ig Story 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-story -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-story, .gemini/skills/ig-story, .github/skills/ig-story and .opencode/skills/ig-story in your project.

What does Ig Story need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Ig Story is instructions for the agent only.

Does Ig Story 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 Story 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 Story use?

Ig Story 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 Story use?

About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.4k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Ig Story?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Ig Story: Social Cover Director (Jamailar/Beav, 1.8k stars), Cover Skill (kangarooking/kangarooking-skills, 662 stars), Discord (CraftOS-dev/CraftBot, 392 stars) and Picture It (geongeorge/picture-it, 132 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Ig Story?

Jakeschincariol (a GitHub user) maintains it in Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill, which has 760 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.