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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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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
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