AI-Powered Instagram Reel Content Strategy & Automation
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Automate your Instagram content strategy by scraping competitor reels, preventing duplicates, and using AI to transcribe videos, identify trends, and generate unique, optimized scripts. This workflow transforms competitor insights into a steady stream of fresh, relevant content for your channel, all managed within a central Google Sheet database.
About This Workflow
Elevate your Instagram game with this powerful n8n workflow designed to streamline your content creation process. From discovering trending reels on competitor accounts to generating unique, AI-enhanced scripts, this solution handles it all. It intelligently scrapes new Instagram content using Apify, employs smart deduplication to ensure you only process fresh material, and then leverages OpenAI's Whisper and GPT-4o to transcribe videos, analyze content for tools/technologies, and craft new, engaging scripts tailored for your audience. Finally, all the insights—original transcripts and generated scripts—are systematically stored in Google Sheets, creating a robust content intelligence database for continuous improvement.
Key Features
- Automated Instagram Reel Discovery: Continuously scrape new reels from specified competitor Instagram accounts using Apify, identifying trending content in your niche.
- Smart Duplicate Prevention: Intelligently check and filter out already processed content against your Google Sheet database, ensuring your workflow only processes genuinely new insights.
- AI-Powered Transcription & Analysis: Utilize OpenAI Whisper for accurate video transcription and GPT-4o to identify key tools/technologies, generate step-by-step guides, and provide content suggestions.
- Original Script Generation: Transform competitor content inspiration into unique, optimized scripts tailored for your AI automation audience, ready for your own channel.
- Centralized Content Database: Automatically save all raw transcripts and newly generated content (including original and optimized scripts) to Google Sheets, building a valuable resource for future strategy and performance analysis.
How To Use
- Configure Apify for Instagram Scraping:
- In the "Run Actor Synchronously" (HTTP Request) node, replace
"Bearer yourapikeyhere"with your actual Apify API key. - Update the
usernamearray in the JSON body with the Instagram handles of the competitor accounts you wish to monitor. - Adjust the
resultsLimitparameter (e.g.,5for the latest 5 reels per account) to control the number of reels fetched per account.
- In the "Run Actor Synchronously" (HTTP Request) node, replace
- Set Up Google Sheets Integration:
- Ensure your Google Sheets OAuth2 API credentials are linked to the "Search for Entries" node and any subsequent Google Sheets nodes (implied by "Update Entries" in the sticky note).
- Verify the
documentIdandsheetNameparameters in the Google Sheets nodes point to your designated "Instagram Reel Database" spreadsheet and "Reels" sheet, respectively. Make sure the 'id' column is set for lookup.
- Connect OpenAI Credentials:
- Link your OpenAI API credentials to the "Filter & Generate Suggestions" node (using GPT-4o) and any other AI-related nodes (e.g., transcription, if a separate Whisper node is used).
- Review the system and user messages in the "Filter & Generate Suggestions" node to fine-tune the AI's content analysis and script generation instructions to match your brand voice and specific requirements.
- Review Duplicate Prevention Logic:
- The "Search for Entries" Google Sheets node and subsequent merge logic are pre-configured to check for existing reel IDs. Ensure the
lookupColumn(id) in "Search for Entries" accurately matches the column in your Google Sheet where unique reel identifiers are stored.
- The "Search for Entries" Google Sheets node and subsequent merge logic are pre-configured to check for existing reel IDs. Ensure the
- Activate and Monitor:
- Once configured, activate the workflow. It's recommended to schedule it to run periodically (e.g., daily) to continuously discover new content, perform AI analysis, and populate your content intelligence database.
Apps Used
Workflow JSON
{
"id": "403c4fa7-8aa5-4b26-bf1c-a46f240f083b",
"name": "AI-Powered Instagram Reel Content Strategy & Automation",
"nodes": 6,
"category": "Marketing",
"status": "active",
"version": "1.0.0"
}Note: This is a sample preview. The full workflow JSON contains node configurations, credentials placeholders, and execution logic.
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