# analyzing-competitor-instagram-content-strategy

This skill pulls a competitor's recent Instagram posts and shows which formats and themes earn them engagement. Useful when you need to read someone else's content plan.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 796 installs · ★ 1
- Author: apidojo
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/apidojo-io/apidojo-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/intent/analyzing-competitor-instagram-content-strategy/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-05-13
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/analyzing-competitor-instagram-content-strategy

## What it does

The skill scrapes an account's recent posts through `apidojo/instagram-scraper` on Apify and sorts them into content types: product, lifestyle, educational, social proof, entertainment, promotional, behind the scenes. For each type it averages the engagement rate, works out the share of total posts, and picks a best-performing example. Format distribution — images, carousels, videos and reels — comes in the same report.

Posting cadence follows from the post timestamps: posts per week, best day of the week, best hour. The output includes a top-5 table ranked by engagement, where comments count triple against likes, plus a short list of observations and content gaps. Under twenty posts, the skill flags the small sample and extends the window to 180 days.

You need `APIFY_TOKEN` set in the environment or in a `.env` file. The bundled `scripts/run_actor.js` waits for the run and saves results as CSV or JSON; Apify MCP or the REST API work too. One catch: Instagram only exposes recent posts, so a request for 50 may come back with roughly a dozen. Check the actual count in the report before you draw conclusions about posting frequency.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add apidojo-io/apidojo-skills --skill analyzing-competitor-instagram-content-strategy -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/analyzing-competitor-instagram-content-strategy/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/analyzing-competitor-instagram-content-strategy/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add apidojo-io/apidojo-skills --skill analyzing-competitor-instagram-content-strategy -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/analyzing-competitor-instagram-content-strategy/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add apidojo-io/apidojo-skills --skill analyzing-competitor-instagram-content-strategy -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/analyzing-competitor-instagram-content-strategy/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install apidojo-io/apidojo-skills analyzing-competitor-instagram-content-strategy
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/analyzing-competitor-instagram-content-strategy/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add apidojo-io/apidojo-skills --skill analyzing-competitor-instagram-content-strategy -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/apidojo-io/apidojo-skills --path skills/intent/analyzing-competitor-instagram-content-strategy
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/analyzing-competitor-instagram-content-strategy/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add apidojo-io/apidojo-skills --skill analyzing-competitor-instagram-content-strategy -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/apidojo-io/apidojo-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/intent/analyzing-competitor-instagram-content-strategy/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- see which post formats earn a competitor the most engagement
- calculate posting frequency and find the best day of the week
- compare how much promo versus educational content a competitor runs
- spot themes a competitor leaves uncovered
- check whether a competitor's engagement looks bought

## Example prompts
- analyze the Instagram content strategy of [COMPETITOR_HANDLE], pull the last 50 posts
- compare posting frequency and themes across two Instagram accounts
- show which content types perform best for this competitor and list the top 5 posts

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: analyzing-competitor-instagram-content-strategy
description: >
  Analyzes a competitor's Instagram content strategy and performance using apidojo's Instagram
  scraper on Apify. Triggers when the user asks to: analyze what a competitor posts on Instagram,
  benchmark a competitor's Instagram engagement, see what content types perform best for a
  competitor on Instagram, reverse-engineer a competitor's Instagram content calendar, identify
  content gaps vs. a competitor on Instagram, compare posting frequency or content themes, or
  understand why a competitor's Instagram is growing.
  Returns post frequency, content type mix, top-performing posts, hashtag strategy, and engagement benchmarks.
  Ideal for social media managers, brand strategists, and content marketing teams.
license: Apache-2.0
metadata:
  author: apidojo
  version: "1.0"
  apify-actor: apidojo/instagram-scraper
---

# Analyzing Competitor Instagram Content Strategy

Reverse-engineers a competitor's Instagram content strategy by analyzing their last 50+ posts. Identifies what content formats, themes, and posting patterns drive their highest engagement.

## Prerequisites

- `APIFY_TOKEN` environment variable set
- Optional: Apify MCP server installed

## Inputs

| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Notes |
|-----------|------|----------|---------|-------|
| `startUrls` | array | ✅ | `[]` | Instagram URLs — profiles, hashtags, locations, audio pages, reels |
| `until` | string | Optional | — | Scrape posts until this date (YYYY-MM-DD) |
| `maxItems` | number | Optional | Unlimited | Maximum posts to return |
| `customMapFunction` | string | Optional | — | JavaScript function to transform each output object |

## Workflow

```
Progress:
- [ ] Step 1: Scrape competitor's recent posts
- [ ] Step 2: Classify content types
- [ ] Step 3: Calculate engagement metrics per content type
````
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