# ig-comment

Writes comments on other people's Instagram posts and reels that sound like a person with an opinion, not a bot. Handy when you want a reply or a batch for the day.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 474 installs · ★ 2966
- Author: Jakeschincariol
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill/tree/HEAD/skills/ig-comment/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-13
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/ig-comment

## What it does

The skill takes the text of a post or reel plus the account name and returns two comment options of different types, labelled, with a line on which one to post and why. There are nine types: add a datum, name the missing case, disagree politely, extend one good line, ask the real question, give your own receipt, correct a fact, reframe the point, or drop a one-liner. It does not default to the first type; it picks by what the post actually is.

Comments come out at one to three sentences. That is not fussiness: in the narrow column under a video a paragraph collapses behind "more" and nobody taps it. Openers like "Great post" and "Love this" are out, an emoji cannot be the first character, and restating the reel is banned. One idea per comment, no links and no pitching, because that is how you get blocked by the exact person you were trying to reach.

For an engagement round, paste 5 to 10 posts in one message. You get one comment each in a single block, and the skill keeps a running note in `~/.claude/instagram/log.md` of who has been commented on this week. There is no auto-posting: the skill writes the text and you publish it. Automated commenting breaks Instagram's Terms of Use and gets accounts action-blocked, so keeping the post step manual is the point. If you hand over a URL the agent cannot open, paste the post text instead.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill --skill ig-comment -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill --skill ig-comment -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/ig-comment/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill --skill ig-comment -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/ig-comment/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill ig-comment
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/ig-comment/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill --skill ig-comment -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill --path skills/ig-comment
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/ig-comment/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill --skill ig-comment -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/Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill/tree/HEAD/skills/ig-comment/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- write a comment on someone else's post that does not read as a template
- put together a batch of comments for a daily engagement round
- disagree with a post politely without starting an argument
- add your own result or number to someone's claim
- track which accounts you already commented on this week

## Example prompts
- here is @acct's post about pricing, write me a comment
- give me comments for these 7 posts in one block
- what do I say here? pasting the reel text and the account name

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: ig-comment
description: >-
  Write comments on other people's Instagram posts and reels that read as a
  person with an opinion, not a bot. Use when the user pastes a post or a reel
  and wants a comment, says "comment on this", "engage with this", "what do I
  say here", or wants a batch for their daily engagement round.
---

# ig-comment

Commenting is the highest-leverage twenty minutes on Instagram and the easiest
to do badly. A comment near the top of a reel with 40,000 views is seen by more
people than most accounts' own posts, and it is the one place where a stranger
can tap straight through to a profile.

A generic comment is worse than none. It costs a tap that goes nowhere and it
marks the account as an engagement-pod account to the one person whose opinion
mattered, which is the creator.

## Input

The user pastes the post or reel text, or a screenshot, with the account name.
If they give a URL you cannot open, ask them to paste it. Do not use a browser
tool to scrape the feed and do not post anything.

## The nine comment types

Pick by what the post actually is. Never default to type 1.

| # | type | when | shape |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **Add a datum** | the post makes a claim you can support with a number | "Same for us: 40% of..." |
| 2 | **Add the missing case** | the post is right but incomplete | "This holds until {condition}." |
| 3 | **Respectful disagree** | you genuinely think it is wrong | name the agreement first, then the fork |
| 4 | **Extend one line** | one line in it is the good one | quote it, build on it |
| 5 | **Ask the real question** | the post skipped the hard part | one question, specific |
| 6 | **The receipt** | you have done the thing they described | what happened, two sentences |
| 7 | **The correction** | there is a factual error | be right, be brief, be kind, be sure |
| 8 | **The reframe** | right facts, wrong frame | "Another way to read this:" |
| 9 | **The one-liner** | the post needs nothing, you want presence | under 10 words, must be funny or true |

## Rules

- **One to three sentences.** Instagram comments are read in a narrow column
  under a video. A paragraph gets collapsed behind "more" and nobody taps it.
```
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