# ig-reply

Sorts the comments under your reels and posts into six buckets, then drafts replies worth sending. Useful when a post pulls more comments than you can answer by hand.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 470 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-reply/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-13
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/ig-reply

## What it does

Paste your comments — handles included, screenshots are fine — and the skill sorts them into six buckets: KEYWORD, LEAD, SUBSTANCE, QUESTION, SUPPORT, NOISE. It states the counts for each, then writes replies in that order and stops when the value runs out. It will not scrape the thread with a browser tool, so the comments come from you.

One move gets flagged above the rest. If a question in the comments is one a lot of people share, the skill marks it for a Reel and hands it to `/ig-reel` as formula #16. For critics the rule is to concede the true part first, in their own words, then hold the line — no deleting, no second reply on the same thread. Haters get nothing, because a reply is reach and reach is what they came for. A lead gets a full public answer, with the door left open in one closing sentence that offers help rather than a pitch.

Output is a single block grouped by bucket, every reply copy-ready. Nothing is posted until you say yes; you paste the replies yourself. When a post used a keyword ask, those KEYWORD comments are the whole point, so each one gets a reply and the promised thing goes out by hand or through an approved tool. Bulk DMs to people who never commented are off the table.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

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

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

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

## When to use it
- rank a hundred comments under a reel by priority
- answer a lead in public without pushing them to DMs
- reply to a critic without deleting the comment
- spot a question that deserves its own reel
- skip spam and bait without handing them reach

## Example prompts
- Here are the comments on my reel, triage them and draft replies
- Someone said they hit the same payment problem — answer them publicly
- Handle these comments, leave the haters alone

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: ig-reply
description: >-
  Handle the comments under the user's own reels and posts - draft replies to
  the ones worth answering, sorted by which ones are. Use when the user pastes
  their comments, says "reply to these", "handle my comments", "someone said X
  on my reel", or is dealing with a critic, a hater or a lead in the comments.
---

# ig-reply

The comment thread under your own post is where reach is decided. Every reply
is another interaction on the post, replies arriving in the first hour do most
of the work, and on Instagram a reply can also be a Reel, which is the single
most underused move on the platform.

But the value is not equal across comments, so this skill sorts before it
writes.

## Input

The user pastes the comments, ideally with handles. Screenshots are fine. Do
not scrape the thread with a browser tool.

## Triage first

Sort every comment into one of six buckets and say the counts out loud:

| bucket | what it is | what it gets |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **KEYWORD** | the word you asked them to comment | the promised thing, sent by hand or by your approved tool |
| **LEAD** | someone describing the problem you solve | a real answer in public, then a door |
| **SUBSTANCE** | adds data, disagrees, extends | the longest reply on the thread |
| **QUESTION** | a question a lot of people have | this one becomes a Reel, not just a reply |
| **SUPPORT** | "🔥", "great post", a tag | a like, and 3 to 8 words at most |
| **NOISE** | pitch, spam, bad faith, bait | nothing, or one line and out |

Write in that order and stop when the value stops.

## The move most people miss

If a question in the comments is one that thirty other people also have,
**reply to it with a Reel**. Instagram will attach the comment to the new video
as a sticker, the person who asked gets notified, and a question with real
demand behind it becomes a post with the hook already written for you. Flag
every QUESTION that qualifies and hand it to `/ig-reel` as formula #16.

## How to reply

- **Answer the actual question.** If someone asks how, tell them how, in the
  reply. Do not send them to the DMs to hear an answer they could have had.
- **Use their name once**, at the start, without an exclamation mark.
- **Match their length.** A four-word comment does not get a four-line reply.
- **To a critic:** concede the true part first, in their words, then hold the
  line. Never delete, never get defensive, never reply twice on the same
  thread.
```
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