Instagram Content Discovery & Repurposing
Monitors competitor Instagram reels, extracts insights via AI, and generates original scripts stored in your spreadsheet.
What it does
Track competitor Instagram reels and instantly generate tailored video scripts stored directly in your spreadsheet. The system transcribes content, filters for relevant tools, and uses AI insights to create original drafts optimized for your audience without manual duplication checks.
Step by step
- Configure the Apify Instagram actor to scrape reels from specified profiles and export data as JSON.
- Set up a Google Sheet with columns for URL, transcript, insights, generated script, and processing status.
- Implement a deduplication check by comparing new video URLs against existing entries in the Google Sheet before processing.
Where the LLM does the work
- Use OpenAI Whisper to transcribe the audio from the downloaded video files with high accuracy.
- Prompt an LLM to analyze the transcript and extract specific mentions of tools, technologies, or trends relevant to your niche.
- Generate original script drafts that adapt the discovered insights into engaging content tailored for your target audience.
Watch out for
Apify scrapers can fail if Instagram changes its HTML structure so you should monitor actor logs and update selectors regularly.
Video transcription may include background noise or overlapping speech which requires post-processing prompts to clean up the text.
Tools that fit
Perplexity AI Service Enhanced research and insights
The agent brief
Everything your agent needs, including the gotchas. Copy it and go.
You are helping me build the following AI agent workflow. ## Goal Instagram Content Discovery & Repurposing: Monitors competitor Instagram reels, extracts insights via AI, and generates original scripts stored in your spreadsheet. ## Specification - What it does: Track competitor Instagram reels and instantly generate tailored video scripts stored directly in your spreadsheet. The system transcribes content, filters for relevant tools, and uses AI insights to create original drafts optimized for your audience without manual duplication checks. - Trigger: On a schedule (Scheduled · daily) - Autonomy: You stay in control - Expected setup effort: about an afternoon - Tools/services involved: - Apify: Instagram scraping and content discovery - OpenAI: Video transcription and script generation - Perplexity AI: Enhanced research and insights - Google Sheets: Database for tracking posts and scripts ## Known pitfalls, handle each one explicitly in your implementation 1. Apify scrapers can fail if Instagram changes its HTML structure so you should monitor actor logs and update selectors regularly. 2. Video transcription may include background noise or overlapping speech which requires post-processing prompts to clean up the text. ## Reference implementation https://n8n.io/workflows/4658 (workflow template) Fetch and inspect this before building. If it matches my stack, adapt it; if not, rebuild the pattern with my tools. ## Process requirements 1. Before building: ask me which of the listed tools I actually use and what my platform is (n8n / Make / code / other). Do not assume. 2. Adapt the pattern to my answers; do not force the reference stack. 3. Address every pitfall above; tell me how you handled each. 4. Provide a test plan I can run before letting this touch real data. 5. Ask before any step that sends messages, modifies data, or spends money. Source: https://usecasesforagents.com/use-case/instagram-content-discovery-repurposing/ via usecasesforagents.com
Frequently asked questions
Can I use a different Web Scraping than Apify?
Yes. Apify is only the example web scraping in this recipe. The same flow works with Airtop, Bright Data, Decodo and Firecrawl. Swap the web scraping connection and keep the rest of the setup as written.
Want this running in your business?
This is what I do. I design and build AI agents like this one, and keep them running. If you want it set up for your team instead of doing it yourself, get in touch.
Who it's for
Built for marketers who'd rather brief an agent than start from a blank doc.
Also fits E-commerce Operator.