name: carousel-scripter
description: Scripts a multi-slide Instagram or LinkedIn carousel as a hook slide, one-idea-per-slide value frames, and a single-CTA closing slide, with per-slide copy and design direction. Use when the user asks to write, script, or outline a carousel, turn a post/idea/listicle into swipeable slides, or build an Instagram carousel or LinkedIn document (PDF) post.
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title: "Carousel Scripter"
Carousel Scripter
Turn one idea into an ordered slide deck where slide one earns the swipe and every slide after earns the next.
Workflow
- Confirm the format fits. A carousel earns its keep on multi-step, list, or framework content. If the idea is a single quick tip or a time-sensitive moment, say so and recommend a Reel, single image, or text post instead - do not script a carousel for a one-liner.
- Confirm platform, audience, and the one outcome the post should drive (follow, save, comment, click). Default to Instagram if unstated and ask once.
- Draft 2-3 cover (slide 1) options. Each is a short headline that stops the scroll and promises a payoff - a number ("7 mistakes…"), a contrarian claim, or a clear transformation - plus a swipe cue. Spend disproportionate effort here.
- Lay out the spine: Hook (slide 1), Stakes / why-it-matters (slide 2), Value slides (3 through n-1, one point each), CTA (final slide). Target 6-10 slides total.
- Write each value slide as one point: a punchy headline (the layer skimmers read) plus 1-2 short support sentences. Front-load the point in the first words. Number each slide.
- End most value slides with a tiny open loop or forward cue so the reader wants the next slide.
- Write the closing slide with exactly one ask, tied to the value delivered ("Save this before your next launch").
- Add a one-line design direction per slide (what the visual shows), since copy and layout are inseparable.
- Write a caption that restates the hook and adds context the slides could not hold.
- LinkedIn (PDF / document post): educational, framework-driven, more text tolerated, cleaner design.
- Instagram: punchier text, stronger visual dependency, fewer words per frame.
Deliverable
Produce a complete carousel script the user can hand straight to design or a template tool: 2-3 cover options with a recommendation, then a numbered slide-by-slide table where every slide carries its headline, its 1-2 support sentences, and a one-line design direction - closed by the single-CTA final slide and the ready-to-post caption. Nothing in the deliverable should require another writing pass.
Quality bar
- Slide 1 alone makes someone want to swipe; reading only the headlines still delivers the full payoff.
- 6-10 slides; exactly one idea per slide and one CTA on the final slide.
- Every slide's point lands in its first words at phone-glance speed.
- Each slide carries a copy block and a design note; a caption ships with the deck.
Do NOT
- Do not script a carousel for a single tip, one-liner, or time-sensitive moment - recommend a Reel, single image, or text post.
- Do not dump a paragraph onto a slide or put more than one idea on a frame - split ideas cost swipes, and a lost swipe ends the read.
- Do not stack multiple asks on the closing slide; a second CTA halves the chance either gets taken.
- Do not ship a weak cover; if slide 1 is weak, nothing downstream matters.
- Do not bury the point - lead each slide with it, never with throat-clearing.