ig-viral
Go and find the reels that are actually working right now in the user's niche, rank them by how far each beat its own account, name the hook formula each one used, and turn that into a swipe file...
- Kind
- Skill
- Works with
- Claude Code
- Source
- Instagram agent skill (Jake Schincariol) @ d03c56bb598b
- Path
- skills/ig-viral/SKILL.md
- Jobs
- Review
- Topics
- Short-form video
Credit
- Made by
- Jakeschincariol
- Original
- github.com/Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill/blob/d03c56b…
- License
- MIT
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InstallInstall it from a plugin marketplace.
/plugin marketplace add Jakeschincariol/instagram-agent-skill
Install factsScanned 2 Nov 2026
- Adds
- .claude/skills/ig-viral/ (the skill folder)
- Runs scripts
- Yes
- swipe.py
- shell block in the text
- Uses the network
- None found
- Needs secrets
- None found
- Source revision
- d03c56bb598b
- Licence
- MIT
- Last activity
- 13 Sep 2026
- Review
- Reviewed
Found by a static scan of the stored text; nothing is run. “None found” is not a guarantee, so read what you install before you run it.
- Only the main file is read; other files in the folder are not scanned
# ig-viral The research skill. Everything else in this pack writes; this one goes and looks. Run it monthly, not daily. Formulas last a season. One tool lives in this folder and it runs: ```bash python3 swipe.py captured.tsv --out ~/.claude/instagram/swipe.md ``` ## The one idea that makes this worth doing **Raw views are not evidence.** An account with two million followers doing 400,000 views had a quiet Tuesday. An account with four thousand followers doing 400,000 views found something, and that something is copyable. So everything here ranks on the **outlier multiple**: views divided by that account's own recent median. Anything above 3x is a signal. Anything below 1.5x is that account's normal day and it teaches you nothing, no matter how big the number looks. Collect accounts **within about 10x of the user's own size**. A formula that works at 2M followers often works because it is at 2M followers. ## Step 1: pick the accounts Ask the user for 6 to 12 accounts, or propose them and get approval: - **4 direct** - same niche, same offer, slightly ahead. - **4 adjacent** - different niche, same audience. This is where formats get …