viral-instagram-reels

Name: viral-instagram-reels
Author: vyralcontent

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How to install viral-instagram-reels?

vyralcontent/content-skills/viral-instagram-reels

$npx -y skills add vyralcontent/content-skills --skill viral-instagram-reels

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Plan, write, and diagnose Instagram Reels that earn cold-audience reach. Use whenever someone wants a reels script or reels hook for a specific Reel, is debugging why a Reel flopped, wants to know if a draft is worth testing with Trial Reels before going public, or needs a reels

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SKILL.md

1	[![Stop guessing what to post. Steal from the videos that blew up.](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vyralcontent/content-skills/main/assets/header.png)](https://vyralcontent.com)
2
3	# Viral Instagram Reels
4
5	Help the user plan, write, and diagnose Instagram Reels specifically. The
6	mechanics here are different from TikTok and Shorts: sends drive cold reach,
7	originality is enforced, and Trial Reels let you test a Reel on non-followers
8	before it touches your follower feed. This skill encodes the Reels-only rules
9	that change what a good Reel looks like today. It does not predict virality.
10	It stacks the odds and tells you what to optimize for on this surface.
11
12	For cross-platform hook craft, see `viral-hooks`. For ideation systems, see
13	`viral-short-form-ideas`. For deep caption work, see `viral-captions-and-ctas`.
14	Use this skill when the question is Reels-specific.
15
16	## Operating principles (read these first, apply throughout)
17
18	1. Sends per reach is the metric that buys you new audience. A DM share
19	tends to count roughly three to five times more than a like when Instagram
20	decides whether to push a Reel to non-followers. Design the Reel and the CTA
21	to earn a share, not a like.
22	2. Watch time is still the biggest single signal. The first three seconds
23	is the public inflection point. Drop-off before three seconds reads as a
24	failed hook and caps the seed test.
25	3. Test cold before you commit. If the Reel is meant to reach non-followers
26	and you have over 1,000 followers, default to Trial Reels first. A flop
27	never touches your follower feed metrics. A winner gets a confirmed cold
28	signal before you publish to everyone.
29	4. Originality is enforced, not encouraged. Reels that look like reposts
30	are cut from cold distribution. Strip third-party watermarks, shoot or
31	substantially edit your own footage, and keep the rolling 30-day window
32	majority-original.
33	5. Captions and on-screen text are the SEO surface. Hashtags are not.
34	Mosseri said directly that hashtags do not improve reach. Three to five
35	relevant ones is the working ceiling. Put the keywords in the caption and
36	on screen instead.
37	6. Reels is a discovery surface, not a follower surface. Your existing
38	followers see only a fraction of your Reels. Plan every Reel for someone
39	who has never heard of you.
40	7. Honest framing. Pattern-matching, not prediction. Say "this tends to
41	lift sends" and explain why. Never promise a Reel will go viral.
42
43	## Workflow
44
45	Adapt to the ask. Don't interrogate the user. If they want a hook fast, skip
46	to step 3 and infer the rest.
47
48	1. Clarify the brief (ask only for what's missing): the topic or product,
49	the goal (cold reach vs. follower nurture vs. follows from this Reel), the
50	account type (Creator vs. Business, since audio access differs), and
51	account size (under 1K means no Trial Reels yet).
52	2. Decide test path. If the goal is cold reach and the account is
53	eligible, route through Trial Reels first → `references/trial-reels.md`.
54	3. Write the hook for the three-second cliff. Concrete, specific, no
55	"hey guys" intro. See `viral-hooks` for the hook archetypes themselves;
56	this skill covers what's different on Reels (text overlay timing, on-screen
57	hook for sound-off viewers, hook that previews a shareable payoff) →
58	`references/reels-hook.md`.
59	4. Structure for sends, not likes. Build the Reel so the payoff is a thing
60	one specific person needs to see. Reframe the CTA from "follow for more" to
61	"send this to the friend who [specific situation]" →
62	`references/sends-playbook.md`.
63	5. Originality and audio pass. Confirm no TikTok or CapCut watermark, the
64	footage qualifies as original under Meta's guidelines, and the audio
65	choice fits the account type → `references/originality-and-audio.md`.
66	6. **Capti

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How to install viral-instagram-reels?

vyralcontent/content-skills/viral-instagram-reels

$npx -y skills add vyralcontent/content-skills --skill viral-instagram-reels

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Summary

Files · 1

View on GitHub

SKILL.md

1	[![Stop guessing what to post. Steal from the videos that blew up.](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vyralcontent/content-skills/main/assets/header.png)](https://vyralcontent.com)
2
3	# Viral Instagram Reels
4
5	Help the user plan, write, and diagnose Instagram Reels specifically. The
6	mechanics here are different from TikTok and Shorts: sends drive cold reach,
7	originality is enforced, and Trial Reels let you test a Reel on non-followers
8	before it touches your follower feed. This skill encodes the Reels-only rules
9	that change what a good Reel looks like today. It does not predict virality.
10	It stacks the odds and tells you what to optimize for on this surface.
11
12	For cross-platform hook craft, see `viral-hooks`. For ideation systems, see
13	`viral-short-form-ideas`. For deep caption work, see `viral-captions-and-ctas`.
14	Use this skill when the question is Reels-specific.
15
16	## Operating principles (read these first, apply throughout)
17
18	1. Sends per reach is the metric that buys you new audience. A DM share
19	tends to count roughly three to five times more than a like when Instagram
20	decides whether to push a Reel to non-followers. Design the Reel and the CTA
21	to earn a share, not a like.
22	2. Watch time is still the biggest single signal. The first three seconds
23	is the public inflection point. Drop-off before three seconds reads as a
24	failed hook and caps the seed test.
25	3. Test cold before you commit. If the Reel is meant to reach non-followers
26	and you have over 1,000 followers, default to Trial Reels first. A flop
27	never touches your follower feed metrics. A winner gets a confirmed cold
28	signal before you publish to everyone.
29	4. Originality is enforced, not encouraged. Reels that look like reposts
30	are cut from cold distribution. Strip third-party watermarks, shoot or
31	substantially edit your own footage, and keep the rolling 30-day window
32	majority-original.
33	5. Captions and on-screen text are the SEO surface. Hashtags are not.
34	Mosseri said directly that hashtags do not improve reach. Three to five
35	relevant ones is the working ceiling. Put the keywords in the caption and
36	on screen instead.
37	6. Reels is a discovery surface, not a follower surface. Your existing
38	followers see only a fraction of your Reels. Plan every Reel for someone
39	who has never heard of you.
40	7. Honest framing. Pattern-matching, not prediction. Say "this tends to
41	lift sends" and explain why. Never promise a Reel will go viral.
42
43	## Workflow
44
45	Adapt to the ask. Don't interrogate the user. If they want a hook fast, skip
46	to step 3 and infer the rest.
47
48	1. Clarify the brief (ask only for what's missing): the topic or product,
49	the goal (cold reach vs. follower nurture vs. follows from this Reel), the
50	account type (Creator vs. Business, since audio access differs), and
51	account size (under 1K means no Trial Reels yet).
52	2. Decide test path. If the goal is cold reach and the account is
53	eligible, route through Trial Reels first → `references/trial-reels.md`.
54	3. Write the hook for the three-second cliff. Concrete, specific, no
55	"hey guys" intro. See `viral-hooks` for the hook archetypes themselves;
56	this skill covers what's different on Reels (text overlay timing, on-screen
57	hook for sound-off viewers, hook that previews a shareable payoff) →
58	`references/reels-hook.md`.
59	4. Structure for sends, not likes. Build the Reel so the payoff is a thing
60	one specific person needs to see. Reframe the CTA from "follow for more" to
61	"send this to the friend who [specific situation]" →
62	`references/sends-playbook.md`.
63	5. Originality and audio pass. Confirm no TikTok or CapCut watermark, the
64	footage qualifies as original under Meta's guidelines, and the audio
65	choice fits the account type → `references/originality-and-audio.md`.
66	6. **Capti

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