If Canva and n8n had a baby...
Automate Instagram Carousels and Tiktok Slideshows with this n8n AI agent!
This AI Agent Carousel Maker uses ChatGPT and Blotato to write, generate, and auto-post social media carousels to 5 social platforms: Instagram, Tiktok, Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.
Simply chat with the AI agent, confirm which prebuilt viral carousel template you want to use, then the AI Agent populates the template with your personalized information and quotes, and posts to social media on autopilot.
This is perfect for entrepreneurs, small businesses, content creators, digital marketing agencies, social media marketing agencies, and influencers.
Get a behind the scenes look at how I use Claude Code to help me build carousel templates fast :) …at the end of this post!
Download the template here:
https://help.blotato.com/api/templates/5-automate-instagram-carousels-with-ai-chat
How It Works
1. Chat: AI Agent Carousel Maker
- Chat with AI agent about your desired carousel
- Confirm quotes and carousel template to use
2. Carousel Generation
- AI agent calls corresponding Blotato tool to generate carousel
- Wait and fetch completed carousel
3. Publish to Social Media via Blotato
- Choose your social accounts
- Either post immediately or schedule for later
Here’s a screenshot showing 3 different carousel template styles, with dozens more coming soon! Each one is based on a proven viral template format, so you don’t have to second-guess design choices.
Focus on your creative strategy, the message you want to share, and how you want your audience to feel.
Setup & Required Accounts
Sign up for OpenAPI API access and create credential
Sign up for Blotato.com
Generate Blotato API Key by going to Settings > API > Generate API Key (paid feature only)
Create Blotato credential
If you're using n8n, ensure you have ""Verified Community Nodes"" enabled in your n8n Admin Panel. Then, install ""Blotato"" verified community node.
Click ""Open chat"" to test workflow
Complete SETUP sticky notes in BROWN in the template
By the way, you can view all video/carousel templates available.
And I recommend previewing how your carousels look in Blotato app, before automating anything.
Tips & Tricks
AFTER your first successful run, open each carousel template tool call (i.e. pink nodes attached to AI Agent Carousel Maker) and tweak the parameters, but DO NOT change the ""quotes"" parameter unless you're an n8n expert.
For 99% of people setting this up: DO NOT edit the 'quotes' parameter unless you're an n8n expert!
And when adding a new template, DO NOT duplicate an existing node. Instead, click '+ Tool' > Blotato Tool > Video > Create > select new template. This ensures template parameters are correctly loaded.
While testing: enable only 1 social platform, and deactivate the rest. Add optional parameter 'scheduledTime' so that you don't accidentally post to social media. Check your content calendar.
Troubleshooting
Check Blotato API Dashboard to review requests, responses, and errors. Verify template parameters and n8n node configuration if runs fail.
In the Blotato web app, click the orange button on the bottom right corner. This opens the Support messenger where I help answer technical questions.
Behind the Scenes Coding with Claude Agents
Here’s exactly how I use Claude Code sub agents to help me build these carousel templates programmatically. It’s never 100%, but it does a great job scaffolding the initial layout of groups and overlays, then I go in and finish the design.
I created a Claude Code sub agent and saved it in .claude/agents.
Essentially, it takes a screenshot/image and attempts to decompose it into distinct visual elements, such as text, background, groups, images, and videos. It tries to determine the correct hierarchy and relationship between elements, then maps everything to my domain specific language for template generation.
It *kinda* words for videos, but very clunky because I have to feed in screenshots of the video across frames.
A lot of room for improvement! That’s the fun part though :)
Hope you enjoyed this behind-the-scenes peek at how I *actually* use Claude Code sub agents to help streamline my development.
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