# 5 Automate Instagram Carousels with AI Chat

### Description

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.

### Platforms

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### Templates

<https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1G4l_NZ0EVQAUNsuK6k6bipheKOzsgPzj?usp=sharing>

### Tutorials

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### Overview

Here’s how the automation 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

### Setup

* 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, [install the Blotato community node](https://help.blotato.com/api/n8n/n8n-blotato-node)
* Click ""Open chat"" to test workflow
* Complete SETUP sticky notes in BROWN in this template
* 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 ""quotes"" parameter unless you're an n8n expert.

### Tips & Tricks

* While testing: enable only 1 social platform, and deactivate the rest for testing purposes. Add optional parameter 'scheduledTime' so that you don't accidentally post to social media. Check your content calendar here: <https://my.blotato.com/queue/schedules>
* Check how your carousels look in Blotato app: <https://my.blotato.com/videos>
* You can browse all video/carousel templates and get a sense of how they work by making them in the Blotato web app first: <https://my.blotato.com/videos>
* 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.

### Troubleshooting

* View all video/carousel templates available: <https://my.blotato.com/videos/new>
* DO NOT edit the 'quotes' parameter unless you're an n8n expert
* 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.

If you need help troubleshooting your automation:

* the [API Dashboard](https://my.blotato.com/api-dashboard) is your best friend
* go to my.blotato.com and click the ORANGE BUTTON in the bottom right corner to send me a support message

Other helpful links:

**👉** [**Blotato API Docs**](https://help.blotato.com/api)

✅ [**Troubleshoot Errors**](https://my.blotato.com/api-dashboard)

📷 [**Media Requirements**](https://help.blotato.com/api/media)

### n8n Notes

1. [Install the Blotato community node](https://help.blotato.com/api/n8n/n8n-blotato-node)
2. If a template shows question marks instead of the Blotato logo, install the Blotato node first, then re-import the template.
3. Create a new Credential in n8n. Go to Blotato Settings > API > Copy API Key. Paste the API key in n8n, save, test, then select this credential on Blotato nodes.
4. Connect social accounts on each platform node. Open each Blotato Publish node, select the Blotato credential, then pick your social account.
5. When testing, deactivate all social platform nodes. Activate just 1 to start with. Run the workflow, then Pin data at the Blotato Publish node. This locks inputs for repeat tests. Then, execute 1 platform node from pinned data to validate it works. Activate other social platforms to continue testing.
6. Use the [Blotato API dashboard](https://my.blotato.com/api-dashboard) to review each request, payload, and error message.

### Make Notes

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### Zapier Notes

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### FAQs

#### How do I request new carousel templates?

Contact Sabrina via in-app chat in the bottom right corner with an example of your desired carousel template, desired inputs, and any other helpful information.


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