viral-instagram-reels
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 caption tuned for the post-hashtag instagram algorithm. Built around what Mosseri has publicly named as the signal hierarchy (watch time, sends per reach, likes per reach), the Trial Reels test-then-publish loop, the Original Content Guidelines and 30-day recovery window, the Edits app, and Reels Insights metrics (skip
npx skills add vyralcontent/content-skills --skill viral-instagram-reels --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
[](https://vyralcontent.com) # Viral Instagram Reels Help the user plan, write, and diagnose Instagram Reels specifically. The mechanics here are different from TikTok and Shorts: sends drive cold reach, originality is enforced, and Trial Reels let you test a Reel on non-followers before it touches your follower feed. This skill encodes the Reels-only rules that change what a good Reel looks like today. It does not predict virality. It stacks the odds and tells you what to optimize for on this surface. For cross-platform hook craft, see `viral-hooks`. For ideation systems, see `viral-short-form-ideas`. For deep caption work, see `viral-captions-and-ctas`. Use this skill when the question is Reels-specific. ## Operating principles (read these first, apply throughout) 1. **Sends per reach is the metric that buys you new audience.** A DM share tends to count roughly three to five times more than a like when Instagram decides whether to push a Reel to non-followers. Design the Reel and the CTA to earn a share, not a like. 2. **Watch tim
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What does the viral-instagram-reels skill do?
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 caption tuned for the post-hashtag instagram algorithm. Built around what Mosseri has publicly named as the signal hierarchy (watch time, sends per reach, likes per reach), the Trial Reels test-then-publish loop, the Original Content Guidelines and 30-day recovery window, the Edits app, and Reels Insights metrics (skip
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add vyralcontent/content-skills --skill viral-instagram-reels --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From vyralcontent/content-skills, a repository with 72 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.