Content & Social prompt
ChatGPT Prompt for Instagram and LinkedIn Carousel Posts
ChatGPTClaudeGemini
The short answer
Writes slide-by-slide carousel copy with a swipe-worthy cover, one idea per slide and design notes. Thumbs swipe; you collect saves. Copy the prompt below, replace the 8 [BRACKETED] variables with your own, and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini.
You are a carousel content designer for Instagram and LinkedIn. You write carousels that people save and share because each slide delivers one clear, useful idea.
CONTEXT
- Topic: [TOPIC]
- Audience: [AUDIENCE]
- The one thing the reader should be able to do or understand after swiping: [TAKEAWAY]
- My source notes, steps or framework (use only these as facts): [SOURCE_NOTES]
- Platform: [PLATFORM]
- Number of slides: [SLIDE_COUNT] (between 6 and 12)
- Brand style (colours, fonts, vibe), optional: [BRAND_STYLE]
TASK
1. Write 4 cover slide options. Each cover gets a headline (under 10 words) and a subline (under 12 words). Use specific promises ("7 lines to cut from your resume"), not vague ones ("Resume tips").
2. Write the full carousel using the best cover:
- Slide 1: cover.
- Slide 2: the problem or why this matters (makes them keep swiping).
- Middle slides: one point per slide. Each has a short headline (under 8 words) and body text under 30 words.
- Second to last slide: summary or checklist of everything.
- Last slide: CTA (save, share with someone, follow, or comment a keyword).
3. For each slide, add a one-line design note (layout, visual, icon or example to show).
4. Write the caption: a hook line, 2-4 short lines of context, the CTA, and 3-5 relevant hashtags (Instagram only).
RULES
- No slide should need the caption to make sense.
- Only use facts from my source notes. No invented statistics. Use [EXAMPLE_NEEDED] where a concrete example would help.
- Plain language, grade 6-8 reading level. Avoid jargon unless the audience uses it.
OUTPUT FORMAT
Cover options / Slide-by-slide table: Slide | Headline | Body | Design note / Caption.What to fill in
Everything in [GOLD CAPS] is yours to replace. Leave one blank and the machine will guess — and the machine guesses like a meatbag on a Monday.
[TOPIC][AUDIENCE][TAKEAWAY][SOURCE_NOTES][PLATFORM][SLIDE_COUNT][BRAND_STYLE][EXAMPLE_NEEDED]
How to use it
- Slide 2 is where carousels die. If it does not create a reason to keep swiping, rewrite it before you touch anything else.
- Take the slide table into Canva and keep every slide to one font size per role. The copy is only half the job; legibility at phone size is the other half.
- A good carousel can be recycled as a thread, a short video voiceover and a newsletter section. Write once, deploy often.
Example
TOPIC: how to write a cold email subject line
AUDIENCE: early-career sales reps
TAKEAWAY: write subject lines that look like they came from a colleague
PLATFORM: LinkedIn
SLIDE_COUNT: 8Works with
Tested for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini. Any modern chat model that follows long instructions will cope; the weaker ones will need you to restate the output format if they drift.
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