Instagram post scheduler

Automate Instagram posts: schedule Instagram posts, Reels and Stories from your AI.

To automate Instagram posts with Antwork, tell ChatGPT or Claude what you are posting this week. It drafts captions that sound like your last ones, you tweak what you want, and you schedule Instagram posts, carousels, Reels and Stories that go out on time.

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How to automate Instagram posts

Instagram can schedule a post on its own. Here is what automating adds.

To schedule an Instagram post in Instagram itself, create a post or Reel, turn on Schedule this post under More options and pick a time up to 30 days ahead. A public account can schedule up to 25 posts a day that way, and Meta Business Suite schedules posts and stories too. Both work one post at a time, written by you. To automate Instagram posts, Antwork adds the rest: ChatGPT or Claude drafts the week from your recent captions, Stories and carousels come from the same chat, every Instagram account you connect shares one calendar, and nothing goes out until you approve it.

In Instagram

Tap Create, then Post or Reel, pick the photo or video and tap Next.
Add the caption, tap More options and turn on Schedule this post (or reel). Pick a date and time, up to 30 days ahead.
Tap Done, Back, then Schedule. Your profile menu lists them under Scheduled content.

Source: Instagram Help

From ChatGPT or Claude, with Antwork

Add Antwork to your AI app and connect each Instagram Business or Creator account once, through Instagram's own sign-in. No Facebook Page needed.
Share the photos or videos and ask for the week in plain words. Captions start from that account's recent Instagram posts.
Approve each one as a post, carousel, Reel or Story. It goes out at the time you picked, up to 30 days ahead, even with your laptop closed.

A steady Instagram feed takes more evenings than you have.

Sound familiar?

The Reel that has been edited for a week and still has no caption.
The carousel you meant to post during the launch.
The Story you remember once the event is already over.

Antwork turns one conversation with your AI into a week of posts that go out on their own.

From a sentence to a scheduled week.

No new app to learn. It works inside ChatGPT, Claude or the Antwork app.

Tell your AI what you are posting
Share the photos or Reels and a line about each. ChatGPT or Claude takes it from there.
Edit what you want, approve the rest
Captions start from your recent Instagram posts, so they sound like you. Nothing goes out until you say so.
It posts on schedule
Pick the times, or let your AI spread the week. Posts go out from our servers, even with your laptop closed.

Sounds like you

Captions that read like your last posts, not like a chatbot.

Before it writes, your AI reads your recent Instagram captions: how long they run, how you use emoji and hashtags, how you sign off. You keep the edits and the final word.

Works for every Business or Creator account you connect
You approve every post before it is scheduled

Every format

Feed posts, carousels, Reels and Stories.

Carousels of up to 10 photos and videos, Reels that also show on your grid, and Stories at the time you pick. Tag people in photo posts.

One calendar with your other accounts
Facebook, TikTok and LinkedIn when you are ready

Using Buffer? Both connect to ChatGPT and Claude. With Antwork, captions start from your own recent posts, and you approve each one in the chat.

Antwork vs Buffer

$0for your first 2 accounts

Start with Instagram and one more account. Pay only if you add more.

After that it is $5 a month per connected account. No monthly post cap on any account, no seats, no card to start.

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Scheduling on Instagram, answered

Can you schedule Instagram posts?

Yes. A public Instagram account can schedule photos, carousels and Reels in the Instagram app, up to 30 days ahead. Antwork schedules feed posts, carousels, Reels and Stories, drafted from ChatGPT or Claude, next to your other accounts. Source: Instagram Help

Do I need a business account?

Instagram only lets apps publish to professional accounts, Business or Creator. Switching an account to Creator is free and done in Instagram's own settings.

Can I schedule Instagram Stories?

Yes. Instagram's in-app scheduler covers posts, carousels and Reels; Meta Business Suite and Antwork also schedule stories. In Antwork, choose Story instead of a feed post, add the photo or video, and pick a time. Source: Meta Business Help Center

How many Instagram posts can I schedule?

In the Instagram app, up to 25 posts a day, up to 30 days ahead. With Antwork, each Instagram account can publish up to 50 posts in any 24 hours, scheduled up to 30 days ahead. Source: Instagram Help

Can I automate posts for more than one Instagram account?

Yes. Each Instagram account you connect is its own account on the same calendar, and one request can send an idea to several of them with a different caption for each, drafted from that account's own recent posts. The first 2 connected accounts are free.

Is it safe to automate Instagram posts?

Antwork publishes through Instagram's official API, after you approve the access on Instagram's own sign-in. It never asks for your Instagram password, does not drive a browser, and publishes nothing you have not approved.

Can I use trending audio on a scheduled Reel?

Antwork publishes your video with the audio it already has. To use a sound from Instagram's library, or to add stickers, post that Reel from the Instagram app.

Can I schedule Reels and carousels?

Yes. A Reel is one video that also shows on your grid; a carousel holds up to 10 photos and videos, mixed. Add the files from the chat or the composer, approve the caption and pick the time.

Is it free to schedule Instagram posts?

Instagram's own scheduler and Meta Business Suite are free. Antwork is free for 2 connected accounts, for example Instagram plus one more, with no card to start.

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