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Automate Instagram Carousels and TikTok Slideshows with 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.

How It Works

  1. Chat: AI Agent Carousel Maker - Chat with AI agent about your desired carousel and confirm quotes and carousel template to use
  2. Carousel Generation - AI agent calls corresponding Blotato tool to generate carousel, waits and fetches completed carousel
  3. Publish to Social Media via Blotato - Choose your social accounts and either post immediately or schedule for later

The system includes dozens of template styles, with 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
  • 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

Tips & Tricks

  • AFTER your first successful run, open each carousel template tool call and tweak the parameters, but DO NOT change 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
  • 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

Behind the Scenes: Coding with Claude Agents

The system uses Claude Code sub agents to help build carousel templates programmatically. It takes a screenshot/image and attempts to decompose it into distinct visual elements, such as text, background, groups, images, and videos. It determines the correct hierarchy and relationship between elements, then maps everything to a domain specific language for template generation.

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AI Agents that Automate Carousels and Slideshows to 5+ Platforms

Here is an AI Agent system that creates carousels and slideshows for social media, 100% automated, running on autopilot every day or every hour! You can post to multiple Instagram accounts, multiple TikTok accounts, multiple Pinterest accounts, etc. It even posts long-form threads for Twitter, Bluesky, and Threads, with 1 image per post, so everything is neatly formatted.

System Overview

A streamlined n8n/Make workflow that:

  • Brainstorms a carousel/slideshow idea and prompt
  • Generates the carousel/slideshow using AI
  • Posts to 8 social platforms automatically

Prerequisites

  • n8n or Make - Runs the no-code workflow (n8n.io or make.com)
  • Blotato - Generates carousels and posts to social platforms (blotato.com)

Setup Process

Step 1: Import the Template

  1. Download the JSON file
  2. In n8n or Make, click Import
  3. The full workflow should appear

Step 2: Configuration

To get the workflow running for the first time, you only need to:

  • Connect your OpenAI account (open the "Brainstorm Idea" node)
  • Fill out "SETUP" step with your blotato_api_key and platform IDs (instagram_id OR tiktok_id for first test)

Step 3: Understand AI Processing

The heavy lifting happens in the Create Carousel step, which calls Blotato API to generate your carousel/slideshow. The API takes template information and automatically generates slideshows/carousels according to the scenes variable.

Step 4: Test Run

For your test run, make sure only 1 social platform is enabled. Disable the others.

Common Issues & Fixes:

  • ERROR 404 UNAUTHORISED - Wrong or expired Blotato API key
  • ERROR GETTING VIDEO RETURN 'SCRIPTREADY' - Carousel is not done exporting, need to increase wait time
  • ERROR SOCIAL POSTS FAILS - Check that account ID is correct and connected to Blotato

Step 5: Customization

Once everything is working, customize the automation for your brand, niche, and business!

AI Image Model Recommendations:
  • replicate/black-forest-labs/flux-schnell - For testing (fast & cheap)
  • replicate/recraft-ai/recraft-v3 - For realistic images with people
  • replicate/black-forest-labs/openai/gpt-image-1 - For images with lots of text

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