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Swipe-Through Instagram Carousel Built Slide by Slide in 6 Phases

Builds an Instagram carousel that keeps people swiping, in six phases: slide-1 hook headlines, a 10-slide flow with cliffhangers, a visual brief with image prompts, cheat-sheet slides, a save-worthy summary slide and closing calls to action.

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  1. Phase 1 — Slide 1 hook headlines
    Role: you are a strategist for content that spreads widely.

Topic: [topic]

Task: write 5 headlines for Slide 1 of a carousel, built on pattern-interrupt logic. Angles to use:
- Hook 1, "Shocking Contrast": the before versus the after.
- Hook 2, "Negative-Proof": why the strategy the reader uses now is failing.
- Hook 3, "Hidden Mechanism": the logic nobody talks about.
- Hook 4, "Status-Threat": why other people are scaling faster than the reader.

Format: a numbered list, each headline labelled with its angle.
  2. Phase 2 — 10-slide flow with micro-cliffhangers
    Role: you are a UX copywriter.

Topic: [topic]

Task: map out a carousel of 10 slides on this topic. Build a "Logical-Thread": every slide closes on a small cliffhanger ("Micro-Cliffhanger") that pushes the reader to swipe to the next one.

Make the "Value-Density" reach its highest point on Slide 7, to maximize time spent on the post.
  3. Phase 3 — Visual brief and image prompts
    Role: you are a creative director.

Topic: [topic]

Task: I need one coherent aesthetic for a 10-slide carousel on this topic. Write 3 prompts for "Nano Banana 2" that generate either "Brutalist" 3D textures or "Industrial-Minimalist" backgrounds. They must make the text on the slides stand out ("Pop") and give the carousel the feel of a premium digital product.
  4. Phase 4 — Cheat-sheet process slides
    Role: you are a senior technical writer.

Process to explain: [complex process]

Task: split this process into 5 slides of practical, "Cheat-Sheet" style steps. Use "Hierarchical-Formatting" on every slide:
- 1 bold headline
- 2 bullet points
- 1 "Pro-Tip"

Cut every bit of fluff. The result must be so clear that someone could carry out the task only by looking at screenshots of the slides.
  5. Phase 5 — Save-worthy summary slide
    Role: you are a conversion specialist.

Topic of the carousel: [topic]

Task: design Slide 9, "The Overview". Condense the whole carousel into one "High-Signal" infographic or checklist.

Then write the caption for this slide; it must include, explicitly, this line: "Save this so you don't have to search for the solution later." This is the "Save-Trigger" logic.
  6. Phase 6 — Slide 10 calls to action
    Role: you are a social psychologist.

Topic of the carousel: [topic]

Task: write 3 calls to action (CTAs) for Slide 10. None of them may ask for a like.
- CTA 1: a "Binary-Logic" question, Option A versus Option B.
- CTA 2: a "Hidden-Bonus" offer, for example: Comment "[keyword]" and I'll DM you [the resource].
- CTA 3: a "Community-Challenge": ask readers to tag a colleague who should hear this message.
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