Auto-post trending news as branded Instagram graphics

Turns trending news headlines into branded Instagram graphics with AI captions and posts them automatically.

How the work actually flows

It branches. Exactly one path is taken; runs once per each headline found.

Pattern: Exclusive Choice (4) · Multiple Instances with a priori Run-Time Knowledge (14)

flowchart TD trig(["hourly news check"]):::trigtime s0[["check trending headlines"]]:::mi s1["filter already-posted stories"]:::task s2["write ai caption"]:::task s3["create branded graphic"]:::task s4["post and log to instagram"]:::svc trig --> s0 s0 --> s1 s2 --> s3 s3 --> s4 gx{"× story already posted before"}:::gate s1 --> gx p00["skip story"]:::task gx -->|"already posted"| p00 p10["continue to caption"]:::task gx -->|"new story"| p10 p00 --> s2 p10 --> s2 out[/"branded instagram post published"/]:::out pay{{"consistent timely content without manual work"}}:::pay s4 --> out out --> pay classDef task fill:#e7f6fe,stroke:#34b8f0,color:#2c2a29 classDef svc fill:#f6f8fa,stroke:#7c8795,color:#2c2a29 classDef mi fill:#e7f6fe,stroke:#0079a8,color:#2c2a29,stroke-width:2px classDef human fill:#fff,stroke:#0079a8,color:#0079a8 classDef store fill:#f6f8fa,stroke:#0079a8,color:#2c2a29 classDef trig fill:#00a4eb,stroke:#0079a8,color:#fff,font-weight:bold classDef trigtime fill:#00a4eb,stroke:#0079a8,color:#fff,font-weight:bold classDef trigdata fill:#8ad4f5,stroke:#0079a8,color:#06314c,font-weight:bold classDef gate fill:#fff,stroke:#e8a23d,color:#6b4708,font-weight:bold classDef out fill:#1f9d6b,stroke:#167a53,color:#fff,font-weight:bold classDef pay fill:#06314c,stroke:#021f33,color:#fff
Starts itA stepAn outside serviceRuns once per itemOne path onlyResultPayoff
Build size
Advanced

A larger build with multiple systems, AI reasoning, and custom rules.

Business functions
Social Media ManagementSpreadsheet & Database OpsResearch & Market Intelligence
Connects
InstagramGoogle SheetsOpenAI

The problem it solves

Keeping your Instagram feed current with trending news means checking headlines constantly, writing a caption, designing a graphic, and posting it before the story goes stale. Doing that consistently, every day, isn't realistic for a small team.

Who it fits

A media brand, niche news account, or marketing team that wants a steady stream of timely Instagram content.

How it works

  1. Checks a news feed for the latest headlines on your chosen topic every hour
  2. Skips any story that's already been posted
  3. AI rewrites the headline into a short, engaging caption
  4. Turns a branded template into a breaking-news style image
  5. Posts the image and caption to Instagram and logs it as posted
What you get

Graphics posted before the news goes stale

You get branded Instagram graphics built from trending headlines, posted automatically while the story is still hot.

What you get

A steady stream of branded, on-topic Instagram posts published automatically, with a log of everything shared.

What you need

A Google Sheets account, an OpenAI API key, an image-generation subscription, and an Instagram account.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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