Automatically turn competitor Instagram reels into new content ideas

Monitors competitor accounts, transcribes their top reels, and turns them into fresh scripts for your channel.

How the work actually flows

A straight line. Runs once per one per new reel found.

Pattern: Sequence (1) ยท Multiple Instances with a priori Design-Time Knowledge (13)

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Starts itA stepAn outside serviceRuns once per itemA record or sheetResultPayoff
Build size
Standard

A mid-size build with several tools working together.

Business functions
Social Media ManagementSpreadsheet & Database OpsResearch & Market Intelligence
Connects
ApifyOpenAIPerplexityGoogle Sheets

The problem it solves

Coming up with fresh content ideas week after week is exhausting, and you don't have time to manually watch competitor accounts for what's working. You end up either recycling old ideas or scrambling for inspiration right before a deadline.

Who it fits

Content creators and social media teams who want a steady pipeline of new video ideas based on what's already working.

How it works

  1. The system checks specified competitor Instagram accounts for new reels on a schedule.
  2. New videos are downloaded and transcribed with AI.
  3. The transcript is scanned for tools, trends, or topics worth covering, checking against past entries to avoid repeats.
  4. AI researches the topic further and writes a new script with a fresh angle.
  5. The finished script is logged and ready for your team to produce.
What you get

Fresh scripts based on proven ideas

Your team gets a steady stream of fresh video scripts inspired by what's already working for competitors.

What you get

A logged list of fresh, ready-to-produce video scripts based on trending competitor content.

What you need

An Apify account, an OpenAI API key, a Perplexity API key, and a Google Sheets account for tracking.

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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