The exact 4-system stack behind that growth curve. Free, no signup, the full breakdown so you can build your own version.
Most people start a business Instagram account, post 5 reels in 2 weeks, get no traction, and quit. The algorithm doesn't owe you reach. You earn it by stacking the right systems on top of the right rules.
This is the 4-system stack behind a 0 to 30k account in 3 weeks: a hook research workflow, a script-writing system, a filming shortcut, and a brand engine that keeps everything sounding like you. No coding required for 3 of the 4. The advanced one is clearly flagged.
Start with Systems 1 and 4. Get those working. Come back for the rest.
Finds the hook patterns already winning in your niche so you stop writing reels from scratch.
Tool stack: Apify Instagram Reel Scraper (actor: apify/instagram-reel-scraper, $1 per 1,000 reels) for serious research, or the free Outliers or ViewRank Chrome extensions which surface outlier scores inline on Instagram. Any LLM works, Claude, ChatGPT, or Gemini.
The niche you want to mine: AI for marketers, fitness, productivity, money, whatever fits your business.
Using Apify: set resultsLimit to 100, filter by view threshold (e.g. 50k+), export as CSV. Using a Chrome extension: scroll your niche feed, screenshot or note the top outliers (5x+ above the creator's average).
Open your LLM, paste the data, run the prompt below.
You're a viral content analyst. Below is a dataset of high-performing Instagram reels from my niche. Cluster the hooks into patterns. For each pattern, give me: - The formula (e.g. "did you know X, here's how to Y") - 2 examples pulled from the dataset - A strength score from 1 to 10 - Why this pattern works psychologically [paste your data here]
Generates teleprompter-ready reel scripts in 15 minutes using a coordinated team of Claude agents, not one chat window.
Honest note: this is the most complex of the four. If you've never opened an IDE, build Systems 1 and 4 first. Come back when you're comfortable.
Tool stack: Claude (Pro or Max) for the agents, Antigravity IDE (free, Google's AI-native IDE) to wire it together, or Cursor as an alternative. Claude Code if you want full CLI control.
How it works: an orchestrator receives the topic and routes the work. A Researcher subagent fans out into 5 parallel micro-researchers (one per angle source). A Drafter writes the raw script. A QA Agent edits against your style guide and voice rubric.
Get it at antigravity.google
Load your brand voice doc, style guide, ICP, content pillars, and past winning reels into Project Knowledge.
A "directives" folder holds plain-English markdown files describing what each workflow does. An "executions" folder holds the actual scripts that do the work. Nick walks through this in the linked video.
See below. Use Plan Mode so Claude maps out the build before executing, then pick an approach and have Claude build it.
I'd like to build a multi-agent script generator for my Instagram reels. The orchestrator should spin up 3 subagents on demand: - A Researcher that fans out into 5 parallel micro-researchers (one per angle source: hook bank, niche outlier database, saved post archive, style guide, YouTube transcripts) - A Drafter that writes the raw script - A QA Agent that edits against my style guide and voice rubric Use Nick Saraev's directives + executions framework. Directives folder holds plain-English instructions, executions folder holds Python scripts. Before we build, please: 1. Look at pre-existing solutions online to see if anyone has done something similar 2. Come up with 3 different approaches 3. Lay them out so I can pick We'll proceed after I choose.
Film a reel straight through without stopping for mistakes. Say a marker word when you mess up, then trim the bad takes in post.
When you mess up a line, say "cut cut" out loud and keep going. Don't stop, don't restart.
It auto-transcribes everything.
Cmd+F (Mac) or Ctrl+F (Windows), search for "cut cut."
Delete the bad take before the marker word, plus the marker word itself, for every instance.
That's it. 80% of the value, zero coding. Most people only need this path.
Nick filmed his entire 24-minute video using this exact system, and it ran the cuts, silence removal, audio polish, and intro animation automatically.
Tools: Antigravity or Claude Code, an Anthropic API key, about $25 in build credits.
What Nick's system does: extracts audio from your recorded video, runs Solera VAD (neural voice activity detection) to detect speech vs silence, auto-removes silence gaps above 0.5 seconds, finds your marker words and trims the bad takes before each one, applies audio enhancements and color grading, and uses hardware acceleration, faster than Premiere Pro.
Activate Plan Mode.
See below.
Try a 1-minute clip before running it on a longer file.
I'd like to build a simple workflow that takes an Instagram reel video as input and outputs a clean, ready-to-upload MP4. The workflow should: 1. Identify silence gaps above 0.5 seconds and cut them 2. Find where I said the marker words "cut cut" or "snip snip" and trim the bad takes before each instance 3. Apply basic audio enhancement 4. Output a clean MP4 at vertical 1080x1920 Before we build, please: 1. Look at pre-existing solutions online (Solera VAD, MoviePy, FFmpeg-based approaches) 2. Come up with 3 different approaches 3. Lay them out so I can choose Once I pick, build it using Nick Saraev's directives + executions framework.
Nick released his full directives and executions free in his video description. Worth pulling those as your starting point.
Holds your entire brand in one Claude project so you stop re-pasting context every chat. It becomes your content strategist on call.
Tool stack: Claude Pro or Max (Pro is enough to start), Notion or Google Docs to draft your brand files.
Draft these once, take a real hour on each: a brand voice doc (1-2 pages: how you sound, words you use, words you avoid, energy level, sentence length), a style guide (1 page: hook style, pacing, CTA preferences, sign-off lines), an ICP profile (1 page: who you talk to, what they want, what they're stuck on, their goals and fears), content pillars (1 page: your 3-5 pillars and each one's funnel role: TOFU, MOFU, BOFU), and a running list of your past winning reels with a sentence on why each worked.
Name it "[your handle] content engine." Click "Add to project knowledge" and upload all 5 brand files.
Paste it into the project's custom instructions. See below.
You are my content strategist for [your handle]. You have access to my brand voice doc, style guide, ICP profile, content pillars, and past winning reels. When I ask for content ideas, scripts, or hooks, you always: - Stay in my voice (avoid AI-sentence-structure tells like "no filler. no fluff. no waste.") - Match one of my content pillars - Solve a real problem my ICP is sitting with - Use the hook structure I prefer - Close with the CTA style I use most When I drop new saved posts, screenshots, voice memos, or ideas into the project, add them to your working set. When I ask "what should I film next," pull from those plus my winners list.
When you save an interesting reel, screenshot it and drop it into the project knowledge. When you have a voice memo with an idea, transcribe it and drop it in. The project gets smarter every week. When it's time to film, ask the prompt below.
Looking at my saved ideas and past winners from the last 2 weeks, what should I film next? Give me 3 angles ranked by potential. For each: - The hook (in my voice) - Which pillar it fits - The problem it solves for my ICP - A draft CTA
Run these in order if you're starting from scratch.
Brand keeper, hook research, frictionless filming, multi-agent scaling. Run that loop consistently and it compounds.