Post to Instagram from Claude Code.
Connect Claude Code to xpost once, and you can ask it for a Instagram post — written in the shape Instagram takes, waiting in your queue until you approve it.
Your first post is free. No credit card.
Connecting Claude Code
Three steps, about two minutes. Once it is done, every network is available to it, not just Instagram.
- 1
Install the skill, or add the server
Install the xpost skill from the link below — it already knows how to write and schedule posts. Or add this address as an MCP server.
- 2
Sign in to xpost
Claude Code opens the xpost sign-in page in your browser. Log in once and the connection is made.
- 3
Ask for a post
Say what you want, for which accounts and when. Approve the post from the link it gives you or in your queue.
What Claude Code can make for Instagram
The same limits the composer checks, so a draft your assistant writes is one Instagram will actually take.
| Post types | Feed post, carousel of up to 10, reel, story |
|---|---|
| Pictures and video | Photos and video, cropped to Instagram’s frames automatically |
| Caption length | Up to 2200 characters, counted as you type |
| First comment | Yes |
| Tagging | People on the photo, product tags from your shop, up to 3 collaborators |
| Also | Music on reels, a cover frame for video, a first comment |
| Daily limit | 100 posts a day per account, set by Instagram |
What happens when you ask
It drafts, in Instagram's shape
It waits for you
You get a receipt
Questions people ask
Yes. Connect Claude Code to xpost and it can write, schedule and publish Instagram posts for your account. It cannot publish on its own — every post it creates waits in your approval queue until you approve it.
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