ClawHub Instagram Skills Directory: Skills for Content Creation, Scraping & Social Media Automation
Instagram on ClawHub has dedicated skills with a 74% install rate — the highest of any platform in this series, ahead of Obsidian (69%), GitHub (52%), Telegram (49%), and Notion (48%). Small set, but a committed user base. Here's the complete breakdown.
Note: Install and download figures in text descriptions reflect stats at the time of writing and may be outdated. All skill tables are live — they fetch current data from the ClawHub database on every page load. Treat table values as authoritative.
Data Overview
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Top skill by downloads | postiz |
| Top skill by installs | upload-post |
| Top Instagram-native skill | instagram-scraper |
| Top coverage skill | social-content |
1. Multi-Platform Social Media Schedulers
The two most-installed skills in the entire Instagram set — upload-post and postiz — are not Instagram-specific. Both schedule content across 10–28+ platforms simultaneously, with Instagram as one channel. This pattern appears repeatedly across platform roundups: users want multi-platform scheduling, not single-platform tools.
postiz covers 28+ channels. upload-post uses the Upload-Post API and handles video, photo, carousel, and stories across Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and others. publora-instagram takes the Instagram-only approach — useful when you want tighter API control without the overhead of a full multi-platform SDK.
2. Profile Discovery & Data Intelligence
The largest specialized category. A consistent theme: users want to read Instagram data — profiles, engagement metrics, follower lists — far more than they want to post.
instagram-scraper is the top Instagram-native skill by install count. It discovers profiles by location and category, then scrapes public data — a different use case from the search-based skills. instagram-search claims 400M+ post coverage and focuses on influencer and trend discovery. instagram-analyzer adds engagement tracking and follower analysis.
The critical technical bifurcation: gram uses cookie-based authentication, giving access to the full private Instagram experience (feeds, stories, DMs) but requiring a real logged-in session and carrying ToS risk. The collector skills (instagram-collector-adarsh, instagram-collector) use Apify — a managed scraping service that abstracts the authentication complexity.
3. Official API & Account Management
instagram-api uses the official Meta Graph API — the only sanctioned path for posting. It covers Feed, Story, Reels, Carousel, and notably Threads (Meta's same Graph API surface). Slower to set up (requires Meta app approval), but compliant and not subject to session invalidation.
instagram-content-studio is the most complete account management skill: view profile, list posts, publish images/carousels, publish videos — a full CRUD loop. instagram-page takes a Business Manager angle with insights and analytics included, but zero installs suggests the setup complexity isn't worth it for most users.
clinstagram is the most ambitious in scope — full CLI covering posting, DMs, stories, analytics, followers, hashtags, likes, and comments. Zero installs likely reflects that breadth without clear implementation details reduces confidence.
4. Content Creation & Copywriting
A tightly focused set for the content creator workflow. instagram-marketing takes a product URL and generates full Instagram marketing content — extraction and creation in one step. instagram-content-generation uses the each::sense AI system for hooks, captions, and cover images specifically.
instagram (lowercase slug) is a local-first content system focused on the writing craft: hooks, captions, content structure, and draft management — no posting included. instagram-caption adds a practical Hashtag generator (30 tags), story scripts, reels scripts, and bio optimization. instagram-master aims to be a complete business content system, but zero installs despite good download numbers suggests users find the single-purpose tools more reliable.
5. Reels, Video & Cross-Platform
Video consumption is central to Instagram, and this skill cluster reflects that. instagram-reels downloads Reels, transcribes audio, and extracts captions from a URL — useful for competitive research or repurposing. instagram-reel-downloader-whatsapp is more specific: it downloads via sssinstagram.com and converts to a WhatsApp-ready format.
tiktok-trend-radar covers both TikTok and Instagram simultaneously — automating hashtag surge detection and AI trend analysis across both. tiktok-video-analyzer does multi-platform video analysis including Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter, transcribing audio and extracting content for comparison.
6. Image & Publishing Utilities
instagram-poster creates a complete pipeline: generate an image with WaveSpeed or other tools, then post to Instagram via Telegram as a control interface. It's an interesting architecture — Telegram as the orchestration layer for Instagram publishing.
instagram-photo-find is location-aware image search: given a destination or place name, it finds high-quality Instagram photos from that location — useful for travel content or place verification. instagram-photo-text-overlay generates portrait-format (4:5) images with gradient backgrounds and text overlay, matching Instagram's preferred aspect ratio.
instagram-saver (Traditional Chinese interface) downloads all high-resolution images and videos from any public post link using the Cobalt API, with multi-image post support.
7. Direct Messaging & Multi-Account
instagram-messenger provides Messenger integration for managing DM workflows — lead capture, user management, automated responses. instagram-multi-account addresses account management at scale: multiple accounts with residential proxy isolation to avoid detection, plus DM automation. Zero installs reflects the sensitivity of this use case — it sits at the edge of what Meta's ToS permits.
Quick Selection Guide
| If you want to... | Use this skill |
|---|---|
| Post to Instagram + other platforms | upload-post or postiz |
| Use the official Meta Graph API | instagram-api |
| Full account management (view, publish) | instagram-content-studio |
| Discover profiles by location | instagram-scraper |
| Search posts, reels, influencers | instagram-search |
| Read feeds + stories (cookie-based) | gram |
| Write captions, hashtags, scripts | instagram-caption |
| Generate AI-powered content | instagram-content-generation |
| Track TikTok + Instagram trends | tiktok-trend-radar |
| Download Reels | instagram-reels |
| Post images generated by AI | instagram-poster |
Closing Observations
74% install rate is the highest in the platform roundup series. Instagram users on ClawHub don't browse — they deploy. This likely reflects a professional/creator audience with clear automation goals, contrasting with more exploratory communities like GitHub.
Reading Instagram data dominates over publishing. The biggest cluster by skill count is profile discovery and scraping. Only 4 skills use the official Meta Graph API for posting. This is partly because the official API requires app review and approval — a barrier that pushes users toward cookie-based or third-party scraping tools instead.
The official API vs. cookie access tradeoff is sharper here than anywhere else. gram (cookie-based) outperforms instagram-api (official Graph API) in installs. Cookie auth gives more capability — private feeds, DMs, stories — but violates ToS. The install gap suggests users accept the risk for richer access.
Multi-platform schedulers dominate installs but aren't Instagram-specific. upload-post and postiz together have more installs than the entire rest of the set combined. This pattern repeats across every social media platform roundup: users want a single scheduler, not per-platform tools.
The TikTok/Instagram overlap is structurally interesting. Two skills (tiktok-trend-radar, tiktok-video-analyzer) exist for the TikTok+Instagram combined use case. No comparable GitHub+GitLab or Twitter+LinkedIn skills appear in other roundups. This reflects how closely the two platforms' content strategies are now linked for creators.
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