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Social Media Carousel
ClaudeFull 7-slide carousel pipeline, built directly in Canva from content plan to export.
Overview
The Social Media Carousel skill is a custom Claude skill built to take raw content and turn it into a fully designed, ready-to-post carousel, generated directly inside Canva. Instead of manually outlining slides, designing each one, and going back and forth on layout, this skill runs the entire pipeline: from content parsing to a reviewable outline to multiple finished design variants, all through Canva's MCP integration. It's platform-aware, so the structure and tone adapt depending on whether the carousel is for LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter/X, or Facebook.
The problem it solves
- Turning an idea or piece of content into a well-structured carousel takes time and design skill
- Carousels that don't follow a proven slide structure (hook, value, CTA) often underperform
- Designing multiple variants manually to A/B test is slow
- Switching between planning content and actually designing it in Canva breaks workflow
- Different platforms need different carousel pacing and formatting
What it’s designed to handle
| Area | What it covers |
|---|---|
| Content parsing | Takes your raw content/idea and extracts the core message |
| 7-slide outline | Structures the carousel using a proven framework: hook, context, 4 value slides, CTA |
| Platform awareness | Adapts tone, pacing, and format for LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter/X, or Facebook |
| Canva design generation | Generates 4 design variants directly inside Canva via MCP |
| Review & selection | Lets you review the outline before design generation, and pick your favorite variant(s) |
| Export options | Delivers edit links, with optional PNG/PDF export |
How it works
- Provide your content. Share the raw content, idea, or topic you want turned into a carousel, and specify the target platform.
- Skill builds a 7-slide outline, using the proven framework: hook, context, 4 value slides, CTA.
- You review the outline. Before anything is designed, you get to review and adjust the slide-by-slide content structure.
- 4 design variants are generated in Canva. Once approved, the skill generates four different visual design variants directly inside Canva using Canva's MCP integration.
- You pick your favorite (or all), choose one design to move forward with, or keep multiple for A/B testing.
- Get delivery-ready output edit links for the chosen design(s), plus optional PNG/PDF export for direct posting.
Why it’s useful
| Benefit | Description |
|---|---|
| End-to-end pipeline | Goes from raw idea to finished, editable Canva design, no manual design work needed |
| Proven structure | 7-slide hook-to-CTA framework is built for engagement, not random slide dumps |
| Platform-optimized | Carousel structure adapts to LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter/X, or Facebook |
| Multiple variants | 4 design options let you choose the best look or A/B test |
| Review checkpoint | You approve the content outline before any design time is spent |
How to use it
- Trigger the skill in Claude (/social-media-carousel)
- Share your content/topic and target platform
- Review the generated 7-slide outline and confirm or adjust it
- Let the skill generate 4 design variants in Canva
- Pick your favorite design(s) and grab the edit link or export as PNG/PDF
Use this skill whenever you need a full carousel post, content structure and finished Canva design, for LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter/X, or Facebook.
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