{ "schema": "aiblocks-page/1", "id": "reusable-reel-cover-recipe-builder", "type": "skill", "name": "Reel cover style guide builder", "summary": "Make every Instagram Reel cover look like one brand. Get a title with one accent word, a reusable cover recipe and an image prompt for your portrait.", "headline": "Reel cover style guide builder", "subhead": "Give it your approved portrait, a Reel title and your brand colors. It splits the title into lines with one accent word, writes a cover recipe card you can reuse, and writes the image prompt to paste into a tool that draws.", "job": { "id": "grow-social", "name": "Grow on social" }, "level": "intermediate", "thinking": "medium", "tested": true, "updated": "2026-11-03", "first_published": "2026-10-25", "inputs": [ { "type": "question", "required": true, "label": "Question", "what": "the problem, decision or piece of work you want help with, and what a good outcome looks like" }, { "type": "image", "required": false, "label": "Image", "what": "a finished picture" }, { "type": "brand_brain", "required": false, "label": "Brand brain", "what": "the brand's facts, voice, products, offers (with effective dates), claims register, personas and look" } ], "outputs": [ { "type": "image_prompt", "required": true, "label": "Image prompt", "what": "a render-ready image prompt plus the reference roles it uses" } ], "you_give": [ "An approved portrait: a photo you own or have consent to use", "Your Reel title, or the topic if you want title options", "Your brand colors for background, text and accent (optional)", "The word you want highlighted (optional)", "Your logo (optional)", "The mood you want, such as serious, warm or playful (optional)" ], "you_get": [ "The title split into three or four lines, with one accent word and why it was picked", "A cover recipe card with canvas size, background, portrait spot, title place, colors and logo", "An image prompt to paste into a tool that draws, with the files to attach", "A check of the cover against the recipe rules, with fixes made", "Reuse notes that say what changes for each Reel and what stays fixed" ], "use_when": [ "You post Reels every week and each cover looks different from the last.", "An editor or helper asks \"what should the cover look like?\" and you have no answer.", "You are starting a series and want all the covers to match.", "You want your best old Reels to get new covers in one style." ], "skip_when": [ "You want the title or opening line written first: use the Short video hook writer.", "You want a YouTube thumbnail: use the Video title and thumbnail planner.", "You want the cover drawn for you now. This skill writes the recipe and prompt. ChatGPT or Gemini draws it.", "Your covers are square posts or have no portrait. The recipe assumes a tall cover with a portrait at the bottom right." ], "output_sample": { "input": [ "Your approved portrait", "Your Reel title, or the topic", "Your brand colors (optional)", "Your logo (optional)" ], "prerequisites": [ "An AI that draws images, such as ChatGPT or Gemini, to turn the prompt into the cover" ], "output": [ { "name": "Title lines", "contains": "Your title cut into short lines, with the one accent word and why it was picked." }, { "name": "Cover recipe card", "contains": "Canvas size, background, portrait spot, title place, colors and logo, ready to reuse." }, { "name": "Image prompt", "contains": "A block of text to paste into an image tool, with the files to attach." }, { "name": "Checks", "contains": "Word count, contrast, safe area and one-accent checks, with any fixes made." }, { "name": "Reuse notes", "contains": "What to change for each new Reel and what to keep the same." } ] }, "output_shape": "TITLE LINES / / | accent word | why \nCOVER RECIPE CARD\n canvas 1080 x 1920 | background , flat, light grain | portrait bottom 40%, right-aligned, chest up\n title top 55%, left-aligned, , | accent on only | logo \nIMAGE PROMPT | attach \nCHECKS | \nREUSE NOTES changes each time | stays fixed \nMISSING AND CHECKS MISSED ", "how_to_use": [ "Open the skill in Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini. If you have not added it, copy it and paste it into a new chat.", "Attach your portrait and, if you have one, your logo. Type your title (or the topic) and your brand colors.", "Read the title lines and the accent word. Change the word if it is not the punch of your hook.", "Copy the image prompt into a tool that draws, such as ChatGPT or Gemini. Attach your portrait there too.", "Compare the picture with the recipe card. Check that the text is easy to read at small size. Ask for changes to the prompt, not to your face.", "Save the recipe card in your brand file. For the next Reel, give only a new title." ], "checks": [], "next": [ { "name": "Instagram content planner", "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/agency-marketing-instagram-curator", "why": "Grow on social" } ], "source": null, "credits": [], "files": [ "references/reel-cover-prompt-pack.md", "references/reel-cover-sample-output.md", "references/reel-cover-style-recipe.md", "references/reel-cover-when-to-use.md" ], "links": { "page": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/reusable-reel-cover-recipe-builder", "markdown": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/reusable-reel-cover-recipe-builder.md", "json": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/reusable-reel-cover-recipe-builder.json", "instructions": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/reusable-reel-cover-recipe-builder/SKILL.md", "download": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/reusable-reel-cover-recipe-builder.zip", "api_item": "https://useaiblocks.com/api/v1/items/reusable-reel-cover-recipe-builder", "api_document": "https://useaiblocks.com/api/v1/documents/skill/reusable-reel-cover-recipe-builder", "mcp": "https://useaiblocks.com/mcp" } }