Instagram Reels Monitor

Monitor Instagram DMs for reels. Use when you need to check Instagram DMs for new unread messages containing reels, click them, extract the reel link, and append to an instagram_reels.csv file.

This skill monitors an already open Instagram Direct Messages tab for new messages containing reels and saves them to a CSV file.

Requirements

• An active browser session with a tab open to https://www.instagram.com/direct/inbox/.
• The user must have the OpenClaw browser relay attached to that tab.

Workflow

1. Use the browser tool with action: tabs and profile: chrome to find the targetId for the Instagram Messages tab.
2. Use the browser tool with action: act, kind: evaluate to run a script that checks for new, unread messages in the DM list.
3. If an unread message is found, click the conversation to open it.
4. Once the conversation is open, use browser action: act, kind: evaluate to extract the href of any link containing /reel/ or /p/ (if it's a video/reel).
5. Extract the Instagram user ID of the sender.
6. Append the data to instagram_reels.csv in the format userid,reel_link.
7. Return to the main inbox view (if necessary) to check for more messages.

Example Scripts

Extract Reel Links from an Open Conversation

javascript

() => {
    const links = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('a'));
    return links.filter(a => a.href.includes('/reel/')).map(a => a.href);
}

List DM Conversations

javascript

() => {
    const buttons = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('div[role="button"]'));
    return buttons.map(b => b.innerText.replace(/\n/g, ' '));
}