NetworksInstagram

Instagram carousels, reels and stories, made in your brand and posted for you

Quetzal plans your Instagram week, designs carousels and images in your brand, writes captions of up to 2,100 characters with at most 5 hashtags, prepares reels of up to 90 seconds and fills the days between feed posts with stories. It publishes to your professional account on schedule, or holds each post until you approve it.

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What Quetzal makes for Instagram

Carousels

The format Instagram rewards with saves: a tip list, a checklist or a process, one idea per slide, each slide with a picture that shows what its words say. The cover carries the hook; the call to action goes in the caption, never on the image.

Single images

A designed image for an offer or a proof moment, in your palette, or a post built from your own photos, which Quetzal ranks by appeal and reuses.

Reels

Vertical videos of up to 90 seconds, the length Instagram's publishing API accepts: videos you upload and, on Pro and Ultra, AI actor ads and motion graphics Quetzal makes for you. You pick the cover: a frame of the video or an image from your library.

Stories

Daily presence between feed posts without crowding your grid. A story shows no caption, so Quetzal makes the picture carry the message; stories published through the API carry no links or stickers.

The limits Quetzal writes to

Longest caption
2,100
Hashtags
5
Longest video
90 seconds
Stories
Yes
Image or video
Needed on every post
Links in the caption
Not clickable
Video cover
You pick a frame or an image
How it publishes
Through a publishing partner's connection to its official API

How often the autopilot posts on Instagram

Posts a week the autopilot plans on each plan, with the account connected. You can always publish more yourself.

StarterPosts a week: 5Stories a week: 3
GrowthPosts a week: 7Stories a week: 14
ProPosts a week: 14Stories a week: 21
UltraPosts a week: 14Stories a week: 21

The rules it follows there

  • Captions stop at 2,100 characters and are cut on a whole word, never mid-word.
  • At most 5 hashtags, chosen for the post, never a block of generic tags.
  • Every Instagram post has an image or a video. Instagram takes no text-only posts, so a text idea becomes an image post or goes to a network that takes text.
  • Links in Instagram captions are not clickable, so no caption depends on one.

How publishing works

  1. 01Connect onceYou connect Instagram with Instagram's own login, through our publishing partner. Quetzal never sees your password.
  2. 02Approve, or let it runQuetzal plans the week, writes and designs each post for this network, and either waits for your approval or publishes under your guidelines.
  3. 03It posts and reads the resultEach post goes out at its time. Its numbers are read 1, 6, 24 and 72 hours later, and the next week's plan uses them.

Questions about Quetzal on Instagram

Which Instagram accounts can Quetzal publish to?

Instagram professional accounts. You connect the account once and choose which networks each post goes to; a network you have not connected never receives anything.

How long can an Instagram caption from Quetzal be?

Up to 2,100 characters, a margin under Instagram's own limit. If an edit runs long, it is cut on a whole word.

How many hashtags does Quetzal use on Instagram?

At most 5, picked for the post. The cap is checked automatically before publishing, not left to the writer.

How long can an Instagram reel from Quetzal be?

Up to 90 seconds, the length Instagram's publishing API accepts. A longer video is not sent to Instagram; Quetzal tells you, so you can post a shorter clip there.

How many Instagram stories does the autopilot post?

It aims for 3 a week on Starter, 14 on Growth and 21 on Pro and Ultra, on top of feed posts. A story needs an image or a video and shows no caption.

Can I choose the cover of a reel?

Yes. Before it goes out you pick a frame of the video or an image from your library, and Quetzal sends it as the reel's cover.

How does Quetzal connect to Instagram?

Quetzal publishes to Instagram through a publishing partner's connection to Instagram's official API. You connect your account once with Instagram's own login, and Quetzal never sees your password.

Does anything go out on Instagram without me seeing it?

Only if you choose so. In review mode every post waits in a queue until you approve it; on full autopilot posts publish under your guidelines; switched off, nothing publishes on its own.

How does Quetzal learn what works on my Instagram?

It reads each post's numbers 1, 6, 24 and 72 hours after it goes out, then once a day for 30 days. The planner uses those readings to decide what to post next.

What happens if I delete a post directly on Instagram?

Quetzal notices when the post is missing from two checks at least 12 hours apart, marks it as removed and stops counting it. Its history stays.