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Carousel Creator
Carousels that don't look like AI made them. A Claude Code plugin that reads your brand voice and visual identity first, then plans the slides — so the output looks like you made it, not the tool.
Why this exists
95% of AI carousel generators take your topic and force it into a stock template. The slides all look the same because the system never asked what your brand looks like. The audience scrolls past.
This one asks for your brand guide first. Your voice profile, your real photos, your colour palette, your typography. Then — and only then — it plans the slides. The chrome you see in the output is yours. The AI just laid it out.
What you get
Brand-aware slide planner
Reads your voice-profile.md and visual-identity tokens. Plans 5–8 slides per topic. Designer + image-generator sub-agents enforce 4 blocking audits before any pixel is rendered.
Three image providers, smart routing
Higgsfield soul_2 for editorial portraits. Gemini nano-banana-pro for diagrams and text-in-image. OpenAI gpt-image-2 as fallback. Routes per slide automatically.
Real photos preferred, AI as last resort
HYBRID_FROM_REAL composites your actual headshots and logos onto template chrome. AI is only used when no real asset fits — the opposite of how most carousel tools work.
Multi-client out of the box
Run it for yourself AND for clients. Each brand lives under brand_context/<slug>/ with its own voice, visuals, refs. Switch active brand with /set-client. v1.4 supports unlimited brands.
7 input scenarios
A topic, a video, a YouTube URL, a local audio file, a web article, an existing post to repurpose, or nothing (scrapes your saved sources). All produce the same finished output.
Canva-ready output
Slides save as 1080×1350 PNGs + caption + LinkedIn preview HTML. Push individual slides to Canva uploads via the bundled MCP. Magic Layers handles the last-mile edits.
What it actually produces
Real run · "Why 95% of AI Builds Fail"Below is the actual 5-slide carousel from the LinkedIn post that launched this tool. Two of the slides used AI (the cover and closer's background photos, plus one atmospheric workspace scene). The other three are pure HTML templates — zero AI image generation, zero cost. Swipe through and check whether you can spot which is which.
Real headshot composited under magazine-cover chrome. No AI face, no Midjourney lookalike — that's me.
This carousel cost ~£0.15 total in API spend. The visual floor rule means at least 2/3 of slides use real assets, never AI — that's the rule that breaks the "AI carousel" look.
How install works
- 1. Download the .plugin file below (1 MB, no signup beyond email).
- 2. Drop it into Claude Code — open Claude Code, type
/plugin install, drag the file in. Or copy it to~/.claude/plugins/. - 3. Run the setup check:
python3 scripts/setup_check.py— verifies Python, Playwright, and which API keys you have. Walks you through anything missing. - 4. Type
/00-social-content "your topic"— the orchestrator runs the full pipeline. First run also walks you through brand voice + visual identity setup.
Need help? After download, reply to my email and I'll get you running. Or if you'd rather skip setup, the £500 bespoke onboarding session covers everything: your brand context, install, first carousel, and a 30-day support window.
Get the install file
Free. No subscription. Email only so I know who's using it.
Before you install, do this first
Carousel Creator works best when your brand voice and ICP are already defined. If they aren't yet — and you skipped the brand-guide phase — run the Content System Setup tool first. 30 minutes, free, captures the 12 business-context questions Carousel Creator's voice profile needs.
Sequence: Content System Setup (strategic foundation) → Carousel Creator (visual production). Use either alone if you already have the other side covered.