The moment you actually need this

Creative is backed up. You have a launch date. AI tools can almost design it, but the logo crops wrong, the colors are off, and nobody will approve it. You need a carousel that respects brand rules and says the right thing in the right order. The path is simple: script first, template second, automate the boring parts, and only design what a human must do.

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Start with source inputs

Pull the pieces that anchor the carousel:

• One message angle tied to a real buyer problem
  
• A headline and 3 short proof points
  
• One CTA that matches your landing page
  
• Brand tokens - logo, colors, type, safe margins, image style
  
• Any quote or stat you are allowed to publish
  

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Crawl - ChatGPT

What you do

• Paste your offer, buyer problem, and brand tokens.
  
• Ask for an 8-slide script with clear text limits per slide.
  
• Ask for 2 persona variants so you can choose.
  
  

Copy-paste prompt

You are a pragmatic product marketer. Write an 8-slide LinkedIn carousel script for {OFFER} aimed at {PERSONA}. 

Constraints: short, scannable lines; 12–18 words max per slide; no buzzwords.

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Return exactly:

1) Slide map (1–8) with: Title, Body (1–3 short lines), Visual cue (icon/diagram/photo), CTA rule.

2) Two persona/problem variants with changed titles and proof lines.

3) File names for export: {campaign}_{persona}_{variant}_slide01.png … slide08.png

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Slide pattern:

1 Title (problem named)

2–4 Three pains in buyer words

5–7 Three “how we solve” slides

8 CTA + outcome line

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Use my tokens:

- Brand words: {BRAND_TOKENS}

- Approved proof: {QUOTES_OR_STATS}

- CTA: {CTA_TEXT}

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If a field is unknown, leave it blank.

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What you get

• An 8-slide script that fits your message and brand words
  
• Two variants to choose from
  
• Limitation - you still build the visuals manually unless you use the Walk flow

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Walk - n8n or Gumloop

What you do

• Use a single Canva template for the carousel.
  
• Feed the script into a sheet.
  
• Run a weekly flow that fills text fields, swaps brand tokens, and exports PNGs.
  
  

Flow outline

1. Input - Google Sheet with columns: slide_no, title, line1, line2, line3, persona, variant, file_name
   
2. Check - text length and banned words; shorten lines that overflow
   
3. Map - send each row to Canva’s template fields or a simple image generator if Canva Connect is not available
   
4. Export - slide PNGs to a brand folder; name with the provided file_name
   
5. Notify - post a link to the folder for review
   
6. Schedule - run weekly to create new persona/problem variants
   
   

Output

• Ready-to-review slide PNGs that follow one template
  
• Variants by persona or problem on a schedule
  
• Caveat - Canva bulk features may require higher-tier plans and someone to prep the template
  
  

Run - Operating agents

What changes

• Agents operate Canva in the browser like a human would - add text, drag logo, resize elements, swap colors to brand tokens, and align to grids
  
• They apply your spacing and overflow rules, fix cropped logos, and flag slides that violate contrast
  
• They assemble variants from the brief, export correctly named files, and drop them into the right folders
  
• They halt on uncertainty, tag issues for you, and log what changed for audit
  
  

Output‍

A near-final carousel at 95 percent accuracy, exported and filed, with a short issue list for you to tweak. You approve and post.

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Fields that matter

• Message angle - the single idea this carousel pushes
  
• Slide map - 1 title, 3 pains, 3 how we solve, 1 CTA
  
• Buyer language - short lines in real words
  
• Proof - quote or stat you can publish
  
• Brand tokens - colors, type, logo usage, safe margins
  
• Visual rules - max lines per slide, overflow rules, contrast check
  
• Export plan - file names and destination folders
  
  

Carousel spec outline

1. Who it’s for and the promise in one line
   
2. Slide pattern and text limits
   
3. Brand tokens and logo placement rules
   
4. Copy - final text per slide
   
5. Proof - approved quote or stat
   
6. Visual rules - layout grid, icon set, image style
   
7. Export - file naming and folder path
   
8. CTA and link handling
   
   

Nuance to watch

AI can get you close, but brand is unforgiving. A slightly wrong logo size or off-color gets rejected. Canva’s bulk features help, but may require an expensive plan and a designer to set up the template. Operating agents bridge the gap by working in the real tool the way you do and stopping when something looks wrong, so you fix the last 5 percent instead of building from scratch.

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Get started

• Crawl - generate the 8-slide script with the prompt above and pick one variant
  
• Walk - set up the weekly flow to fill the template and export files
  
• Run - add operating agents when you want browser-level assembly, QA on brand rules, and named exports without manual work
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Book a live build - see a script turned into a ready-to-post carousel in one session.