# Instagram Owner Yes: the approval gate (free sample)

> One small script from the upcoming Instagram Manager Workflow with Owner Yes. It answers one question before anything goes on your Instagram: did the owner approve this exact caption and alt text? Change a word after the yes and it says so.

- URL: https://paperchasewebb.ai/bots/marketplace/items/instagram-owner-yes-approval-gate-free-sample/
- Type: Prompt pack
- Category: Solo business
- By: PaperChaseWebb
- Works with: Claude Code, Codex, Grok Bot, Hermes (named in the listing); One Python script and one CSV example. Tested on Linux
- Price: Free USD
- Difficulty: Beginner
- Setup time: 5 min
- Time to result: About five minutes
- Format: Markdown (.md) file, instagram-owner-yes-approval-gate-free-sample.md
- Version: 1.0, updated 2026-11-03
- License: Personal and commercial use.

## What you end up with

You can tell in seconds whether a post the owner approved has changed since.

## What you get

- gate_mini.py: 6 checks, including any change after approval, read-only
- A two-post example week
- The weekly loop on one page

## Who it is for

Anyone who wants a quick, checkable owner yes on Instagram posts.

## Tools needed

- Python 3.8 or newer: batch check, approval, posting sheet and study note; standard library only
- You need: Python 3.8 or newer

Cost to run: Free.

## Sample prompt: Check the week (Grok Bot, Claude Code, Codex, Hermes)

```
Run python3 gate_mini.py check week.csv --owner "<owner name>" and explain each finding in one line. Do not fill approved_by or approved_sha.
```

The script and the example are in the file.

## Free preview of instagram-owner-yes-approval-gate-free-sample.md

````markdown
# Instagram Owner Yes: the approval gate (free sample)

**One file that answers one question before anything goes on your Instagram: did the owner approve this exact caption and alt text?**

From the upcoming Instagram Manager Workflow with Owner Yes, version 1.0, 2026-11-03. By PaperChaseWebb Inc. Python 3.8 or newer, no installs.

## The rule

Nothing is approved or posted unless the owner approved that exact version. "Looks good" in a chat does not count once the caption changes. The fingerprint makes that checkable.

## Try it (5 minutes)

1. Save `gate_mini.py` and `week.csv` from below into one folder.
2. Run `python3 gate_mini.py check week.csv --owner "Dana Reyes"`. You should see `2 rows, 0 errors`.
3. Change one word in P1's caption and run it again. You should see `P1: caption or alt text changed after approval`.
4. To approve a post yourself: read it, run `python3 gate_mini.py fingerprint week.csv P1`, paste the result into `approved_sha`, and put your name in `approved_by`.

What it checks: caption over 2,200 characters, more than 5 hashtags (Instagram's Help Center limit, read 2026-11-03), feed or carousel image with no alt text, approved by someone other than the owner, the drafter approving their own post, and any change after approval.

## The weekly loop (the full kit runs all of it)

1. **Study**: last week's own numbers, one pattern to repeat.
2. **Plan**: 3 to 5 concepts; the owner selects or kills.
3. **Produce**: captions and alt text, every claim labeled.
4. **Queu
````

## Test record

- Date: Nov 3, 2026
- What was run: gate_mini.py unpacked from the sample file and run on the example, then with one caption word changed; tests/test_mini.py on Linux, Python 3.8, 3.9, 3.11, 3.12 and 3.13.
- Result: 2 rows, 0 errors on the example; the edit caught; 3 tests passed on all five versions.
- Not run: Everything the full kit does.

Copied from this item's dated test notes. What was not run stays in.

## Worth knowing

- The sample checks captions and alt text only. Media fingerprints, claim labels, releases, the approval terminal, the posting sheet, the study note and the agent rules are in the full kit.
- On 2026-11-03 the sample passed its tests on Linux with Python 3.8 to 3.13.

## Questions

**Does it post anything?** No. It reads one CSV and prints findings.

**What is in the full kit?** 20 checks, the owner approval terminal, the posting sheet and posted log, the Monday study note, agent rules for all four harnesses and 30 tests. The full version is coming soon.

## How to get it

Free sample. Download it directly at https://paperchasewebb.ai/bots/marketplace/items/instagram-owner-yes-approval-gate-free-sample/, no signup.

Seller: PaperChaseWebb Inc., mgmt@paperchasewebb.com