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Save an Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube post from a URL

Paste a direct public post link into the active brand library and separate import, media capture and AI analysis.

Use Add post to save a public social reference directly to the active brand's Inspiration library.

Add the direct link

  1. 01
    Open the correct brand and select Inspiration.
  2. 02
    On Your library, select Add post.
  3. 03
    Paste the direct public post URL, not a profile, search or shortened redirect page.
  4. 04
    Check the preview Sequence shows for the link, then select Save. The new post appears first in All posts.

1. Open the Inspiration Library

Inspiration library with Add post beside the search bar

2. Open Add to library

Add to library window listing what you can add from each platform

3. Paste a direct post link

Add to library window recognising a pasted link as an Instagram Reel

4. Check the saved reference

The saved Instagram Reel first in All posts, with its creator and outlier score

The importer recognises current supported sources shown in the window, including Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn, X, Threads, Facebook and Meta Ads. Available formats vary by source.

Understand the three stages

Saving the reference, capturing its media and analysing its creative are separate stages. A saved card can exist before media or analysis finishes. Open the card to check its current state.

If Sequence rejects the link, copy it from the original public post and remove tracking text. If capture or analysis fails after the card exists, follow Fix a social post that Sequence cannot import and retry only the failed stage.

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