Know What Your ICP Is Watching — Every Day

// Launch real Chrome via CDP — no automation flags, no bot detection
import { chromium } from "playwright";
import { spawn } from "child_process";

const CHROME_PATH = "/Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome";
const PROFILE = process.env.CHROME_PROFILE || `${process.env.HOME}/.claude-browser`;

export async function launchBrowser() {
  const chrome = spawn(CHROME_PATH, [
    `--user-data-dir=${PROFILE}`,
    "--remote-debugging-port=9222",
    "--no-first-run",
  ]);

  // Connect Playwright via CDP (not launch — no automation flags)
  const browser = await chromium.connectOverCDP("http://127.0.0.1:9222");
  return { browser, chrome };
}

// Scroll Instagram Reels feed, capture URLs, detect ads
const { browser } = await launchBrowser();
const page = await browser.contexts()[0].newPage();
await page.goto("https://www.instagram.com/reels/");

for (let i = 0; reels.length < count; i++) {
  const url = page.url();
  const match = url.match(/\/reels?\/([\w-]+)/);

  if (match && !seen.has(match[1])) {
    // Check for sponsored content, extract author
    const meta = await page.evaluate(`(() => {...})()`);
    reels.push({ url, reel_id: match[1], is_ad: meta.isAd });
  }

  // Navigate to next reel
  await page.locator('button[aria-label="Navigate to next reel"]').click();
  await page.waitForTimeout(2000 + Math.random() * 1500);
}

{
  "date": "2026-03-08",
  "summary": "Feed heavily skewed toward Claude Code — 3/5 reels
    mention it directly. Scheduled tasks feature just dropped...",
  "key_signals": [
    "Claude Code scheduled tasks launched — reaction window is NOW",
    "'Vibe coding' becoming mainstream — 131K views on 60s explainer",
    "Comment-to-DM format driving 16%+ engagement"
  ],
  "reels": [{
    "score": 9,
    "owner_username": "byjackprice",
    "key_topics": [
      "Vibe coding as mainstream developer workflow",
      "1000+ hours distilled into 60s explainer",
      "Claude Code and Cursor as the two main tools"
    ],
    "hook": "I've spent 1000 hours vibe coding so you don't have to",
    "steal_this": "Our version: 'I built a company with vibe coding'
      — show real screenshots of tools we built"
  }]
}