✅ Mitigation: Add Turing tests inside comment threads (e.g., “What’s 3+4?”). Bots using LLMs still fail 34% of the time due to context loss.

Instagram’s Terms of Service strictly prohibit automated interaction. While they have an official API for creators and businesses, it is read-only for the most part. Instagram aggressively fights bots that use scraping or browser automation.

| Feature | Description | |---------|-------------| | | GPT‑4o-mini or local Mistral‑7B (user choice) | | Stealth Engine | Random delays, typing emulation, device fingerprint rotation | | Proxy Support | Residential & mobile IP rotation every 15–30 actions | | Targeting Logic | Hashtag clusters, competitor followers, location pages | | Caption Analysis | Extracts intent (question, poll, CTA) for reply generation |

| Signal | What to monitor | |--------|----------------| | | Always 1.2–2.5s → too consistent | | Sentiment variance | Unnatural positivity curve | | Session timing | Bot often runs 7–9 AM and 8–10 PM (user config) | | Bio links clicked | Bots click tracking links immediately without mouse movement |

It acts as an "agent" that performs human-like behaviors to increase a profile's visibility and engagement without manual input.