Key takeaways
- SkedCast’s Instagram composer has a dedicated "Collaborators" field (up to 3 usernames) and a separate "Tag people" field.
- A collaborator must accept the collab invite on Instagram’s side before the post shows as shared on their profile — SkedCast can send the request, but can’t force the acceptance.
- Collaborator and person tags are sent at publish time, the same as posting a collab manually from the Instagram app.
Instagram collab posts scheduling: adding collaborators to a scheduled Instagram post
In the SkedCast composer, with Instagram selected as a target:
- Open the Instagram-specific options panel below the caption box.
- In the "Collaborators" field, add up to 3 usernames — this is Instagram’s own hard limit on collab posts, not a SkedCast restriction.
- Use the separate "Tag people" field for anyone you want tagged in the post without making them a co-author.
- Schedule the post as usual — the collab invite and any tags are sent to Instagram at publish time.
What happens after it publishes
Instagram sends each collaborator a request to accept co-authorship. Until a collaborator accepts, the post shows only on your own profile — once accepted, it appears on theirs too and both accounts’ names show as co-authors, with reach and engagement counted for both.
This acceptance step happens on Instagram’s side regardless of whether the post was published manually or through SkedCast — there’s no way for any tool to skip it.
Instagramcollab posttagging
FAQ
- Can SkedCast schedule an Instagram collab post?
- Yes — the composer has a real Collaborators field (up to 3 usernames) for Instagram posts, matching Instagram’s own collab-post feature.
- Does a collaborator have to approve the post?
- Yes — Instagram requires each collaborator to accept the co-author invite before the post appears on their profile. This is an Instagram platform rule that applies no matter how the post was published.