CarouselGen

CarouselGen is a Next.js app for creating social media carousels from free text or structured JSON.

It supports:

• Instagram, TikTok/Reels, and LinkedIn formats
• visual slide editing
• template system (including image-aware templates)
• API parsing (/api/parse) + generation (/api/generate)
• export-ready slide output

Portfolio Status

Area	Status
Build	Passing
Typecheck	Passing
Template render tests	Passing
API smoke test	Passing
Public demo URL	Not deployed yet

Verified on May 25, 2026

npm ci
npm run typecheck
npm run test:templates
npm run build

API checks run locally:

• POST /api/parse with free text input
• POST /api/generate with structured config
• GET /api/generate schema endpoint

Stack

• Next.js 16
• React 19
• TypeScript
• Tailwind CSS
• optional Anthropic API for smart parsing
• optional Unsplash API for image lookup

Local Development

npm install
npm run dev

Open http://localhost:3000.

Optional Environment Variables

Variable	Purpose
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY	AI parsing in /api/parse
ANTHROPIC_MODEL	Model override
UNSPLASH_ACCESS_KEY	Live Unsplash image search

Without API keys, the app still works via deterministic local fallback behavior.