Monitoring & Approvals
Track the status of your rights requests and understand how Curator detects approvals from content creators.
How creators approve
When a creator wants to grant permission, they must reply to your request comment on Instagram with two required elements:
Tag your Instagram account - e.g., @YourBrandAccount
Include the monitoring hashtag - e.g., #curatorapproved
Both elements are required. A reply with only the hashtag (without tagging your account) may not be detected as an approval.
Curator automatically monitors Instagram for replies matching this format. You don't need to manually check for approvals.
When content is approved
Once Curator detects an approval:
The request status updates to "Approved" in your Rights Management dashboard
Once the request is approved, the post will automatically become available for you to publish into your selected feed.
You can use the content on your website or displays without further action
Approved content behaves like any other post in your feed—you can moderate, edit, pin, or style it as needed.
If a request is declined
Creators may decline permission by:
Replying "no" or declining explicitly in their comment
Not responding at all
Deleting your request comment
If declined, respect the creator's decision and you may archive the request from your Rights management dashboard. Do not use their content without explicit approval.
Using content without approval can lead to copyright claims and legal issues, even if you've sent a request.
Pending requests
Requests remain in "Waiting" status until the creator responds. There's no automatic expiration—you can follow up manually on Instagram if needed, but avoid spamming creators with multiple requests.
Check request status
View all your requests and their statuses at app.curator.io/curate/rights. The dashboard shows waiting, replied, approved, and not approved requests for all your feeds.