Part 3 · Operate
Publishing
What publishes through an API, what comes out copy-ready, and why the difference.
01What it is
A scheduled post either goes out through the network API at its time, lands in your TikTok inbox to finish, or arrives as a reminder with the words ready to copy. The network, your connection and your plan decide which, and the screen says which before you schedule.
02Why it exists
Some platforms have a compliant publishing API on a free tier and some do not. Pretending otherwise would mean either breaking a platform's terms or automating your logged-in session, and the product does neither.
A reminder is not a lesser outcome. The writing is finished and checked, it arrives at the time you chose, and Mark posted keeps the calendar true. What you lose is the post id, so a post made by hand cannot be measured here.
03How to use it
- 01Open Posts, then Accounts. Each network says how a post there goes out before you connect anything.
- 02Connect the networks you post to. The same panel is under Settings.
- 03For a reminder, copy the words from the email or the Queue, post them, then press Mark posted.
04What good looks like
- You give it
- LinkedIn connected, a post approved and scheduled.
- You get
- It publishes to your profile at the scheduled time through the official API.
- Why
- LinkedIn has a compliant publishing API for a member’s own profile.
Derived from the rules in the code
05What weak looks like, and what it costs
- You give it
- Expecting a YouTube Short to publish automatically before YouTube is set up on this install.
- You get
- A reminder at its time instead, with the reason stated on the network. Once YOUTUBE_PUBLISHING_ENABLED is set and reels_everywhere is on, the Short uploads to your channel, kept private by YouTube until Google’s audit of the app passes, and the post says so.
- Why
- An unaudited YouTube project uploads every video as private, so the product never calls such an upload public.
Derived from the rules in the code