Welcome to the user guide for AutoPost: Social Media AI Post — an application designed to streamline your social media management by automating the posting process on Instagram and X (formerly Twitter). This guide will help you navigate the app's features, ensuring you maximize its potential to enhance your online presence.
Getting Started
To ensure a smooth setup and optimal use of AutoPost, we recommend configuring the app in the following order:
- Connect Your Social Media Accounts.
- Create and Customize Post Templates.
- Create Posts.
- Set Up Automation Rules.
The app’s Home page serves as a central hub for managing social media activities, offering features for account connection, template creation, post management, and automation.
Use the Quick setup guide on the Home page for one-click access to key settings and faster configuration.
Let’s look at each step in detail.
Connecting your social media accounts
After installation, the first step is to connect your social media account.
Navigate to the Accounts page or click on the "Open Accounts" button in Quick setup guide.
Here you can view the list of supported social media platforms and any connected accounts.
Find the platform you wish to connect (Instagram or X). Click Add account next to the selected platform. You will be redirected to the respective social media authorization page.
Log in using your social media credentials. Click on the “Authorize app” button to grant AutoPost permission to manage your account. It's necessary for publishing posts on your account.
Your connected account will now appear in the Accounts section on the home page and in the list under the corresponding social media platform in the Accounts page.
Note:
The application supports one account for each social network platform. If you try to connect another account to a platform where an account is already connected, the connected account will be replaced.
Templates
Open the Templates page to create templates for your future posts.
By default, there are built-in templates - standard and AI - that are ready to use. You can also create custom templates to meet your business needs.
To create a new custom template, click the Create button.
Note
If the Create button is disabled, it means you haven't connected the app to any of your social media accounts. Posting is not possible without this connection. Please return to the Accounts page and connect your social media account.
Specify the Name of the template and select the type of template:
- Standard template - a template created using variables and the text you add.
- Advanced AI template - a template created using variables and the text generated by AI for your posts.
Content - write content for your template and add variables to display relevant information in your posts.
For an Advanced AI Template, an additional variable AI_Result is available. Add it to the content, and AI will generate relevant text in its place.
To ensure the AI output aligns with your needs, edit the AI Prompt field (appears when Advanced AI template is selected) to share your instructions on content generation.
When a template is configured, don’t forget to Save it.
On the right, you’ll find a Preview of the sample post created using your template. Switch between modes to view how the post will look like on each social media platform.
After that, you’re ready to start creating posts using your template.
Posts
Open the Posts page to create and manage your social media posts.
In the upper-left corner, you'll find a tab switcher to navigate between your connected social media accounts. Each platform displays its own list of created posts.
Select the platform and click the "Create" button.
In the dialog window, select the product you want to describe in your post and click "Create".
Note
Once a post has been published, it can't be published again. If you want a post to be republished or posted multiple times, you can do this with automations.
A post creation page will open, allowing you to select a template for the post.
Let's look at the available configurations for standard and advanced templates separately.
Post configurations using standard template
Template - select the template you want to use for this social media post.
Include media (available for X) - choose whether to include the product image in the post. The main product image will be used or you can upload custom image in the right column by clicking Add image button.
Media type (available for Instagram) - choose whether to create an Instagram post or story. If you select story, text fields will be disabled, and only the image will be displayed.
Post template - the text based on the selected template will be displayed here. You can modify it and change variables for this specific post.
Preview - check how the post will look.
Below the preview, you can upload a custom image. Otherwise, the main product image will be used in the post.
Once the post is created, you can either Publish it immediately or Save it for later.
After a post is published, you can view it from the app on the post configuration page by clicking the Open post button, or directly on your social media profile.
Post configurations using AI-powered template
Template - select the template you want to use for this social media post.
Template flexibility - choose between strictly following the template or opting for flexible generation:
- Strictly according to template - AI will generate text strictly following the variables in the template, with the generated text placed at the {AI_RESULT} location.
- Flexible Variable-aware generation - AI will consider all the variables in the template, but their order will be flexible.
Include media (available for X) - choose whether to include the product image in the post. The main product image will be used, or you can upload custom image in the right column by clicking Add image button.
Media type (available for Instagram) - choose whether to create an Instagram post or story. If you select story, text fields will be disabled, and only the image will be displayed.
Generated post content - here, you can view and edit the post content. Click the Generate button to generate content for the social media caption and replace variables with relevant information.
Note:
At the top, you'll see a notice showing how many times you can generate or regenerate AI content. Typically, you can generate AI content for one post up to 5 times.
Note
You can specify the language for AI-generated text in the Settings section.
Preview - check how the post will look.
Below the preview, you can upload a custom image. Otherwise, the main product image will be used in the post.
Once the post is created, you can either Publish it immediately or Save it for later.
After a post is published, you can view it from the app on the post configuration page by clicking the Open post button, or directly on your social media profile.
Automations
If you want to publish posts about specific products on a schedule or automatically post typical social media updates whenever any product in your catalog is released or updated, you can do this with automation rules.
Note:
The Automations section is not available for the Free plan. To use it, upgrade your Subscription.
To create a new automations rule, navigate to the Automations page or click Create automation rule button on the Home page.
In the upper-left corner there is a tab switcher for navigate between your social media accounts. Each platform displays its own list of created automations.
Select the social media platform and click the Create button.
You can choose between targeting a specific product or setting conditions for your automations:
- Select one product - choose a product for your automation rule to include in your post(s).
- Select conditions - set the conditions for your automation rule. Available conditions include:
- Product creation time (within the last x hours)
- Product update time (within the last x hours)
- Product title contains (enter text)
Note
If a product is selected, the conditions will not apply.
Click Next.
Set the Rule Name, choose a Template for all posts created through automation, and select what happens after a post is published:
- Post once and disable - the automation stops after one post.
- Post twice and disable - the automation stops after two posts.
- Republishing on schedule - the post is published and republished based on the schedule you set.
You can also choose whether to include media in the posts.
Note
If the automation uses conditions, and you select Post twice and disable or Republishing on schedule, the next post will always be about the most recent product that matches the condition.
For example, if your schedule specifies posts on Monday and Thursday, and Product A was released and posted about on Monday, but Product B is released on Wednesday, the post on Thursday will be about Product B.
Click Next.
Schedule - specify the day(s) of the week and time for when post(s) will be scheduled.
Note
The app uses UTC+0 timezone.
Click Done.
When a new automation is created, an Overview page will open. Here you can edit the automation, disable it, check the history, or start it manually instead of waiting for an event to trigger it.
Settings
Here, you can specify the Language for AI-generated text.
