Quickstart

Publish your first post in under 5 minutes.

Prerequisites

• An account at autoposting.ai
• A social account on X, LinkedIn, Instagram, Threads, or YouTube

Keep your API key secret. Never commit it to version control or expose it in client-side code.

1. Sign up

   Create your account at autoposting.ai. All plans include a 3-day free trial — no credit card required.

2. Get your API key

   Go to Settings → API Keys in the dashboard and create a new key. Copy it immediately — the full value is shown only once.

   export AUTOPOSTING_API_KEY=sk-social-your-key
   
3. Choose your method

   CLI

   Install the CLI and publish your first post:

   npm install -g @autoposting.ai/cli
   
   # Create a post
   ap posts create --brand my-brand --text "Hello from Autoposting!" --platforms x,linkedin
   
   # Publish it
   ap posts publish <post-id>
   

   TypeScript SDK

   Install the SDK and publish programmatically:

   npm install @autoposting.ai/sdk
   

   import { Autoposting } from '@autoposting.ai/sdk'
   
   const client = new Autoposting({ apiKey: process.env.AUTOPOSTING_API_KEY })
   
   const post = await client.posts.create({
     brandSlug: 'my-brand',
     text: 'Hello from Autoposting!',
     platforms: ['x', 'linkedin'],
   })
   
   await client.posts.publish(post.id)
   

   cURL

   # Create a post
   curl -X POST https://app.autoposting.ai/api-proxy/posts \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer $AUTOPOSTING_API_KEY" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -d '{"brandSlug": "my-brand", "text": "Hello from Autoposting!", "platforms": ["x", "linkedin"]}'
   
   # Publish it (use the _id from above)
   curl -X POST https://app.autoposting.ai/api-proxy/posts/<post-id>/publish \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer $AUTOPOSTING_API_KEY"
   

   MCP (AI Agent)

   Add to your Claude Desktop config and ask Claude to post for you:

   {
     "mcpServers": {
       "autoposting": {
         "command": "ap",
         "args": ["mcp"],
         "env": { "AUTOPOSTING_API_KEY": "sk-social-your-key" }
       }
     }
   }
   

   Then tell Claude: “Create a post on my-brand saying ‘Hello from Autoposting!’ and publish it to X and LinkedIn.”

   Post published. Verify in your dashboard or with ap posts get <post-id>.

4. Next steps

   Authentication

   API keys, scopes, and rate limiting.

   Core Concepts

   Brands, Posts, Platforms, Clips, and Agents explained.

   CLI Commands

   Full reference for CLI commands.

   MCP Server

   67 tools for Claude and AI assistants.