How it works

From a website URL to a published post

Set up your brand, connect your accounts and create your first draft. Here is how to review your content and schedule it for publishing.

The whole workflow in 30 seconds. Every step is explained in detail below.

Create a brand from your website

Add your website and SocialAgent suggests a brand description, audience, language and tone of voice. Review the suggestions and save your colors, fonts and logo in a Brand Kit.

Start with your brand profile, then connect publishing channels and your AI provider. The website step is optional — you can type everything in by hand.

Be specific about your style. Add topics to cover, words to avoid and examples of how your brand speaks.

SocialAgent brand setup with website autofill, brand name, audience and language fields

Connect your social accounts and AI

Connect the accounts you want to post to: Instagram, Threads, X, TikTok, LinkedIn Company Pages or Facebook Pages. Then add an API key from your own OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Grok or Mistral account to generate content.

An API key connects your AI account to SocialAgent. Your provider bills AI usage separately from your SocialAgent plan.

Instagram publishing requires a Business or Creator account. LinkedIn and Facebook connections publish to Pages. Each brand connects one account per platform.

SocialAgent publishing channels with Instagram, Threads, X, TikTok, LinkedIn and Facebook connections for Northstar Studio

Create a post or set a recurring schedule

Describe an idea and choose a text post, image, carousel or short video. SocialAgent creates a draft with a caption for each platform. Video creation is included with Pro.

For regular content, choose your posting days, times, format and accounts. SocialAgent can prepare drafts one to fourteen days ahead.

Posts wait for your review by default. You can turn on automatic publishing for individual schedules. Posting times use your brand’s timezone.

SocialAgent content studio with an idea, text, image, carousel and video formats, image text controls and a choice of AI provider

Review every version, then approve

Preview the post, edit each platform’s caption and check where and when it will publish. For research-based drafts, read the source excerpts alongside the copy. Then approve it for publishing.

If you edit an approved post, the changed version needs your approval again. Moving it to a different time does not require another approval.

For carousels, check the artwork on every slide. All required images must be ready before the post can publish.

SocialAgent draft review with platform captions, a channel preview, sources and publishing destinations
A version for each channel, with the final say in your hands.
SocialAgent phone review screen with Edit, Preview and Publish steps and a platform-specific post preview
Review — see the post before it goes out.

Publish and check the results

SocialAgent publishes approved posts at the scheduled time. See the result for each account in your workspace, with a notice if something needs your attention.

Older research sources are checked again before publishing. If a cited excerpt changed or cannot be checked, the post waits for review. This check detects changes; it does not verify that a claim is true.

Temporary publishing errors are retried automatically. If it is unclear whether a post went live, SocialAgent pauses that account’s attempt for a check to help avoid posting twice.

SocialAgent weekly calendar with Northstar Studio drafts, approved and scheduled posts, channel icons and publishing times
Plan the week in your brand’s timezone.
SocialAgent phone calendar showing the month and posts for a selected day
Plan — keep your publishing rhythm in view.
Your role

What SocialAgent handles for you

AI helps with drafting and scheduling. You set the direction and choose how much to automate.

StepWhat SocialAgent doesWhat you do
Set upSuggests brand details from your websiteCheck the details and connect your accounts
Prepare contentCreates drafts ahead of your posting daysChoose a recurring schedule
Find ideasUses your websites and RSS feeds for researchChoose the sources you want to use
ReviewShows captions, previews and source excerptsEdit and approve, unless auto-publishing is enabled
PublishPublishes scheduled posts and shows the resultsCheck progress in your calendar
Resolve a problemPauses the affected post and explains whyReview the notice and take the suggested action
Questions

About the workflow

How long does setup take?

About ten minutes: create the brand (faster if you use website autofill), authorize the platforms you publish to, and paste an AI provider key. The first drafts can be generated immediately after.

Do I have to approve every single post?

By default, yes — approval is the default and nothing publishes unread. You can opt an individual schedule into automatic publishing once you trust its output, which leaves your other schedules unchanged.

What happens if I edit a post after approving it?

The edited version returns to your review queue and needs your approval again before publishing.

What if I do not review anything for a week?

Posts that need approval stay in your review queue, even if their scheduled time passes. Previously approved posts and schedules with automatic publishing enabled can still publish.

Can SocialAgent post without me at all?

Only if you opt a schedule into automatic publishing. Even then the pre-publish checks still run: changed cited evidence, missing carousel slides, revoked connections and exhausted allowances all hold the post.

Set up your first brand

Choose the Free plan for one brand and 15 posts a month. Your own AI API key is required, and provider usage is billed separately.