You can have an AI assistant like Claude or ChatGPT do your Post Planner work for you. It can write and schedule your posts, fill your queue, set up your Posting Plan and Buckets, and more.
To do that, you add our free Post Planner skill to your AI. The skill teaches it how Post Planner works, step by step.
In this article, you'll learn:
🧠 What your AI can do in Post Planner
Your AI can work in 2 ways:
In your browser — it works in Post Planner the same way you would, and can do almost anything you can do there. Your AI needs a tool that can use a web browser.
With a spreadsheet — it fills in our bulk upload spreadsheet, and you upload it. This only creates posts, but it works with any AI that can make a spreadsheet.
Here's what each way can do:
Task | In your browser | With a spreadsheet |
Create posts | Every post type and network setting, including carousels, Reels, Instagram Trial Reels and Stories | Text, link, 1 image or video per row, Reels, Stories and Facebook text-on-background posts |
Queue, schedule, Bucket or draft | Yes | Queue, schedule or Bucket (no drafts) |
First comments, recycling, repeating, AI content label | Yes | First comment only. Set the rest afterwards in Planned |
Edit, move, copy, shuffle or delete planned posts; Calendar | Yes | No |
History: re-use top posts, fix failed posts | Yes | No |
Posting Plan and Buckets | Yes | No |
Content search, Streams, AI images and writing, Studio, Library | Yes | No |
Profiles, account details and team members | Yes | No |
Whichever way it works, your AI:
Shows you the plan first — it shows you the posts or changes and asks once, then does the whole job.
Checks with you again before anything that can't be undone or that reaches other people: publishing right away, permanent deletes, removing a profile or team member, team invites and support messages.
Only publishes right away if you ask it to. Otherwise, posts go to your queue, a Bucket or a scheduled time.
Turns on the AI content label for images and videos made with AI.
Checks its work in Post Planner and tells you what it changed.
📥 How to add the Post Planner skill to your AI
1. Download the skill
Download the skill file from the Post Planner skill page. It's 1 file, called social-media-post-planner.md.
2. Add it to Claude
Go to Settings > Capabilities and turn on "Code execution and file creation".
Go to Customize > Skills, click "+ Add", then "Upload skill", and drag in the skill file.
Make sure social-media-post-planner is switched on in your skills list.
NOTE: On Team and Enterprise plans, your admin may need to turn on skills first.
3. Or add it to ChatGPT
On ChatGPT Business, Enterprise, Healthcare or Edu:
Rename the skill file to SKILL.md. ChatGPT only accepts skills with that name.
In the sidebar, click Plugins, then open the Skills tab.
Click Create, then Upload from your computer, and choose the renamed file.
On ChatGPT Free, Plus or Pro (no Skills), use a project:
Create a project called Post Planner and add the skill file to its files as is (don't rename it).
Click the ••• menu, choose Project settings, and paste this into the instructions: "For anything about Post Planner, follow the skill file in this project."
Start every Post Planner chat inside this project.
🌐 How to let your AI work in Post Planner for you
This is the way to use your AI for everything in Post Planner, not just new posts.
1. Give your AI a browser
Your AI needs a tool that lets it click and type in a web browser:
Claude — Claude in Chrome, on paid Claude plans.
ChatGPT — ChatGPT Work and its browser, on paid ChatGPT plans (not Free or Go).
2. Sign in to Post Planner
Sign in to Post Planner in the browser your AI uses. If your AI asks you to sign in, type your email and password yourself.
NOTE: Claude and ChatGPT may ask your permission before they use your browser or open Post Planner. Allow it. If you're given the option to always allow postplanner.com, choose it, so your AI doesn't ask every time.
3. Tell your AI what to do
Start a new chat (in ChatGPT Free, Plus or Pro, start it in your Post Planner project) and tell it what you need. Start with "Use the Post Planner skill to..." so it follows the skill. For ideas, see What to ask your AI.
The first time you ask for posts, your AI asks whether to add them in your browser or fill in a spreadsheet, and how your posts should sound (it can match your recent posts). It offers to remember your answers for next time.
TIP: To post your own images or videos, attach them to the chat, or upload them to your Post Planner Library first and tell your AI which files to use.
4. Check the plan and say yes
Your AI shows you the posts (or the changes) before it starts. Read them, ask for any changes, then say yes. If you want it to skip this step for routine work, tell it to just go ahead.
5. Check the result
When it's done, your AI tells you what it created or changed. To see your new posts, open Posts > Planned.
📊 How to have your AI fill a spreadsheet for you
No browser tool? Your AI can still create your posts by filling in our bulk upload spreadsheet. You upload it, and every row becomes a post.
Download the sample sheet (or click "Download sample sheet" in the multi-post Composer) and attach it to the chat.
Tell your AI what to make, for example "Use the Post Planner skill to fill in this sample sheet with 10 LinkedIn posts about [your topic]. Leave POSTING TIME blank so they go into my queue."
Download the finished .xlsx file and read through it.
In the multi-post Composer, choose your profiles or a Bucket, click "Upload spreadsheet" and choose the file, then click "Upload".
NOTE: For images and videos, give your AI your Post Planner Library links. Google Drive and Dropbox links don't work.
For every step, what to tell your AI and how to check the sheet, see How do I schedule posts with a spreadsheet?
💬 What to ask your AI
The more specific you are, the less you have to fix. Say which profiles, how many posts, the topic, and whether to queue them, schedule them or add them to a Bucket.
Here are some examples you can copy and change:
"Use the Post Planner skill. Write 3 Instagram posts for the images I attached and queue them in Post Planner. Show me everything before you add it."
"Use the Post Planner skill to schedule a Bluesky post with this link for next Tuesday at 10am: [your link]"
"Use the Post Planner skill to set up a Tips Bucket for my Facebook Page and add it to my Posting Plan on Mondays and Thursdays at 9am."
"Use the Post Planner skill to look through my planned posts for my Facebook Page and find posts with the same caption. Show me the list before you delete anything."
"Use the Post Planner skill to check my failed posts and tell me why each one failed."
"Use the Post Planner skill to make a bulk upload spreadsheet with 10 LinkedIn text posts about [your topic]. Queue them, don't schedule them."
✋ What you still do yourself
For your safety, your AI asks you to do these steps, then carries on:
Signing in — to Post Planner and to your social networks.
Connecting social accounts — connecting, reconnecting or refreshing a profile opens the network's own sign-in screen. For steps, see How do I connect my social accounts?
Passwords — your AI never types a password, even if you give it one.
Payment — upgrading, add-ons, billing details and cancelling. Your AI can take you to the right page and explain what will happen.
IMPORTANT: AI assistants can make mistakes. Read the posts your AI shows you before you say yes, just as you would before you publish them yourself.
❓ FAQ
Does the Post Planner skill cost anything?
No, the skill is free. Your posts still count toward your plan's limits, like "Scheduled posts". For the limits, see What are the differences between plans?
Do I need a Post Planner account?
Yes. Your AI works in your Post Planner account. Don't have one yet? Sign up here.
Will my AI publish posts without asking?
No. It adds posts to your queue, a Bucket or a scheduled time. It only publishes a post right away if you ask, and it checks with you once more before it does.
Should my AI use the browser or the spreadsheet?
Use the browser if your AI has a browser tool. It can do almost everything you can do in Post Planner, with every post setting. Use the spreadsheet for big batches of text, link or image posts, or if your AI has no browser tool.
Will this use up my Claude or ChatGPT usage?
It can. Working in your browser uses a lot of your AI plan's usage, especially on lower plans. For big batches of posts, the spreadsheet way might use less.
What do I do if the skill isn't working properly?
We update the skill when Post Planner changes. Download the latest skill file from the Post Planner skill page, where you can also see what changed, and upload it the same way. In a ChatGPT project, replace the old file in the project's files.