Feed automations

A feed automation posts every new main-page post from one X account.

Trigger

Every 5 seconds, the bot checks the account for new main-page posts. Replies and reposts are not announced.

Up to 3 new posts announce per check. If more turn up, the newest 3 send first and the rest wait for the next check.

Setup

Setup, in order

  1. Open Dashboard → Beta → Automations with the bot selected.
  2. Click Add and pick Posts from Feed in the Which automation? picker.
  3. Enter the X handle. The dashboard looks it up and shows the account's name and avatar, or says the handle is invalid, not found on X, or private.
  4. Pick the destination group from Posts in group… — only groups already authorized for the bot are listed.
  5. Optional: write the message, upload or link an image, set the link label and position, add buttons.
  6. Click Create.
  7. Optional, from the saved automation's card: open the Topics icon to route its messages into a forum topic, or the Recap icon to add a scheduled recap.

Settings

SettingAcceptsDefault
HandleX handle: 1–15 letters, digits or underscoresRequired
Destination groupOne of the bot's authorized groupsRequired
MessageTextEmpty — uses the default message (see Output)
Imagejpg, jpeg, png or webp, 5MB maxEmpty — uses the post's own photo when it has one
Link labelText; empty shows the bare post URLView post on X
Link positionTop or bottomBottom
Show quoted postOn or offOn
ButtonsUp to 12; label up to 64 characters; URL must start with http(s)://None
Button layoutStacked or inlineStacked
RecapScheduled summary of the automation's posts — set from the saved cardOff
TopicsRoute messages into a forum topic — set from the saved cardGeneral

Limit

Feed allows no rules.

Output

The message has up to three parts: the link line (top or bottom), your message text (or the default below), and — unless Show quoted post is off — the post's own text as a quote, cut to 600 characters (400 when there is an image).

Default message (message left empty)

InputOutput
Message🐦 **@handle just posted**