How to publish social media posts from ChatGPT

1. Connect the accounts you want to use

Connect your social accounts in Influence first. Then follow the ChatGPT connection guide. Influence requests optional access renewal alongside the tool permissions you choose. After entering the MCP URL for a new custom connection, open “Advanced OAuth settings”, set “Base scopes” to offline_access and keep the discovered DCR and default permissions. Create the connection, then sign in to Influence through OAuth, review the permissions and select “Stay connected for up to 30 days” to allow renewal. Without this permission, access lasts five minutes and does not renew automatically. Then select “Allow access”. The connection uses your workspace and the permissions you approve. Keep social passwords and access keys out of your prompts. If ChatGPT asks you to reconnect for a tool, review the requested permissions in Influence and allow only those you intend to use.

2. Give ChatGPT a clear brief

Name the audience, the message, the account and the action you want readers to take. Ask for a saved draft before asking to publish. For several destinations, review each version separately: a good LinkedIn post may need different wording on another channel. ChatGPT should ask you to choose when account names are ambiguous. When a destination is required, ask ChatGPT to list the available boards, channels or communities, then choose from the returned options. If you use Influence IQ, create a plan first, then ask for revisions or image ideas for that saved plan. Generation and revisions use workspace credits.

Use saved brand context and Influence IQ

Ask Influence to use your saved brand facts and guidelines, read an AI plan or generate and revise a campaign. Influence IQ requests use your workspace credits. For AI images, check the quoted estimated cost and maximum credit reservation before starting. Generation does not approve publishing: save the chosen composition as a draft, then review it. Generated images must be ready and visually approved in Influence before publication. For wording changes, tell the assistant what to replace and the exact new wording, then ask it to show the saved text afterward. Check that text against your request; a completed generation does not prove the wording changed.

3. Review, then reply “approved”

Check the exact text, destination accounts, platform settings and publishing time shown in the review. For a text post, reply with the exact word approved after that review. Approval covers that version and action. If you change the text, accounts or time, request a new review before approving again. Complete any additional confirmation ChatGPT shows.

4. Inspect images in Influence

Ask ChatGPT to find a saved ready image in your Influence library. The assistant can attach one ready image per destination. Before publishing, open the review link while signed in to Influence, inspect the actual image with the text and accounts, then approve there. An image attached to a ChatGPT conversation is not automatically uploaded to Influence. Where supported in ChatGPT’s built-in browser, choose Discuss in ChatGPT to annotate the review’s text. Add a comment and choose whether to send it to ChatGPT. Discussing a review does not approve, edit or publish it.

5. Check the publishing result

Ask ChatGPT for the saved post’s status. A queued or scheduled post has not been published yet; check each destination’s result and published link when available. If a send needs review or its outcome is unclear, inspect that result before trying again. Repeating the publish request can create a duplicate. Ask separately for available account and post insights, including posts created outside Influence when the connected provider returns them. Ask when the last successful check ran and how many posts it returned; for Slack, also check the channel. That count covers the check, not the account’s total. Pending, failed or missing results do not mean zero posts. A missing metric is not a zero result.

Other ways to set up Influence

For Codex, use the scoped-key instructions in Influence Settings. You can also download the optional Influence skill or the plugin package. These files do not grant access; connect your account separately. The public plugin directory listing is not available yet.

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