typefully

Typefully Skill

Create, schedule, and publish social media content across X, LinkedIn, Threads, Bluesky, Mastodon, and Substack Notes using Typefully. Run everything through ./scripts/typefully.js (Node.js 18+, no dependencies). All commands output JSON.

Script paths below are relative to this skill's directory. Resolve them based on where the skill is installed.

Freshness check: If more than 30 days have passed since the last-updated date above, tell the user the skill may be outdated and point them to the update methods in references/setup.md.

Authentication failures: If the CLI returns "API key not found", "Authentication failed", "HTTP 401", or any invalid/expired-key message, tell the user to run ./scripts/typefully.js setup or update TYPEFULLY_API_KEY, then stop. Do not hunt for credentials or fall back to the Typefully web UI, browser scraping, or a localhost dev server. See references/setup.md.

Dropped Typefully draft URLs

When the user gives you a Typefully draft URL, use this skill instead of browsing or scraping the Typefully web UI.

• https://typefully.com/?a=<social_set_id>&d=<draft_id> maps to:

  ./scripts/typefully.js drafts:get <social_set_id> <draft_id>
  

• https://typefully.com/?d=<draft_id> can use the configured default social set:

  ./scripts/typefully.js drafts:get <draft_id> --use-default
  

For draft comments, replies, resolving, or edits on a dropped draft URL, first fetch the draft with the mapping above, then load references/comments.md when comment workflow details are needed.

Reference guides

Load these only when the task needs them:

1. Choose a social set

A "social set" is what users call an "account" — the connected platforms for one identity. Most commands work without a social_set_id once a default is configured. Pass it positionally (drafts:list 123) or as --social-set-id 123.

To decide which social set to use:

1. Run config:show. If default_social_set is set, the CLI uses it automatically — proceed.
2. Otherwise run social-sets:list. If only one exists, use it.
3. If multiple exist with no default, ask the user, then offer to save it: config:set-default.
4. Reuse a social set already resolved earlier in the session without asking again.

2. Create drafts

./scripts/typefully.js drafts:create --text "Your post"

• If --platform is omitted, the first connected platform is auto-selected. Named platforms: x, linkedin, threads, bluesky, mastodon, substack (Substack Notes), x_article.
• Split a thread with --- on its own line. Exception: substack takes a single post per draft — no threads. For a thread plus a Substack Note, use the one-draft pattern below to give substack its own single-post content.
• Substack Notes media: images and GIFs only (up to 6) — video is rejected.
• Attach media with --media, tags with --tags, internal notes with --scratchpad, an internal name with --title.
• Read content from a file with --file ./post.txt instead of --text.

One draft per post — always

For the same content on several platforms, pass multiple platforms to a single draft:

./scripts/typefully.js drafts:create --platform x,linkedin --text "Big announcement!"
./scripts/typefully.js drafts:create --all --text "Posting everywhere!"   # all connected platforms

When content should differ per platform (e.g. an X thread plus a tailored LinkedIn post), still use one draft — create with the first platform, then drafts:update to add another with different content:

./scripts/typefully.js drafts:create --platform linkedin --text "Excited to share..."   # -> id draft-123
./scripts/typefully.js drafts:update draft-123 --platform x --text "🧵 Thread time!" --use-default

Never create multiple drafts unless the user explicitly wants separate drafts per platform.

--all excludes x_article. X Articles are standalone and cannot be combined with any other platform — see references/platforms/x-articles.md.

--all includes substack when connected. Since Substack Notes take a single post, --all with thread content errors — exclude substack via --platform, or give it its own single-post content with drafts:update.

Scratchpad notes

When the user asks to add notes, ideas, or context to a draft, use --scratchpad — do NOT write to local files. Scratchpad notes attach to the draft in Typefully, are visible in the UI, stay private, and are never published.

./scripts/typefully.js drafts:create --text "My post" --scratchpad "Ideas: 1) Add stats 2) Include quote"

Link previews

When a post contains a URL, Typefully automatically fetches Open Graph metadata for the last URL in the text and publishes a rich link-preview card on LinkedIn, Threads, Bluesky, and Substack Notes. No flag is needed — it just works. X and Mastodon unfurl links themselves after publishing. On Substack Notes the card is skipped when the note has images (images and the link card are mutually exclusive there).

To publish the URL as plain text with no card, pass --hide-link-preview. Suppression is supported on LinkedIn, Threads, and Substack Notes only (matching the Typefully editor); the flag errors if none of these platforms is targeted, and is ignored for other platforms in a mixed-platform draft:

./scripts/typefully.js drafts:create --platform linkedin,threads --text "Read this https://example.com" --hide-link-preview
./scripts/typefully.js drafts:update draft-123 --hide-link-preview --use-default   # hide the card on an existing draft

3. Schedule & publish

./scripts/typefully.js drafts:create --text "..." --schedule next-free-slot   # or an ISO time, or "now"
./scripts/typefully.js drafts:schedule <draft_id> --time next-free-slot --use-default
./scripts/typefully.js drafts:publish <draft_id> --use-default
./scripts/typefully.js drafts:create --text "..." --plan next-free-slot      # planned: dated but inert
./scripts/typefully.js drafts:plan <draft_id> --time next-free-slot --use-default

• next-free-slot lets Typefully pick the optimal time.
• Publishing is irreversible and public — unless the user says "publish now" / "post immediately", confirm first. Creating a draft is safe.
• Planned drafts sit on the queue/calendar at their date but never auto-publish. Confirm one into a real schedule with drafts:schedule (or publish it with drafts:publish). A planned draft whose date has passed is not overdue and not a failure — it simply hasn't been confirmed; replan or confirm it. --plan/--schedule are mutually exclusive; drafts:update --plan null returns the draft to plain draft status.
• Single-arg commands require --use-default when a default social set is configured (see the safety note below).

Common actions

Commands

All commands output JSON. Every [social_set_id] is optional and falls back to the configured default.

Safety note: drafts:get, drafts:update, drafts:delete, drafts:schedule, drafts:plan, and drafts:publish require --use-default when you pass a single argument (the draft_id) while a default social set is configured.

Platform- and workflow-specific commands live in their guides: platforms/x.md (analytics, quotes, replies, communities, disclosures), platforms/linkedin.md (mentions), platforms/x-articles.md, comments.md, and setup.md.

User & social sets

social-sets:get returns a publishing_quota object when available: used, remaining (or "unlimited"), and resets_at. Check it before publishing/scheduling when the user asks about capacity or when a publish/schedule fails with quota copy.

Drafts

Every draft command accepts an optional leading [social_set_id] that falls back to the configured default. The four base commands:

Add any of these flags to a drafts:create or drafts:update command. The Applies to column shows where each is valid:

For example, combine the base command with flags like this:

./scripts/typefully.js drafts:create --text "Launch day!" --platform x,linkedin --tags product --schedule next-free-slot
./scripts/typefully.js drafts:update 456 --text "Revised copy" --media abc-123 --use-default

X-only draft flags (--reply-to, --quote-post-url, --community, --paid-partnership, --made-with-ai): see platforms/x.md. X Article flags (--content-markdown, --cover-media-id): see platforms/x-articles.md.

Scheduling & publishing

Single-arg forms require --use-default when a default social set is configured.

Queue

The queue is a social-set-specific timeline: free queue slots (from the social set's queue schedule) plus scheduled and planned drafts/posts for that same social set. Use queue:get when the user asks what is scheduled or free for an account in a date range.

Snake-case date aliases (--start_date, --end_date) are accepted.

Tags

Tags are scoped per social set — a tag in one social set doesn't appear in another. Check existing tags before creating.

Media

Examples

# Create a tweet (default social set)
./scripts/typefully.js drafts:create --text "Hello, world!"

# Explicit social_set_id
./scripts/typefully.js drafts:create 123 --text "Hello, world!"

# Cross-platform, same content
./scripts/typefully.js drafts:create --platform x,linkedin,threads --text "Big announcement!"
./scripts/typefully.js drafts:create --all --text "Posting everywhere!"

# Create and schedule for the next slot
./scripts/typefully.js drafts:create --text "Scheduled post" --schedule next-free-slot

# Create with tags
./scripts/typefully.js drafts:create --text "Marketing post" --tags marketing,product

# List scheduled posts, newest scheduled first
./scripts/typefully.js drafts:list --status scheduled --sort scheduled_date

# Queue view for a date range
./scripts/typefully.js queue:get --start-date 2026-02-01 --end-date 2026-02-29

# Replace queue schedule rules
./scripts/typefully.js queue:schedule:put --rules '[{"h":9,"m":30,"days":["mon","wed","fri"]}]'

# Draft with scratchpad notes
./scripts/typefully.js drafts:create --text "Launching next week!" --scratchpad "Coordinate with marketing before publishing."

# Upload media, then attach it
./scripts/typefully.js media:upload ./image.jpg          # -> {"media_id": "abc-123", "status": "ready"}
./scripts/typefully.js drafts:create --text "Check out this image!" --media abc-123

# Add media to an existing draft
./scripts/typefully.js drafts:update 456 --text "Updated post with image" --media xyz --use-default

Reference

Character limits

X 280 · LinkedIn 3000 · Threads 500 · Bluesky 300 · Mastodon 500 · Substack Notes 10000.

Draft URLs

Typefully draft URLs encode the social set and draft IDs: https://typefully.com/?a=<social_set_id>&d=<draft_id> (e.g. a=12345 → social_set_id, d=67890 → draft_id). See Dropped Typefully draft URLs for the command mapping.

Automation guidelines

To keep accounts in good standing, especially on X:

• No duplicate content across accounts.
• No unsolicited automated replies — only reply when the user explicitly requests it.
• No trending manipulation, no fake engagement (likes/reposts/follows).
• Respect rate limits; drafts stay private until published or explicitly shared.

When in doubt, create drafts for user review rather than publishing directly.