BulkPublish
Queue a spreadsheet of posts once and let it publish across every connected social account
The part people picture is a weekend: a list of posts, a timer, one API call each. The part that eats the next six months is everything after the first successful post · staying authenticated to a dozen networks, learning each one's media rules the hard way, publishing that reports success and then quietly fails minutes later, retries that must never post twice, and a review process before some networks will accept a post at all. Build it for two accounts you control and it works. Build it for every network on the marketing page and you have taken a job.
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What you give up
- staying connected · networks expire your auth and someone has to notice
- knowing a post is malformed before the network rejects it, not after
- an honest publish status when a network accepts the upload and fails minutes later
- analytics pulled back per post
- approvals, teams and multiple client workspaces
- the platform review process that gates posting on some networks entirely
Why people still pay
Because a scheduler is only worth anything when it is boring, and a self-built one stops being boring the first time a token expires overnight or a network changes its video rules without telling anyone. People pay so that maintenance is somebody else's Tuesday.
Your build guide
The stack, security requirements, and agent rules for a focused replacement.
Before you start
- Runtime and tools: TypeScript, Node, SQLite, a scheduled worker and a React draft/calendar interface.
- Before starting: An approved account for one documented publishing API, its current media/character rules and a sample post; API access and provider charges are separate.
Use these project rules and optional skill references alongside the prompt. Review each skill before adding it to your agent; the AGENTS.md export includes the same guidance.
Project rule — domain: Store ImportBatch, RowError, PostRevision, DestinationJob and PublishReceipt; preserve CSV row numbers and use one stable dedupe key per row/destination/revision.
Project rule — scope and recovery: Start with one supported network and a downloadable rejected-row CSV. Local paths must remain within the selected media folder; duplicate captions are warnings, not automatic deletion.
Project rule — acceptance: Import a batch containing a missing image and duplicate row, publish two valid rows, then resume after a crash; errors remain editable and successful destinations are not posted again.
Project rule — delivery: document real setup commands and permissions; do not claim a build, accuracy level, performance result or security certification that has not been demonstrated.
Recommended skill: web-design-guidelines — review keyboard access, focus, validation, error recovery and the readable work/review interface or HTML report. Follow the maintainer's installation instructions and match its requirements to the chosen runtime.
Recommended skill: sharp-edges — review configuration and API defaults against the app-specific invariants and recovery boundaries above; this is not a security certification. Follow the maintainer's installation instructions and match its requirements to the chosen runtime.
Implementation plan
Phase 1
Pin the working slice and create its example input: Import a CSV of captions, media references and scheduled destinations, validate every row and enqueue only the explicitly approved rows. Confirm setup: An approved account for one documented publishing API, its current media/character rules and a sample post; API access and provider charges are separate.
Phase 2
Implement persistence and write-time invariants before decorating the UI: Store ImportBatch, RowError, PostRevision, DestinationJob and PublishReceipt; preserve CSV row numbers and use one stable dedupe key per row/destination/revision.
Phase 3
Connect the working view to real saved state. Freeze the approved content revision at enqueue time. Keep one receipt per destination and stop on revoked credentials or ambiguous publish results; retry only after checking provider state. Offer manual export for unsupported networks.
Phase 4
Expose the app-specific limits and recovery path in context: Start with one supported network and a downloadable rejected-row CSV. Local paths must remain within the selected media folder; duplicate captions are warnings, not automatic deletion.
Phase 5
Walk through this concrete acceptance case and preserve its exported evidence: Import a batch containing a missing image and duplicate row, publish two valid rows, then resume after a crash; errors remain editable and successful destinations are not posted again. Finish the README and backup/restore instructions; report unfinished capabilities explicitly.
Build the following focused alternative to BulkPublish. This is a deliberately limited personal or small-team substitute, not parity with the paid service. WORKING SLICE Import a CSV of captions, media references and scheduled destinations, validate every row and enqueue only the explicitly approved rows. SETUP AND ARCHITECTURE Use TypeScript, Node, SQLite, a scheduled worker and a React draft/calendar interface. Prerequisites: An approved account for one documented publishing API, its current media/character rules and a sample post; API access and provider charges are separate. Before integrating anything, record actual versions and permissions, plus model files or provider limits only where used, in the README; make unavailable dependencies visible rather than simulating success. DOMAIN MODEL AND INVARIANTS Store ImportBatch, RowError, PostRevision, DestinationJob and PublishReceipt; preserve CSV row numbers and use one stable dedupe key per row/destination/revision. IMPLEMENTATION CONTRACT Freeze the approved content revision at enqueue time. Keep one receipt per destination and stop on revoked credentials or ambiguous publish results; retry only after checking provider state. Offer manual export for unsupported networks. Provide an input/setup view, the main work view, and a review/export view appropriate to this workflow. Preserve the last saved state if a job or save fails. Include empty, loading, permission-denied, partial and retryable-error states. Log identifiers and error categories without secret values or unnecessary private content. APP-SPECIFIC BOUNDARY AND RECOVERY Start with one supported network and a downloadable rejected-row CSV. Local paths must remain within the selected media folder; duplicate captions are warnings, not automatic deletion. ACCEPTANCE SCENARIO Import a batch containing a missing image and duplicate row, publish two valid rows, then resume after a crash; errors remain editable and successful destinations are not posted again. Also reopen the app after an interrupted operation, confirm the saved record/export remains inspectable, and document the recovery action. These are implementation acceptance requirements, not a claim that this guide has been tested. DELIVERY Deliver a runnable repository with migrations or project-format versioning, a non-sensitive example, environment/permission setup, the exact manual acceptance steps, and a backup/export-and-restore walkthrough. Implement the working slice before optional integrations; list any deferred paid-product capabilities honestly. Do not add capabilities outside the working slice just to resemble the original product. PROJECT RULES FOR AGENTS.md Keep the domain invariants above executable at the write boundary. Propose scope changes before adding providers or permissions. Never fabricate source evidence, publish results, identity matches or successful delivery. Preserve user originals and require an explicit confirmation for destructive changes or external publication.
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BulkPublish pricing
| plan | monthly | annual (per mo) | what you get |
|---|---|---|---|
| free | $0/workspace | $0/workspace | 3 channels (1/platform); 3 posts/day and 30/month; 10 scheduled posts; 100 MB media; 30 API requests/day; 1 organization; 50 AI captions/month plus credits; 1 RSS draft feed; no repeat posts. |
| pro | $13.99/workspace | $11.89/workspace | 2 channels/platform; 30 posts/day (900/month); 30 scheduled/day; 2 GB media; 5 API keys; 5,000 API requests/day; 3 organizations; 10 repeat posts; 300 AI captions/month; 10 RSS auto-publish feeds.Annual equivalent reflects the advertised 15% discount. |
| business | $39.99/workspace | $33.99/workspace | 5 channels/platform; unlimited posts; 100 scheduled/day; 10 GB media; 10 API keys; 50,000 API requests/day; 10 organizations; unlimited repeats; 1,000 AI captions/month; 50 RSS auto-publish feeds.Annual equivalent reflects the advertised 15% discount. |
free tier3 channels (1/platform); 3 posts/day and 30/month; 10 scheduled posts; 100 MB media; 30 API requests/day; 1 organization; 50 AI captions/month plus credits; 1 RSS draft feed; no repeat posts
billingmonthly + annual (15% lower on annual billing)
hidden costsPublishing to X uses separate pay-as-you-go credits, and additional AI credits can add cost; current public unit prices were not exposed.
pricing sources checked 2026-08-14 · pricing source ↗
Questions about BulkPublish
Can you build your own BulkPublish with AI?
Partly. The part people picture is a weekend: a list of posts, a timer, one API call each. The part that eats the next six months is everything after the first successful post · staying authenticated to a dozen networks, learning each one's media rules the hard way, publishing that reports success and then quietly fails minutes later, retries that must never post twice, and a review process before some networks will accept a post at all. Build it for two accounts you control and it works. Build it for every network on the marketing page and you have taken a job.
What does the BulkPublish build prompt cover?
The prompt starts with this scope: Import a CSV of captions, media references and scheduled destinations, validate every row and enqueue only the explicitly approved rows. Full-product capabilities excluded from the comparison include: staying connected · networks expire your auth and someone has to notice; knowing a post is malformed before the network rejects it, not after; an honest publish status when a network accepts the upload and fails minutes later. Follow the implementation plan and its prerequisites before expanding the build.
How do I use the prompt, AGENTS.md and agent skills?
Start with the BulkPublish prerequisites and stack, then copy the prompt into your coding agent. Save the project rules as AGENTS.md in the project root. Linked skills are optional packages or source instructions for specific tasks; review their current contents and install only those matching the chosen stack. A skill does not supply API credentials or verify the finished app.
How long will this BulkPublish project take?
The catalogue estimate is multi-day for the limited scope. Setup, integration approvals, debugging, deployment and ongoing maintenance can add time. This is an estimate, not a delivery guarantee.
What would I give up by replacing BulkPublish?
staying connected · networks expire your auth and someone has to notice; knowing a post is malformed before the network rejects it, not after; an honest publish status when a network accepts the upload and fails minutes later; analytics pulled back per post; approvals, teams and multiple client workspaces; the platform review process that gates posting on some networks entirely. Because a scheduler is only worth anything when it is boring, and a self-built one stops being boring the first time a token expires overnight or a network changes its video rules without telling anyone. People pay so that maintenance is somebody else's Tuesday.
What price is this guide comparing against?
The recorded Pro plan is $13.99/mo (monthly per organization), checked 2026-08-08. Check the linked pricing source before buying. Building your own also has hosting, API and maintenance costs; the recorded amount is not a guaranteed saving.
What can I use instead of building BulkPublish?
Postiz: The broadest open scheduler here; free means running PostgreSQL, Redis, Temporal and your own platform credentials. Mixpost Lite: A polished single-user scheduler with queues and basic analytics; the team features live in the paid edition. Publer Free: Three non-X accounts and ten queued posts each, with a bulk CSV importer that is the closest free match for the actual job. Compare all listed options at https://howtovibecodeit.dev/bulkpublish/alternatives. Check each option's license, hosting needs and feature limits.