# Social9 Docs

> How to set up and use Social9: connect your social accounts, plan and schedule posts, run Autopilot in your brand voice, work with your team and connect Claude over MCP.

Every page is also available as markdown: add `.mdx` to its URL (for example https://social9.com/docs/getting-started/create-your-workspace-and-brand.mdx). All pages in one file: https://social9.com/docs/llms-full.txt

## Getting started

- [Getting started](https://social9.com/docs/getting-started): What Social9 does, what you need before you start, and the order to set things up in.
- [Create your workspace and brand](https://social9.com/docs/getting-started/create-your-workspace-and-brand): How your workspace and your first brand are set up, what Social9 reads from your website, and the settings to check before you schedule anything.
- [Connect your accounts](https://social9.com/docs/getting-started/connect-your-accounts): How to connect each social network to a brand, how many accounts your plan allows, and how Social9 keeps an eye on them.
- [Get your first post out](https://social9.com/docs/getting-started/your-first-post): The two quickest ways to schedule a post, and how to check that it went out.
- [Choose a plan](https://social9.com/docs/getting-started/choose-a-plan): What each plan includes, what happens on Free, and how to upgrade.

## Creating posts

- [Creating posts](https://social9.com/docs/posts): The different ways to get posts into Social9, and which one to use when.
- [Create a post](https://social9.com/docs/posts/create-a-post): Every step of writing and scheduling one post, from picking accounts to pressing Schedule.
- [Write with AI](https://social9.com/docs/posts/write-with-ai): How to have the AI write or change a post in your brand voice, what each button does, and what it costs in credits.
- [Images and video](https://social9.com/docs/posts/images-and-video): How to add photos and videos to a post, make an AI image, and what each network accepts.
- [Options per network](https://social9.com/docs/posts/options-per-network): The extra settings each network offers, such as a first comment, a Reel, a poll or a YouTube title, and which ones are required.
- [Upload and schedule](https://social9.com/docs/posts/upload-and-schedule): Turn a batch of photos and videos into posts in one go, with AI captions and good times filled in for you.
- [CSV import](https://social9.com/docs/posts/csv-import): Import up to 500 posts from Excel or Google Sheets, the columns Social9 reads, and how it checks every row before importing.
- [Drafts and the Library](https://social9.com/docs/posts/drafts-and-library): Where every post lives after you make it, what you can do with each one, and how to fix a post that did not go out.

## Planning and Autopilot

- [Planning and Autopilot](https://social9.com/docs/planning): How Autopilot writes your posts ahead of time, and the three ways to use it.
- [Plan your week](https://social9.com/docs/planning/plan-your-week): Have Autopilot write a week, two weeks or a month of posts from a link or a description, check them, and schedule them all at good times.
- [Autopilot modes](https://social9.com/docs/planning/autopilot-modes): The three Autopilot modes, which plan includes each, and how your brief and safety rules keep Autopilot in line.
- [Calendar](https://social9.com/docs/planning/calendar): See everything that is planned and posted, move posts by dragging them, and find good times to post.
- [Approvals](https://social9.com/docs/planning/approvals): How posts end up waiting for approval, who can approve them, and what happens when you approve or send one back.

## Your brand

- [Your brand](https://social9.com/docs/brand): What a brand holds in Social9, and the pages you use to manage it.
- [Brand voice](https://social9.com/docs/brand/brand-voice): Teach the AI how your brand sounds and which facts it may use, so posts need less editing.
- [Fact checks and "Why this post"](https://social9.com/docs/brand/fact-checks-and-why-this-post): What the "Check this" warnings mean, what Social9 checks in AI drafts, and how to read "Why this post".
- [Several brands](https://social9.com/docs/brand/several-brands): Run more than one business or client from one workspace, and keep each brand's accounts, voice and posts apart.

## Networks

- [Networks](https://social9.com/docs/networks): The 11 networks Social9 posts to, with each one's text limit, media rules and how you connect it.
- [Facebook](https://social9.com/docs/networks/facebook): Post to the Facebook Pages you manage, what a Facebook post can include, and the options you can set.
- [Instagram](https://social9.com/docs/networks/instagram): Post photos, carousels, Reels and Stories to Instagram, the professional account it needs, and how to switch a personal account.
- [Threads](https://social9.com/docs/networks/threads): Post to your Threads profile, what a Threads post can include, and how to post long text as a thread.
- [LinkedIn](https://social9.com/docs/networks/linkedin): Post to your personal LinkedIn profile or to Company Pages, the Page role you need, and how long each connection lasts.
- [Google Business Profile](https://social9.com/docs/networks/google-business): Post updates, events and offers to your business on Google Search and Maps, and what each post type needs.
- [TikTok](https://social9.com/docs/networks/tiktok): Post videos and photo posts to TikTok, the choices TikTok requires before every post, and what the disclosure settings mean.
- [YouTube](https://social9.com/docs/networks/youtube): Upload videos and Shorts to your YouTube channel, the questions YouTube requires, and why a video might stay private.
- [Pinterest](https://social9.com/docs/networks/pinterest): Create Pins from your posts, how to pick the board they go to, and what a Pin can include.
- [X (Twitter)](https://social9.com/docs/networks/x): Post to your X account, your monthly X post allowance, threads and polls, and the X duplicate rule.
- [Bluesky](https://social9.com/docs/networks/bluesky): Connect Bluesky with an app password, what a Bluesky post can include, and its options.
- [Mastodon](https://social9.com/docs/networks/mastodon): Connect any Mastodon server, what a Mastodon post can include, and its visibility, content warning and poll options.

## AI apps and MCP

- [AI apps and MCP](https://social9.com/docs/ai-apps): What connecting an AI app to Social9 lets you do, which apps work, and what you need before you start.
- [Connect Claude](https://social9.com/docs/ai-apps/connect-claude): Add Social9 to Claude on the web, desktop or mobile, or to Claude Code in your terminal.
- [Connect ChatGPT](https://social9.com/docs/ai-apps/connect-chatgpt): Add Social9 to ChatGPT as a connector using developer mode.
- [Connect Cursor and VS Code](https://social9.com/docs/ai-apps/connect-cursor-and-vs-code): Add Social9 as an MCP server in Cursor or in VS Code with Copilot Chat.
- [Other MCP apps](https://social9.com/docs/ai-apps/other-mcp-apps): Connect any AI app that supports remote MCP servers, and the settings to use.
- [Permissions and practice mode](https://social9.com/docs/ai-apps/permissions-and-practice-mode): What you allow an AI app to do when you connect it, how practice mode keeps it safe, and how to change or remove a connection.
- [Tools reference](https://social9.com/docs/ai-apps/tools-reference): Every tool a connected AI app can use in Social9, what each one does, and the permission it needs.

## Team and billing

- [Team and billing](https://social9.com/docs/account): Where to manage your team, your plan, and what you have used this month.
- [Team and roles](https://social9.com/docs/account/team-and-roles): Invite people to your workspace, what each role can do, and how to limit someone to one brand.
- [Billing and plans](https://social9.com/docs/account/billing-and-plans): Change your plan, switch to yearly billing, update your card, get invoices, cancel, and what happens if a payment fails.
- [Credits and usage](https://social9.com/docs/account/credits-and-usage): What uses AI credits, how many each plan gets, when they reset, and what happens when you run out.

## More

- [When something is wrong](https://social9.com/docs/help): The usual causes for the most common problems, in the order worth checking.