# Get started with OwnPost > Set up your workspace, write posts and blogs, and connect an assistant. Follow a short guide or copy a prompt to get started. Canonical: https://ownpost.fyi/docs ## Before you start OwnPost is your workspace for ideas, posts, threads, blogs and results. To set up your own copy, have repository access, a hosting account and an authenticator app ready. Local setup uses Node.js 22.18 or newer and pnpm 11. ## Set up your workspace Run OwnPost locally or deploy it to your host. Complete owner setup, save your recovery codes and set your timezone. If your workspace is already running, continue with your first post. [Local quick start](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/quick-start) [Deploy OwnPost](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/deployment) ## Write and publish your first post 1. Open Write, add one useful observation and wait for Saved to workspace. 2. Review the draft, choose Prepare to post and publish manually on X. 3. Return to OwnPost and record the publication time and link. [Writing guide](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/write) [Manual publishing guide](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/manual-publish) ## Try your assistant For writing help, install OwnPost in Codex or Claude Code and connect your workspace. Choose your client's tab in the setup guide, then try this request. ``` Use the ownpost skill to write one short X post in my saved style. Save it as a draft for review. Notes: We added CSV export today. It exports filtered results and preserves column order. ``` [Install and connect](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/plugins) [More example requests](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/assistant-workflows) ## Write a longer story or find a useful prompt Start a blog from Ideas, a Post or Thread, imported writing, a template or a blank page. Write with images and embeds, save a checkpoint, and prepare separate X Article, Medium, Substack, LinkedIn or website editions for manual publication. Open Prompts → All prompts from the workspace header to search categorized requests, save favorites and copy a prompt for your connected assistant. Review its placeholders and selected account before running it. [Write and publish a blog](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/blogs) [Use the prompt library](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/prompt-library) [Set up your writing profile](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/writing-style) ## Choose your next step Plan a reminder, record a post's results or build a writing routine. Automatic publishing needs a connected X account and your approval of the saved content and destination. [Plan a posting time](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/planning) [Approve automatic publishing](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/api-publish) [Record and review results](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/results) [Create a routine](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/routines) [Back up your workspace](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/backup) ## Browse by topic 76 articles · 8 categories ### Start here Find your feet. Set up your workspace and write your first post. - [Product tour](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/product-tour) - Capture ideas, write posts and blogs, prepare platform editions, and review results in your own workspace. - [Local quick start](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/quick-start) - From your private copy to a local workspace. Take it one step at a time. - [Choose your starting point](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/start) - You can start writing without connecting X, Telegram or an AI assistant. - [Workspace settings](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/configure) - Start with your timezone and a draft, then add only the preferences and connections you need. - [Owner setup](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/owner-setup) - Create the owner password, connect an authenticator and save recovery codes. - [Sign in & resume](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/signin) - Return to the post or settings screen you were using. ### Write & organize Turn loose ideas into posts, threads, and a library worth keeping. - [Categories & tags](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/categories) - Choose a shared category for each post or Idea, then add tags for more detail. - [Write your first post](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/write) - Begin with the text; add organization and planning when you need them. - [Write a thread](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/threads) - Keep each post editable and publish the thread in order. - [Images, video & emoji](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/media) - Attach media to the right post and keep failed uploads recoverable. - [Recover unfinished writing](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/recovery) - Know which version is in the browser and which is saved in the workspace. - [Reuse a post](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/reuse) - Duplicate useful structure without copying its publication state. - [Search & saved views](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/find-posts) - Get back to the posts you work with most often. - [Capture ideas](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/ideas-save) - Capture and organize source text, links and extracted image content for later use. - [Inspire or adapt a post](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/ideas-request) - Select saved Ideas and review writing options in OwnPost or your assistant conversation. - [Turn an idea into a draft](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/idea-drafts) - Reuse saved text directly or turn an assistant's chosen option into a post. - [Discover ideas](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/ideas-discover) - Review a small batch of discoveries with your external assistant and keep only the useful ones. - [Blogs & articles](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/blogs) - Develop a long-form draft, pause with a next step, review AI proposals, and prepare editions for X Articles, Medium or your website. ### Plan & publish Build a posting rhythm and choose how your work goes live. - [Timezone & Posting Slots](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/timezone) - Choose local times you can recognize, with an optional daily goal. - [Plan a time](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/planning) - Make the intended delivery mode explicit before choosing a time. - [Use the calendar](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/calendar) - Plan posts and blog milestones together without losing your filters. - [Batch planning](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/batch) - Ask your connected assistant to change up to 25 posts at a time. - [Publish manually](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/manual-publish) - Copy, attach, publish on X, then record what actually happened. - [Approve API publishing](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/api-publish) - Approve exact saved content and the destination before sending now or later. - [Resolve delivery issues](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/delivery-recovery) - Find out what happened before taking another publishing action. ### Assistant & routines Connect your assistant and make repeatable work a little easier. - [Use skills with your assistant](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/assistant-workflows) - Practical requests for posts, blogs, writing profiles, ideas, planning and results in any compatible assistant with OwnPost skills and a connected workspace. - [Queue and run AI actions](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/ai-actions) - Save writing, research, review or planning work for an external agent and keep its results in OwnPost. - [Conversational setup](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/guided-setup) - Let your connected assistant explain each preference and ask one question at a time. - [Scheduled preparation](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/agent-runner) - The app stores due work; your external client must actually pick it up. - [Personal preferences](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/personal-preferences) - Set audience, topics, language, experience and writing preferences. - [Create a routine](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/routines) - Turn daily post and blog goals into small steps, recurring todos and visible progress. - [Connect Telegram](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/telegram) - Set up the bot, private chat and callback connection once. - [Complete routine items](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/reminders) - Follow each todo's next steps and check it off in the app or Telegram. - [Notification preferences](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/notifications) - Control categories, quiet hours and the shared daily limit. - [Prompt library](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/prompt-library) - Search ready-to-use OwnPost requests, save favorites, and copy a prompt with the right account context for your connected assistant. ### Results & voice Learn from your results and keep your writing sounding like you. - [Record results](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/results) - Keep measurements and their timestamps without filling unknown values with zero. - [Read Insights](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/insights) - Compare periods while accounting for missing results and sample size. - [Progress & followers](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/progress) - Review published posts and recorded follower check-ins. - [Writing style & learning](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/writing-style) - Build your Voice, Topics, and Examples & Hooks, then review proposed improvements before saving them. ### Skills & plugins Install the OwnPost plugin or skills, then put your assistant to work. - [Skills overview](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/skills) - Install the ownpost skill, connect your workspace and turn your notes into a saved draft. - [OwnPost plugin](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/plugins) - Download the plugin for your assistant, authorize your workspace and start writing posts or blogs with your saved style. - [Install skills & plugins](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/install-skills) - Choose the complete plugin or the entry skill, connect your workspace, and ask your assistant for posts, analysis or planning. - [ownpost](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/skills/ownpost) - Start here for posts, blogs, platform editions, writing profiles, ideas, AI actions and planning. One entry skill includes every OwnPost workflow. - [ownpost-setup](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/skills/ownpost-setup) - Configure posting preferences, content interests, quiet hours and notification choices through a conversation. - [ownpost-posts](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/skills/ownpost-posts) - Turn a topic, link or notes into a saved post or thread, and edit existing writing with its context intact. - [ownpost-blogs](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/skills/ownpost-blogs) - Build a saved article from a brief or Ideas, write and review it in sections, and continue later from a checkpoint. - [ownpost-blog-publishing](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/skills/ownpost-blog-publishing) - Adapt an article for X Articles, Medium or another blog, export it for manual handoff and record each edition’s results. - [ownpost-writing-profile](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/skills/ownpost-writing-profile) - Edit your shared writing preferences, save examples and hook patterns, review your style and record editorial feedback. - [ownpost-ideas](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/skills/ownpost-ideas) - Discover and organize sources, inspire or adapt writing, and save chosen drafts with source history. - [ownpost-media](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/skills/ownpost-media) - Add supplied images, GIFs or videos to a saved draft or a specific thread part, with useful image descriptions. - [ownpost-schedule](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/skills/ownpost-schedule) - Choose a real available time for a draft or adjust recurring posting preferences in your workspace timezone. - [ownpost-analytics](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/skills/ownpost-analytics) - Review performance or writing quality, record visible screenshot metrics and propose lessons for your approval. - [ownpost-routines](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/skills/ownpost-routines) - Create or change routines, complete due items and review progress using the same records as the app and Telegram. - [ownpost-actions](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/skills/ownpost-actions) - Save writing, research, review or planning work for an external agent, run a chosen queue one action at a time, and review durable results. - [ownpost-run-assistant](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/skills/ownpost-run-assistant) - Claim one due preparation job, follow its saved brief and save its output back into OwnPost. - [ownpost-publish](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/skills/ownpost-publish) - Execute or manage existing owner-approved API delivery with the intended account and confirmed job status. - [ownpost-bulk](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/skills/ownpost-bulk) - Create, organize or plan several drafts and Ideas while keeping individual outcomes and conflicts visible. ### Deploy & connect Bring your own workspace online and connect your tools. - [Deployment reference](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/deployment) - One deployment helper, four hosting choices. Prepare your configuration, connect your services, and deploy your own workspace. - [MCP connection overview](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/mcp) - Give your AI client access to your workspace through a private, authenticated MCP connection. - [Integrations overview](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/integrations) - Choose manual control or approved automation, get reminders on your devices, and prepare your workspace to keep publishing while you are away. - [X API usage & costs](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/x-api-costs) - Choose smaller syncs and understand which actions spend X credits. - [Deployment walkthrough](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/deploy) - Run the deployment helper and choose Cloudflare, Vercel, Netlify or your own VPS. - [Connect X](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/connect-x) - Configure the developer app, authorize the right account and test access. - [Set up AI writing](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/ai-writing) - Use your OpenAI or Anthropic API account in OwnPost, or keep writing with your external assistant. - [Connect your assistant](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/connect-ai) - Give your assistant a private connection to your workspace. - [Connect ChatGPT](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/connect-chatgpt) - Sign in and approve a private ChatGPT connection without copying a bearer key. ### Account & data Look after your accounts, preferences, updates, and backups. - [Updates & maintenance](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/updates) - A considered update process, and backups that cover more than your drafts. - [Troubleshooting](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/troubleshooting) - A few practical checks for the most common setup and connection issues. - [Archive & restore posts](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/archive) - Use recoverable cleanup for everyday organization. - [Multiple X accounts](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/multiple-accounts) - Keep each account's posts and X publishing separate under one owner login. - [Account security](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/account) - Keep your private workspace accessible to you and under your control. - [Assistant permissions](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/keys) - Use named, revocable connections with only the needed scope. - [Exports & backups](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/backup) - Choose a readable export or a restorable package with media. - [Restore a backup](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/restore) - Preview the package before restoring records and media safely. - [Appearance & accessibility](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/appearance) - Find the same work on every screen size. ## Related - [Next: Product tour](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/product-tour)