Timeslots and queue
A timeslot here is a repeating schedule for one account: one hour and minute, on the weekdays you name, in a time zone. When that minute arrives, the next unused item in that schedule’s queue becomes a normal draft. The draft is placed at that time. It is not approved, and it is not posted, until a person approves it.
The same queue is available in the composer as Add to queue. A single post can also use “Publish at a time” or “Publish when it is approved”. See Schedule a time.
What you can set
Section titled “What you can set”| Field | Rule |
|---|---|
| Account | One connected account on the brand |
| Name | A label for the schedule |
| Time zone | An IANA name, such as America/New_York |
| Days | Weekday names, or numbers from 0 (Sunday) to 6 (Saturday). At least one day. |
| Time | One hour from 0 to 23, and a minute, in that time zone |
| Queue items | Title, caption, body, hashtags, and media that already belongs to the brand |
A second clock time is a second schedule. Monday at 09:00 and Monday at 14:00 are two schedules on that account.
What the worker does
Section titled “What the worker does”On each pass, the worker looks for an active schedule whose slot is due and has not already produced an item for that slot. It takes the next queue item that has not been used, creates a draft targeted at the account, and schedules that draft for the slot. The item is then used. It is not returned to the end of the list.
If creating the draft fails, the item is released so it can be tried again. Pausing the schedule stops new drafts. Resuming continues with the next unused item. Deleting the schedule removes it.
The draft still goes through review. Automation does not grant approval.
Weekly slots in Scheduling
Section titled “Weekly slots in Scheduling”Open Scheduling, then Timeslots. Times use the brand time zone. You can save slots for the whole brand, or for one account. A slot is a weekday and a time of day. Sunday is 0 and Saturday is 6. An account that has its own slots uses those. Otherwise it uses the brand slots.
Add to next free slot places each editable account on the chosen post into the next open time in the next eight weeks. A time that is already taken by that account is skipped. The post is not approved by being placed.
Best time
Section titled “Best time”The heatmap groups stored likes, comments, shares, saves, and replies by weekday and hour. If those are not stored, it uses impressions and views. When this brand has no snapshots, the page says so and does not draw a score.
Assistant queue
Section titled “Assistant queue”An assistant with the Automation grant can still create, list, pause, resume, and delete the repeating schedules described above, and append queue items. Read and Draft are not enough. See MCP server.
A post that is copied on a cadence is Repeat posts. That is a different screen.