Generate, approve, and auto-post social media captions from a sheet

AI writes social captions, you approve them in a sheet, and the system posts to your chosen platforms.

How the work actually flows

It branches. Every path runs; a person has to approve before it continues.

Pattern: Parallel Split (2)

flowchart TD trig(("user sets topic and image")):::human s0["AI generates caption"]:::task s1[("save to tracking sheet")]:::store s2["publish approved post"]:::task trig --> s0 s0 --> s1 hg(("marketer reviews and approves")):::human s1 --> hg hg -->|"approved"| s2 hg -. "sent back" .-> s1 gx{"+ which platforms to post"}:::gate s2 --> gx p00["post to facebook"]:::task gx -->|"facebook"| p00 p10["post to linkedin"]:::task gx -->|"linkedin"| p10 p00 --> out p10 --> out out[/"approved caption published across platforms"/]:::out pay{{"steady posting without manual publishing"}}:::pay out --> pay classDef task fill:#e7f6fe,stroke:#34b8f0,color:#2c2a29 classDef svc fill:#f6f8fa,stroke:#7c8795,color:#2c2a29 classDef mi fill:#e7f6fe,stroke:#0079a8,color:#2c2a29,stroke-width:2px classDef human fill:#fff,stroke:#0079a8,color:#0079a8 classDef store fill:#f6f8fa,stroke:#0079a8,color:#2c2a29 classDef trig fill:#00a4eb,stroke:#0079a8,color:#fff,font-weight:bold classDef trigtime fill:#00a4eb,stroke:#0079a8,color:#fff,font-weight:bold classDef trigdata fill:#8ad4f5,stroke:#0079a8,color:#06314c,font-weight:bold classDef gate fill:#fff,stroke:#e8a23d,color:#6b4708,font-weight:bold classDef out fill:#1f9d6b,stroke:#167a53,color:#fff,font-weight:bold classDef pay fill:#06314c,stroke:#021f33,color:#fff
A stepA personA record or sheetEvery pathResultPayoff
Build size
Advanced

A larger build with multiple systems, AI reasoning, and custom rules.

Business functions
Social Media ManagementSpreadsheet & Database OpsScheduling & Calendar
Connects
OpenAIGoogle SheetsFacebookLinkedIn

The problem it solves

Writing a caption for every post, finding the right words for each platform, and then actually publishing it takes up time you'd rather spend on strategy. It's easy for posting to slip when you're busy, so your feed goes quiet.

Who it fits

Small businesses and marketers who want a steady posting schedule without writing and publishing every caption by hand.

How it works

  1. You set a topic and image for a post
  2. AI generates an engaging caption suited to the platform
  3. The caption and image are saved to a tracking sheet for review
  4. You review, edit if needed, and mark it approved
  5. The approved post is published automatically to your chosen platforms
What you get

Approved captions posted right on schedule

You get AI-written captions ready for your quick approval, then published automatically to your chosen platforms right on schedule.

What you get

A published social media post with an AI-written caption, plus a tracking sheet of everything posted.

What you need

An OpenAI API key, a Google account, and accounts on the social platforms you post to.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

Let's Talk Strategy

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