How to connect Claude to social media

Claude is great at writing posts — but with one quick setup, it can actually schedule and publish them across your social accounts too. This guide shows you exactly how to connect Claude to your social media in about two minutes, using SchedPilot’s MCP server.

What you’ll need

Step 1: Get your SchedPilot token

Step 2: Add SchedPilot to Claude

Pick the app you use.

Claude Desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "schedpilot": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "schedpilot-mcp"],
      "env": { "SCHEDPILOT_TOKEN": "smm_your_key" }
    }
  }
}

The config file lives here if you’d rather open it directly:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
• Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

Claude Code

One command adds it:

claude mcp add schedpilot \
  --env SCHEDPILOT_TOKEN=smm_your_key \
  -- npx -y schedpilot-mcp

Then run /mcp inside Claude Code to confirm the SchedPilot server is connected.

Step 3: Test it

Ask Claude to do something real:

List my connected social accounts, then schedule this post to X
for tomorrow at 9am: "Big update dropping this week 👀"

Claude will call SchedPilot’s tools, schedule the post, and it’ll appear in your SchedPilot calendar ready for approval. That’s it — Claude is now connected to your social media.

What Claude can now do

Connecting SchedPilot gives Claude six tools:

• get_accounts — list your connected social accounts.
• create_post — draft and schedule a post to one or many networks.
• upload_media — attach an image or video from a URL.
• list_posts — review scheduled and published posts.
• delete_post — remove a scheduled post.
• get_analytics — read a post’s impressions, likes, and engagement.

Example prompts to try

• “Plan a week of LinkedIn posts about our launch and schedule them for 9am each weekday.”
• “Turn this blog post into an X thread and schedule it for Thursday at 2pm.” (paste the post)
• “What were my best-performing posts last week?”
• “Schedule the same announcement to X, LinkedIn, and Threads for tomorrow morning.”

Is it safe to let Claude post for you?

Yes, for two reasons. SchedPilot publishes through each platform’s official API, so your reach is never at risk. And every post Claude creates lands in your calendar for approval before it goes live — Claude drafts and schedules, but you keep the final say. Learn more about using AI agents for social media safely.

Troubleshooting

• No 🔧 tools icon? Make sure you fully quit Claude Desktop (not just closed the window) and reopened it. Double-check the JSON is valid — a stray comma will stop it loading.
• “Command not found” / server won’t start? Confirm Node.js 18+ is installed (node -v). The server runs through npx.
• Auth errors? Re-copy your smm_ token from API Access — a truncated key is the usual cause.
• Tools appear but nothing schedules? Make sure you’ve connected at least one social account in SchedPilot first.

Frequently asked questions