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RSS & automation plugs

Beyond agents and comment automation, post.buzz has two rule-based systems for keeping content flowing without manual work: RSS feeds and automation plugs. Both live in Settings, so they're configured once and run in the background.

RSS feeds​

Connect an RSS or Atom feed (Settings → RSS) and post.buzz will watch it for new items. Each feed has:

  • Feed source — the feed URL.
  • Poll interval — how often to check, in minutes (default 30).
  • Destination — which account(s) receive the auto-post.
  • Caption template — compose the caption from the item's fields: {title}, {link}, {description}, {author}.

Each ingested item is stored with its status — pending, approved, posted, skipped, or failed — so you can see exactly what went out and never double-post the same item. Pending items wait in the feed's item table, where you can Approve or Skip them individually; posted items link to the created post. A manual Refresh fetches on demand and reports how many new items it found, and the Active switch pauses polling without losing state.

Typical uses: syndicating a blog, auto-posting podcast episodes, or mirroring a company news feed to social.

Automation plugs​

Plugs (Settings → Plugs) are configurable rules that connect a trigger to an action — a lightweight way to glue surfaces together without writing code.

Triggers:

  • On publish — fires when a post goes out.
  • Likes threshold — fires when a post crosses a like count you set.
  • Comments threshold — fires at a comment count.
  • Shares threshold — fires at a share count.

Actions:

  • Repost — surface the post again on a schedule you define.
  • Comment — add a comment of your own to the post.
  • Notify — alert you through the app.
  • Webhook — POST the event to your own endpoint.

A typical plug: "When a post passes 500 likes, repost it the next morning." Each rule carries an execution log — trigger, action, status, result, and time — and a Test button that dry-runs the rule and tells you what it would do, without firing anything.

Early access

Rule creation, testing, and execution logging work today. Automatic action execution is rolling out gradually — currently, on-publish rules log their fires, and threshold triggers aren't yet evaluated continuously. Build and test your rules now; execution activates as it rolls out.

Plugs share the same boundaries as everything else — plan limits, platform limits, and posting gaps — so a plug can't fire in ways your account or plan doesn't allow.

Outbound webhooks​

When you need post.buzz events in your own system, configure an outbound webhook (Settings → Webhooks). post.buzz POSTs signed event payloads to your endpoint and records each delivery (with status) so you can audit and retry. Subscribe to supported publishing and message events in the event catalog; this is not a general analytics-event stream.

Choosing the right tool​

If you want to…Use
Repeat evergreen content on a cadenceRecurrence
Auto-post from an external feedRSS feeds (this page)
Reply to comments by keywordComment automation
Have an AI plan and draft for youAI agents
Push events to your own backendOutbound webhooks
Glue triggers to actions in-appAutomation plugs (this page)