Every few hours / daily

Post a fresh tweet every few hours

Your account posts new tweets in your style on your topics, without repeating itself.

Runs: Every few hours / daily
Apps: X
AI: Yes, uses the built-in AI allowance
Access: tweet.write tweet.read users.read

Send this to your assistant

Create a ClickRuntime automation: every 4 hours between 8am and 8pm, write a tweet in my style about indie game development or pixel art, avoid repeating my recent tweets, and post it to X.

Paste it into your assistant. It tells you what it will send or change before it runs live.

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Why use it

Why teams use this automation

Posting consistently on X is a chore that suffers first when work gets busy. A consultant or small shop knows regular posts bring followers and enquiries, but between client work and invoices the account goes silent for weeks, then bursts with five posts in a day, which confuses the audience and the algorithm alike.

On the schedule you set, whether every few hours or once a day, a topic is chosen, or a mix of content and promotion posts, and ClickRuntime's built-in AI writes a tweet under 280 characters. It checks your recent posts, stored between runs, to avoid repeating itself, and publishes the post to your account.

People who run niche accounts, product accounts and regular tip series are the usual users. You set the cadence and tone once, and the account keeps its voice between your own posts.

What you get out of it

The account never goes quiet
A steady rhythm of posts keeps your handle visible in followers' feeds, even during a week of client deadlines or a holiday. Consistent posting also makes the account look alive to anyone who visits your profile.
Content and promotion are balanced
Setting a ratio, for example four useful posts to one offer, avoids the account turning into an ad stream, which is the quickest way to lose followers. Followers stay because they find value, and a clear mix of content keeps promotion from wearing them out.
Fewer repeated posts
Comparing against recent posts means the same idea is not tweeted twice in a week, which saves you from the look of an automated account running on a loop. A feed that repeats itself quickly looks automated, which costs followers and credibility.
Fits the 280-character limit
Posts are written to fit the limit from the start, so you do not end up with truncated or awkwardly cut text when publishing. Short posts also read well on mobile and leave room for others to quote them.
Time goes to conversations
With broadcast posts handled, the minutes you spend on X can go to replying to people and joining discussions, which is where followers are actually won. That is where relationships form, and relationships bring in customers more reliably than broadcasts.

How it works

What happens, step by step

Every few hours (or once a day, as you choose), the automation picks a topic from your mix of everyday and promotional ideas.
AI writes a tweet under 280 characters, checking your recent posts so it doesn't repeat itself.
The tweet is posted on your X account.

Before it runs live

Connect X

What you get

RunsEvery few hours / daily

Post a fresh tweet every few hourstoday, 9:00Succeeded

X · @yourstudioSpent the evening redrawing one 16x16 torch sprite eleven times. The twelfth one flickers just right. #pixelart

Build your own

Need it to work differently?

This template is a starting point. Copy the prompt and change it, or describe a different automation from scratch, with your own conditions, more apps or an AI step. Your assistant writes it, tests it and runs it on ClickRuntime.

Your own rules
Conditions, thresholds, filters and exceptions, written the way you'd explain them to a colleague.
Any number of apps
One automation can read from one app and update several others. Over 248 apps are ready, and anything with an API works too.
AI where it helps
Summaries, classification, extraction and drafts use ClickRuntime's built-in AI, with no extra key.
On a schedule or on each event
Runs as often as every 5 minutes, or the moment an app sends an event, and keeps track of what it already handled.

Changes you can ask for

Run it at a different time, more or less often, or only on weekdays
Change what the AI looks for, or how it writes the result
Add another app, for example also send it to Slack
Combine it with other X steps into one automation

Under the hood

The code that runs this automation

This is the Python script that runs each time the automation starts. Your AI assistant writes it for you when you send the prompt, and you allow each step in your assistant. To change how the automation works, describe the change to your assistant and it updates the script for you. For every function it can use, see the script reference.

ai_written_posts_on_a_schedule.pyexample

from datetime import datetime, timezone
from clickruntime import on_trigger, state, http, credentials, ai

@on_trigger
def run(event):
    if not 8 <= datetime.now(timezone.utc).hour < 20:
        return {"posted": False, "reason": "outside posting hours"}
    recent = state.get("recent") or []
    text = ai.generate(
        "Write one tweet under 260 characters about indie game development or pixel art, "
        "casual first person, at most one hashtag. Don't repeat these:\n" + "\n".join(recent),
        max_output_tokens=120,
    ).text.strip()[:280]
    token = credentials.connection("x", "main")
    resp = http.post("https://api.x.com/2/tweets", headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {token}"}, json={"text": text})
    resp.raise_for_status()
    state.set("recent", (recent + [text])[-20:])
    return {"tweet_id": resp.json()["data"]["id"]}

FAQ

Common questions

Can I review posts before they go live?

Yes. Instead of publishing straight away, the run can email you the tweet for approval first. Many accounts start this way for a couple of weeks and switch to direct posting once the tone is reliable.

How does it choose what to post about?

It follows the topics, themes or content mix you give it, such as tips, product news and customer stories. You can supply a list of topics, and the saved state keeps track of what was used recently.

Does X allow automated posting?

X permits automation through its API, with rules against spam, misleading content and mass duplicate posts. Follow the developer terms, label the account as automated if required, and avoid repetitive content that could attract enforcement.

What permissions does it need?

tweet.write tweet.read users.read. Nothing else in your accounts is used.

Does it need AI?

Yes. It uses ClickRuntime's built-in AI, so you don't need an OpenAI or Anthropic key. Every plan includes a monthly AI allowance.

How many runs does it use?

One run each time it runs (every few hours / daily). Checks that find nothing to do and stop right away aren't counted.

Can I change how it works?

Yes. Describe the change to your AI assistant, for example a different schedule, channel or filter. It updates the automation, tests it and tells you what changed.

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