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Connecting your social accounts

Go to Accounts and click Add social network to connect a platform. SlingAgent can target a connected account when generating promos and post to it (with Publish now or Auto). Your plan sets how many accounts you can connect (see Plans & limits).

TikTok is still finishing app review. If it connects but posting is limited to private posts, that's TikTok's review gate — not something wrong on your end.

Platforms in review — join the waitlist

A network that's still finishing its app-review process shows a Notify me button in the connect grid instead of a live connection. Right now that's TikTok. Tap Notify me to join the waitlist for that platform and we'll email you the moment it goes live — no need to keep checking back. Everything else (Bluesky, Mastodon, LinkedIn, X, Threads, Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest) connects today.

Platform-by-platform

  • Bluesky — create an App Password in Bluesky (Settings → Privacy and Security → App Passwords), then enter your handle and that app password. Never use your main password.
  • Mastodon — enter your instance (e.g. mastodon.social) and an access token created under Preferences → Development → New Application with the read and write scopes. Write is all posting needs; read lets the Sentiment report pick up @-mentions as well as replies to your posts.
  • LinkedIn — click connect and authorize. Posts share to your profile. Heads-up: LinkedIn requires reconnecting about every 60 days — it doesn't allow long-lived automatic sessions the way other platforms do. Your connection shows an Expiring badge ~2 weeks ahead, so just reconnect when you see it and autopilot keeps running without a gap.
  • X (Twitter) — click connect and authorize. Posting to X requires X's paid API access.
  • Pinterest — click connect and authorize; you need at least one board to pin to. It starts on your first board; pick a different one from the Pin to menu on your Pinterest account in Accounts (public boards only). Every pin needs an image, so give the promo one — or turn on auto promo images for the link — before it posts.
  • Threads — click connect and authorize.
  • TikTok — click connect and authorize. TikTok is video-only, so a TikTok promo posts your rendered short-form video — you'll need the video add-on and a video made for the promo (Make video) before it can post. While our TikTok app is in review, posts may be limited to your own account / private until approved.
  • Facebook & Instagram — SlingAgent posts to a Facebook Page you manage, not a personal profile — Facebook doesn't allow apps to publish to personal profiles/timelines, so a Page is required. Don't have one? Create a Page (it's free and takes a minute), then connect. Connect through Facebook: each Page you pick is connected along with its linked Instagram. If you manage more than one Page, you can tick several and connect them all at once. Each link then chooses which Page to post to in its settings (Facebook Page); leave it on default to use your first Page. To add more Pages later, connect Facebook again and pick them. Requirements for Instagram:
    • Instagram must be a Professional account (Business or Creator), and
    • it must be linked to the Facebook Page you're posting to (in the Page's settings or Meta Business Suite → Linked accounts).
    • Instagram posts require an image.
    • If a Page connects without Instagram, SlingAgent will tell you — link IG to that Page, then reconnect.

Connection health

Each account shows a status badge so you always know whether it can post:

  • Connected — healthy and ready.
  • Expiring soon — access is close to expiring; reconnect when convenient.
  • Expired / Reconnect / Disconnected — SlingAgent can't post until you reconnect. Click Reconnect on the account to fix it in a couple of clicks.
  • Update needed — we added a new permission the account was never granted. Reconnect to grant it.

If a post fails, the failure is recorded against the account so the badge warns you instead of failing silently. A successful post clears the warning.

We'll also email you when a connection needs attention (expiring, expired, or erroring), with a one-click reconnect — so autopilot doesn't quietly stop without you noticing.

Disconnecting an account

Click the trash icon on an account to disconnect it. If promos are still queued for it, SlingAgent asks what to do with them before anything changes:

  • Just disconnect: leave everything as it is. Choose this if you're about to reconnect. The queued promos post as normal once the account is back.
  • Disconnect and unschedule: move them back to drafts. They come off the calendar but stay on their links, so you can use them later.
  • Disconnect and delete them: remove the queued promos permanently.

Unscheduling or deleting also takes the platform off your links' Scheduling platforms, so autopilot stops queueing new promos for it. You can add it back in a link's Scheduling tab any time. Nothing is ever cleared unless you choose it.

If you have more than one account on a platform, only the promos that can no longer post are affected. Another X account, say, simply takes over. With several Facebook Pages, removing one only affects links set to post to that Page.

Promos left behind

Promos queued for a platform with no connected account can't post, and they'd otherwise sit on your calendar indefinitely. When that happens (for example after choosing Just disconnect), the Accounts page shows a banner for that platform with two options: Move to drafts or Delete them. Either one also takes the platform off your links. Reconnecting the platform instead makes the banner go away, and the promos post again.