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).

In preview: some networks are still completing their app-review process. If a platform connects but posting doesn't work yet, it's still being enabled — it isn't something wrong on your end.

Platform-by-platform

• Bluesky — create an App Password in Bluesky (Settings → 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 write scope.
• LinkedIn — click connect and authorize. Posts share to your profile.
• X (Twitter) — click connect and authorize. Posting to X requires X's paid API access; during preview this may be limited.
• Pinterest — click connect and authorize; you need at least one board (SlingAgent pins to it). Pins require an image. Live pinning depends on our Pinterest app's production access, which is in progress.
• Threads — click connect and authorize.
• Facebook & Instagram — connect through Facebook: one flow links your Facebook Page and its connected Instagram. If you manage more than one Page, you'll pick which one. 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 only Facebook connects, SlingAgent will tell you Instagram isn't linked — link it to the 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.