Create Post
Create a new social media post draft with text, media, platform targeting, and scheduling options. The foundation for all content publishing in Bolta.
create-postUse cases
Common ways to use the Create Post tool with OpenClaw.
- Draft a LinkedIn thought leadership post from your IDE
- Create a multi-platform post targeting LinkedIn, Twitter, and Threads
- Write a post with media attachments for Instagram
- Create a post and schedule it for optimal engagement time
Example prompts
Try these natural language prompts with your AI assistant after connecting OpenClaw.
Create a new post about our product launch for LinkedIn and Twitter
Draft a post about AI trends for all my social accounts
Write a post with an image for Instagram about our team culture
MCP tool call
{
"tool": "create-post",
"arguments": {
"content": "Excited to announce our Series A! We raised $12M to build the future of AI-powered social media management.",
"schedule_date": "2026-04-07T09:00:00Z",
"accounts": ["linkedin-abc123", "x-def456"]
}
}Parameters reference
Arguments accepted by the create-post tool.
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| content | string | Yes | The text content of the post |
| schedule_date | string | No | ISO 8601 datetime to schedule the post for future publication |
| accounts | array | No | List of account IDs to target. Defaults to all connected accounts if omitted |
How to use Create Post
- 01
Connect OpenClaw to your AI assistant
Add the OpenClaw MCP server URL (mcp.bolta.ai/mcp) to your assistant's MCP configuration and set your Bolta API key as the Bearer token.
- 02
Ask your assistant to use create-post
Simply describe what you want in natural language. Your AI assistant will call the create-post tool automatically. For example: "Create a new post about our product launch for LinkedIn and Twitter"
- 03
Review and take action
Review the results your assistant returns and follow up with additional commands as needed. You can chain multiple tools together in a single conversation.
Related tools
Tools that work well with Create Post.
Schedule an existing post for future publication at a specific date and time. Set the optimal posting time for maximum engagement.
PublishingImmediately publish a post to all its targeted platforms. Bypasses scheduling and pushes the content live right now.
PublishingModify an existing post's content, media, schedule, or platform targeting. Only works on posts that have not yet been published.
PostsStart using Create Post
Connect OpenClaw to your AI assistant and use Create Post with natural language in under 2 minutes.