Three ways to talk to Author Automations.

Cowork is the desktop/browser version of Claude. Adding Author Automations as a custom connector takes about three minutes — no install, no terminal, no Node.js. You generate a credential pair on our side, paste it into Cowork's connector form, and Claude can read your accounts and schedule posts on your behalf.

1. Generate your connector credentials

Sign in to Settings and scroll to the Claude Cowork Connector card. Click Generate credential pair. We'll give you three things — keep all three handy:

We hash the secret on save and never store the plaintext. If you close the dialog before copying it, you'll need to revoke and regenerate.

2. Add the custom connector in Cowork

1. In Cowork, open Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector.
2. Name it Author Automations Social.
3. Paste the MCP server URL into the “Remote MCP server URL” field.
4. Open Advanced settings. Paste the Client ID and Client Secret into their fields.
5. Click Add. Cowork shows “Connection has expired” — that's expected on first add. Click Connect, sign in if prompted, click Approve, and the connector finishes authenticating within a few seconds.

3. Install the plugin for skills

The connector you just added gives Claude the tools. This step adds the skills (pen-name switching, Trial Reels, Threads chains, YouTube Shorts, Reddit, campaign builder) and the /aa-post + /aa-campaignslash commands. One marketplace, two paths to install — pick whichever Claude you're using.

In Cowork

1. Settings → Plugins → click the + next to Personal.
2. Add a marketplace from URL — paste:

https://github.com/chellehoniker/claude-code-author-automations

3. Click Sync, then click the + next to author-automations-social to install.
4. Recommended: three-dot menu on the marketplace → Sync automatically: ON so future skill updates flow without re-adding.

In Claude Code (CLI)

/plugin marketplace add https://github.com/chellehoniker/claude-code-author-automations
/plugin install author-automations-social@author-automations

4. Try it

Open a new chat in Cowork and ask:

List my connected social accounts.

Cowork should show every platform you've connected in the dashboard. From there, try “write me an Instagram post about my new book and schedule it for Friday at 9am.”

Claude Code is the developer-oriented CLI version of Claude. Our official plugin bundles the same remote MCP server the Cowork connector uses, plus skills that teach Claude how to write platform-specific captions, run multi-day campaigns, switch pen names, and route to the right post type (Reel vs. Story vs. carousel) based on what you say.

1. Add the marketplace and install

Paste these in any Claude Code session:

/plugin marketplace add https://github.com/chellehoniker/claude-code-author-automations
/plugin install author-automations-social@author-automations

No git clone, no npm install, no Node.js requirement. The plugin manifest points at our hosted MCP, so you get updates the moment we ship them.

2. Sign in (OAuth, one-time)

The first time Claude calls one of the plugin's tools, it prompts you to authorize. A browser window opens to /authorize on our site, you click Approve, and the window closes. Claude Code stores the resulting access token locally and refreshes it as needed.

If Claude Code asks for Client ID and Client Secretinstead of running a browser flow, that's the manual auth path — generate a credential pair in Settings → Cowork Connector and paste them. Same credentials work for both Cowork and Claude Code.

3. Try a slash command

/aa-post post a Trial Reel about my new cover, schedule for Friday 6pm

/aa-campaign 14-day launch campaign for Curses and Currents on Instagram, Threads, and TikTok

Or skip the slash commands entirely — just describe what you want in plain English. The plugin's skills tell Claude when to switch pen names, how to route a 9:16 video to YouTube Shorts vs. Instagram Reels, when to call the Threads chain feature, etc.

For everything that isn't Claude — Make.com scenarios, Zapier zaps, n8n workflows, custom Node/Python scripts, third-party integrations. Bearer-token auth, JSON in, JSON out, a stable v1 URL space.

1. Generate an API key

In Settings, find the API Key card and click Generate. The key is shown once — store it somewhere you can find it again. It starts with aa_sk_.

2. Make a request

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer aa_sk_..." \
  https://authorautomations.social/api/v1/accounts

curl -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer aa_sk_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "content": "Hello from the API!",
    "accountIds": ["682..."],
    "publishNow": true
  }' \
  https://authorautomations.social/api/v1/posts

Multiple pen names?

Pass an X-Profile-Id header to scope a request to a specific pen name. Without it, your primary pen name is used. Discover your pen name IDs by calling GET /api/v1/profiles.