> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# RSS auto-posting

> Turn a feed into scheduled posts, with or without AI rewriting

**Where:** Settings, **Auto Post**

<Note>
  **Availability:** Postiz Cloud, Team plan and above. Self-hosted installs have
  it on every install.
</Note>

Point Postiz at an RSS feed and every new item becomes a post. This is how you
syndicate a blog, a podcast, a changelog or a news source without touching the
calendar.

## Setting up a feed

<Steps>
  <Step title="Add the feed">
    **Title** is for you. **RSS URL** is validated as you type: you get
    **RSS valid!** or **Could not use this RSS feed**, so you know before
    saving whether Postiz can read it.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Decide about existing items">
    *Should we sync the current last post?* controls whether the newest
    existing item posts immediately, or whether Postiz waits for the next new
    one. Choose no unless you are deliberately backfilling.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose when it posts">
    **Post on the next available slot** uses the channel's
    [time slots](/general/channels/time-slots), which keeps an automated feed
    inside your normal posting rhythm.

    **Post immediately** publishes as soon as the item is found. Use this for
    genuinely time-sensitive feeds only.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose how the content is written">
    With **autogenerate content** on, AI writes the post from the feed item.
    With it off, you supply the post content template yourself.

    **Generate picture** adds an AI image to each post.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Pick the channels">
    All integrations, or a specific set.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Save and activate">
    Feeds have an **Active** toggle, so you can pause one without deleting it.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Choosing between the two content modes

**Autogenerated** suits feeds whose titles are not posts on their own: blog
articles, release notes, long-form. The AI writes something readable per
platform.

**Your own template** suits feeds that are already post-shaped, and any case
where the wording matters and you would rather be predictable than clever.

## Practical advice

* Start with one channel and one feed, and watch the first few posts before
  adding more.
* Combine with **next available slot** so a burst of feed items spreads out
  instead of publishing five things at once.
* Feeds that publish many items a day will exhaust your slots. Filter at the
  source where you can, by using a category-specific feed URL.
* Autogenerated posts consume AI credits on cloud plans, see
  [Limits](/cloud/limits).

## Related

For event-driven automation in the other direction, when Postiz should tell
another system that something published, see [Webhooks](/general/automations/webhooks).