Automation · Content and publishing

Schedule a post at the best time with Metricool and report later how it did

An AI agent schedules your post in Metricool at the time each network responds best and later tells you its results in figures.

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How do I schedule my posts at each network's best time without opening Metricool, and know later how they did?

Someone on the team gives the Met, on the web platform, a post's text and image. The Met checks in Metricool the best time to post on each network, looks at what is already scheduled so it does not pile two posts on the same day, and schedules the new one in the planner at that time. Days later, the same person asks how it did: the Met checks which metrics are available, pulls the period's data, such as reach or interactions, and answers with those figures. On Metricool's free plan, up to 20 scheduled posts per month fit.

What starts it

When someone asks for it

Someone on the team starts the task on the web platform with the text, the image and the networks where they want to post. Later they ask again for that post's results.

A manual task: someone on the team runs it with a button, or asks the Met for it in chat.

Who runs it

Content Met that schedules in Metricool

Social team

This is not a named, seeded Met. It is the Met that posts on the business's social media, with Metricool connected. Its work ends when the post is scheduled at the best time and the team knows in figures how it did.

Run by the content and social Met

What you need connected

Metricool Create and promote

5 steps · 5 tools

The procedure, step by step

Each step shows the tool that runs. They belong to the real connector: if one of them stopped existing, this page would not build.

1
Check each network's best time

The Met checks in Metricool the best times to post on each network the piece goes to, and uses the one Metricool recommends instead of guessing.
- getbesttimetopostbynetwork Metricool
2
Look at what is already scheduled

Before scheduling, the Met lists the posts in the planner. If another one is already at that time, it picks the next best time so two pieces do not pile up on the same day.
- getscheduledposts Metricool
3
Schedule the post

The Met schedules the post in the Metricool planner for the chosen time, with the text and image it was given. From there, the post goes out at the scheduled time.
- createscheduledpost Metricool
4
See which metrics exist

When asked how it did, the Met checks which metrics Metricool has available for those networks. That way it asks for data that exists instead of guessing a metric name.
- getanalyticsavailablemetrics Metricool
5
Answer with the results

The Met pulls the metrics data for the period, for example reach and interactions, and answers with those figures. On the free plan, Metricool keeps 30 days of analytics.
- getanalyticsdatabymetrics Metricool

Before you start

What you need ready

The Met solves none of these for you. If one is missing, the automation stops there.

Metricool with your networks connected

Your Metricool brand has the networks where you want to post connected. Any plan works, including the free one, with its limits.
Metricool connected with scheduling switched on

In Met, open Connections → Metricool → Connect and authorize the account. The admin leaves the post scheduling action switched on.
The piece ready to post

The person asking for the post hands over the final text and image or video. The Met schedules what it receives; it does not design the piece.

The limits

What this automation does NOT solve

Better said here than discovered halfway through the rollout.

It does not design the image or the video. It schedules the piece it is given; creating it needs another tool.
It does not go past your plan's limits: on the free plan, Metricool allows up to 20 scheduled posts per month.
It does not ask for confirmation in the chat before scheduling: if the action is on, it schedules. The admin decides which actions stay on.
It does not reply to comments or messages on your networks: Metricool gives no access to its inbox or to comments through the MCP.

FAQ

Questions about this automation

It schedules in the planner for the chosen time. If you prefer to review first, the admin leaves the scheduling action off and the Met only suggests the time and checks what is scheduled.

It depends on your plan. On the free one, Metricool keeps 30 days of analytics, so the Met cannot pull older data.

Yes, on the networks connected to your brand. The Met checks each one's best time and schedules on each network at its own time.

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