Feed automations
A feed automation posts every new main-page post from one X account.
A feed automation posts every new main-page post from one X account.
What fires a feed automation
The bot checks the account for new main-page posts. Replies and reposts are not announced.
Setup
Setup
- Open Dashboard → Beta → Automations with the bot selected.
- Click Add and pick Posts from Feed in the Which automation? picker.
- Enter the X handle. The dashboard looks it up and shows the account's name and avatar, or says the handle is invalid, not found on X, or private.
- Pick the destination group from Posts in group… — only groups already authorized for the bot are listed.
- Optional: write the message, upload an image or turn on Tweet image (a screenshot of the post), set the link label and position, add buttons.
- Click Create.
- Optional, from the saved automation's card: open the Topics icon to route its messages into a forum topic, or the Recap icon to add a scheduled recap.
From Telegram: /menu → Automations Menu → Add a new automation → New posts tracker, send the username, then answer Post in this group? / Post in this DM? or pick a group. It is created at once with the default message. The saved automation appears under Manage Automations in Telegram and on the dashboard card, where the message is edited.
Settings
| Setting | Accepts | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Handle | X handle: 1–15 letters, digits or underscores | Required |
| Destination group | One of the bot's authorized groups | Required |
| Message | Text | Empty — uses the default message (see Output) |
| Media | Your own image (jpg, png, webp, 5MB from the dashboard; image, GIF or video up to 20MB sent to the bot in Telegram), or Tweet image — a screenshot of the post | Empty — uses the post's own photo when it has one |
| Link label | Text; empty shows the bare post URL | View post on X |
| Link position | Top or bottom | Bottom |
| Show quoted post | On or off | On |
| Buttons | Up to 12; label up to 64 characters; URL must start with http(s):// | None |
| Button layout | Stacked or inline | Stacked |
| Recap | Scheduled summary of the automation's posts — set from the saved card | Off |
| Topics | Route messages into a forum topic — set from the saved card | General |
Media modes. Three ways to illustrate the alert: the post's own photo (default, only when the post has one), your own media on every post, or Tweet image — a rendered screenshot of the post, the same picture the following tracker's post cards use. Tweet image is the Tweet image pill on the dashboard editor, or Manage media → Use tweet image in Telegram. When the screenshot can't be made the alert falls back to your own media, then the post's photo, then plain text.
From Telegram. Under Manage Automations, tap the tracker: Manage media offers Use tweet image, Use custom media (send the image, GIF or video; it is posted with every new post) and, once one is set, Use the post's own photo. Edit emoji asks for an emoji — a premium emoji works — and puts it in front of the message in place of the 🐦, leaving the rest of the message as it is. Both edits show up on the dashboard card at once.
Limit
Feed allows no rules.
Output
The message has up to three parts: the link line (top or bottom), your message text (or the default below), and — unless Show quoted post is off — the post's own text as a quote.
Default message (message left empty)
| Input | Output |
|---|---|
| Message | 🐦 **@handle just posted** |
@handle is the account's username, linked to its X profile.
Placeholders you can type into the message
| Placeholder | Becomes |
|---|---|
{account} | The poster's @username, linked to their X profile |
{handle} | The poster's @username as plain text |