Social media automation recipes API

Pick your automation tool and what should start a post. Each recipe gives the steps, the exact PostBoost API calls, and for n8n a workflow you can import.

• Endpoint: GET https://postboost.co/app/api/tools/social-media-automation-recipes (operationId findAutomationRecipes)
• Web tool: postboost.co/tools/social-media-automation-recipes
• Token: optional (limits)
• MCP: tool find-automation-recipes on https://postboost.co/mcp/tools

Request

Query parameter	Type	Default	Description
platform	string: n8n, zapier, make		Only the steps for this automation platform; n8n also returns an importable workflow per recipe. Omit it for the steps of all three.
trigger	string: rss, spreadsheet, file, approval, webhook, schedule		Only recipes started by this trigger. Omit it for every trigger.
q	string		Only recipes whose title or goal contains this text (case-insensitive). Omit it for every recipe.

Call it

curl

curl 'https://postboost.co/app/api/tools/social-media-automation-recipes?platform=zapier&trigger=rss'

Python

from postboost import ApiClient, Configuration
from postboost.api.free_tools_api import FreeToolsApi

with ApiClient(Configuration()) as client:
    api = FreeToolsApi(client)
    result = api.find_automation_recipes(platform='zapier', trigger='rss')
    print(result.to_dict())

Node.js

import { FreeToolsApi } from 'postboost';

const api = new FreeToolsApi();
const { body } = await api.findAutomationRecipes('zapier', 'rss');
console.log(body);

PHP

use PostBoostClient\Api\FreeToolsApi;

$api = new FreeToolsApi(new GuzzleHttp\Client());
$result = $api->findAutomationRecipes("zapier", "rss");
echo $result;

Go

import (
    "context"
    "fmt"

    postboost "github.com/postboost-co/postboost-go"
)

client := postboost.NewAPIClient(postboost.NewConfiguration())
result, _, err := client.FreeToolsAPI.FindAutomationRecipes(context.Background()).Platform("zapier").Trigger("rss").Execute()
fmt.Println(result, err)

Ruby

require 'postboost'

api = PostBoost::FreeToolsApi.new
result = api.find_automation_recipes(platform: 'zapier', trigger: 'rss')
puts result.to_hash

Java

import com.postboost.ApiClient;
import com.postboost.api.FreeToolsApi;
import com.postboost.model.FreeToolFindAutomationRecipesResponse;

FreeToolsApi api = new FreeToolsApi(new ApiClient());
FreeToolFindAutomationRecipesResponse result = api.findAutomationRecipes("zapier", "rss");
System.out.println(result.toJson());

C#

using PostBoost.Client.Api;
using PostBoost.Client.Client;

var api = new FreeToolsApi(new Configuration());
var result = await api.FindAutomationRecipesAsync("zapier", "rss");
Console.WriteLine(result.ToJson());

Rust

use postboost::apis::configuration::Configuration;
use postboost::apis::free_tools_api;

let config = Configuration::new();
let result = free_tools_api::find_automation_recipes(&config, Some("zapier"), Some("rss"), None).await?;
println!("{:?}", result);

CLI

./postboost-cli findAutomationRecipes platform='zapier' trigger='rss'

With a token, send Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN as a default header (how, per SDK).

Response

{
    "total": 2,
    "recipes": [
        {
            "slug": "rss-to-queue",
            "title": "RSS feed to the PostBoost queue",
            "trigger": "rss",
            "goal": "Each new blog post goes into the next free slot of your posting schedule with its title and link.",
            "native": {
                "feature": "RSS auto-post",
                "text": "PostBoost can watch an RSS feed and turn new items into drafts or queued posts by itself, with no automation tool: add the feed on the Recycling & RSS page (RSS feeds tab) or with the API.",
                "docs_url": "https://postboost.co/docs/automations/"
            },
            "api_operations": [
                {
                    "operation_id": "createPost",
                    "docs_url": "https://postboost.co/docs/api/create-post"
                }
            ],
            "steps": {
                "zapier": [
                    "Trigger: RSS by Zapier → New Item in Feed.",
                    "Action: Webhooks by Zapier → Custom Request, method POST, URL https://postboost.co/app/api/{workspaceUuid}/posts.",
                    "Headers: Authorization: Bearer <your token>, Content-Type: application/json.",
                    "Data: accounts, versions (the item title and link as the text) and \"queue\": true."
                ]
            },
            "n8n_workflow": null
        },
        {
            "slug": "rss-ai-caption-drafts",
            "title": "RSS feed to AI caption drafts",
            "trigger": "rss",
            "goal": "Each new blog post becomes a draft with one AI-written caption per account, ready for you to review. Uses PostBoost AI credits, no third-party AI.",
            "native": {
                "feature": "RSS auto-post",
                "text": "PostBoost can watch an RSS feed and turn new items into drafts or queued posts by itself, with no automation tool: add the feed on the Recycling & RSS page (RSS feeds tab) or with the API.",
                "docs_url": "https://postboost.co/docs/automations/"
            },
            "api_operations": [
                {
                    "operation_id": "blogToSocial",
                    "docs_url": "https://postboost.co/docs/api/blog-to-social"
                }
            ],
            "steps": {
                "zapier": [
                    "Trigger: RSS by Zapier → New Item in Feed.",
                    "Action: Webhooks by Zapier → Custom Request, method POST, URL https://postboost.co/app/api/{workspaceUuid}/ai/blog-to-social.",
                    "Headers: Authorization: Bearer <your token>, Content-Type: application/json.",
                    "Data: \"url\" (the item link), \"account_ids\" and \"create_post\": true."
                ]
            },
            "n8n_workflow": null
        }
    ],
    "last_verified": "2026-10-18"
}

With MCP

Connect https://postboost.co/mcp/tools (setup) and ask, for example: Find n8n, Zapier and Make recipes that automate social media posting through the PostBoost API with the PostBoost find-automation-recipes tool.

Errors

Status	When
401	The Authorization header holds an invalid token. Leave it out to call as a guest.
413	The JSON body is larger than 128 KB.
422	A field is invalid; the body lists the errors per field.
429	A limit is reached; see limits.