---
title: "Introduction"
description: "What mixetape is, and how a post travels from your agent to a platform."
---

> Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.mixetape.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Introduction

mixetape is a social media scheduler built for agents. Claude Code, your own agent or a
pipeline hands it a finished video, a caption and a time; mixetape holds the post, publishes
it to the channel at that time, and reports back what happened.

Everything a person can do in the workspace, an agent can do too — over
[MCP](/connect-an-agent/mcp) or the [REST API](/connect-an-agent/rest-api), with the same
names, rules and errors. The workspace at [mixetape.com](https://mixetape.com) is where you
supervise: connect channels, watch the queue, cancel or retry a post.

## How a post travels

1. **Your agent schedules it**

   `create_post` with an account, a media URL, a caption and `scheduledAt`. The post is
   `scheduled` and waits in mixetape — still editable with `update_post`, still cancellable.
2. **mixetape sends it shortly before its time**

   `leadMinutes` before `scheduledAt` (30 by default on YouTube), mixetape uploads it, so the
   platform has finished processing when it goes live. See [Posts and timing](/concepts/posts-and-timing).
3. **It goes live on time**

   The platform, or mixetape itself, publishes it at `scheduledAt`. Thumbnails, playlists,
   captions and a first comment are applied on the way.
4. **The agent hears back**

   `get_post` answers `published` with the link — or `failed` with the reason, so the agent
   can fix it and `retry_post`.

## Where to go next

- **Quickstart** — Connect a channel, give your agent a key and schedule a first post — [start here](/quickstart).
- **Tools** — All 28 tools, grouped by the permission they need — [browse them](/tools).
- **Platforms** — What each platform supports, and its limits — [YouTube](/platforms/youtube) first.
- **API reference** — Every endpoint, generated from the OpenAPI document — [open it](/api).

Source: https://docs.mixetape.com/introduction/index.mdx