Quickstart: let Hero_Agent plan your first week

Teach Hero_Agent your brand, ask it for a week of posts, check the plan and what it costs, then approve the schedule. Nothing goes out until you press Approve.

Checked Oct 8, 2026 on the live appAll plans

How it works#

Hero_Agent is the chat on Home. You tell it what you want; it plans the posts, writes them as drafts and asks before it schedules anything. Each post it creates, and each inbox reply it sends, uses one AI action from your monthly allowance. Reading, editing, scheduling and publishing are free, and so is writing copy in the chat.

This guide takes about ten minutes: teach Hero_Agent your brand, ask for a week of posts, check the plan, then approve the schedule.

Before you start#

  • Connect your accounts. Hero_Agent posts only to the accounts in the current workspace. See Connect an account and schedule your first post.
  • Check your allowance. On Home, the Actions row of Workspace intelligence reads "N of M AI actions used this month." Every plan includes 30 AI actions, 300 Hero_Agent messages and 3 connected AI tools a month, plus 10 Hero_Photo credits once, the free trial too. The Growth, Pro and Agency plans include 2,000, 10,000 and unlimited (fair use) actions a month.
  • Be the owner or an Admin to set Hero_Agent up and approve scheduling. If you're an Editor, see Who can do what.

1. Teach it your brand#

The first time the workspace owner or an Admin opens Home, Hero_Agent asks How do you want to work with me?

  1. Choose Create together.
  2. Tick what you want to make first, for example Social posts, then press Continue.
  3. Under "Got it. Here’s where I’d start:", press Bring in your brand from your website.
  4. Type your website address and press Import. Hero_Agent reads the site.
  5. Check the Brand kit card: your logo, Colours and Fonts, and the rows What you do, Voice and Audience. Tap a row to fix it.
  6. Press Looks right. Hero_Agent answers "Saved to your brand kit."
  • No website? Under the address box, choose Answer 5 quick questions, or Upload a .md file with a brand document from ChatGPT, Claude or Notion.
  • Skipped the setup? In the Workspace intelligence panel, press Give it more information. Hero_Agent shows what it already knows and asks one question at a time.
  • Fix a fact later. Saved facts are listed in Workspace intelligence. Tap one to correct it. Saving facts about your business uses no actions.

More: Teach Hero_Agent your brand.

2. Ask for the week#

Two starters on Home write a week for you:

Starter What it does Best for
Create posts in bulk Opens a setup card where you choose the accounts, dates, number of posts, themes and pictures. It shows the action cost before anything is written. Your first week
Fill my empty days this week Hero_Agent reads your calendar and drafts posts for the empty days, based on what has worked before. Topping up a week later on
  1. On Home, click Create posts in bulk. The Set up your batch card opens under the chat box.
  2. Accounts: check which accounts are ticked, and untick any you don't want in this batch.
  3. Period: choose This week. It starts tomorrow. Then choose Weekdays or Every day.
  4. Cadence: 1 per account a day gives each account one post a day.
  5. Themes: what to post about, for example "product tips, customer stories, behind the scenes". Leave it empty and Hero_Agent picks from your brand and what has worked.
  6. Media: how the posts get pictures (see the table below).
  7. Read the estimate under the card, for example "≈ 10 posts · 10 actions to create (scheduling is free) — you have 30 left this month."
  8. Press Build my plan.
Media choice What happens
Create images with Hero_Photo Hero_Photo makes one image per post, up to 10 in one batch. A photo uses 2 photo credits, a text graphic 1. Posts beyond the first 10 start without media.
Add later in the editor Posts are created without media. You add it in the post editor.
I'll drop media now You drop your own photos or videos into the chat when you say go.
Use my media library Hero_Agent picks images from your Media Library.
Text-only platforms Instagram and TikTok are left out.

On a small allowance, size the batch first. Every post uses one action, so 2 accounts × 5 weekdays × 1 post a day is 10 posts and 10 actions. Every plan includes 30 AI actions a month, plus 10 Hero_Photo credits once: enough for about 5 photos. Untick accounts or pick fewer days to stay inside them.

Have your own list of posts? Press Have your own file? Upload a CSV, or paste rows copied from a spreadsheet into the chat. Hero_Agent reads up to 200 rows per message.

3. Check the plan, then say go#

Hero_Agent replies with a plan: one row per post with its day, time, account and idea, then the totals and the action cost. Nothing has been created yet.

  • Change anything in plain words: "Move Tuesday's post to 9 AM", "Make them more playful", "Leave LinkedIn out".
  • When it looks right, reply "go". Hero_Agent writes the posts and saves them as drafts.

When it's done, a Drafts created · N card lists each post with its networks and time, and any warning. For five posts or fewer, Hero_Agent may skip the plan and draft them straight away.

Times are in the workspace's time zone.

4. Review the drafts#

  • See them all: press Review in Drafts. They're under Content → Drafts.
  • Ask for changes in the chat: "Rewrite post 3 with a question at the end". Editing is free.
  • Edit one yourself: open it from Drafts, or press Open in editor on its card.
  • Check the pictures. Instagram needs a photo or video; TikTok and YouTube need a video.

Drafts don't appear on the calendar. They show there once they're scheduled.

5. Approve the schedule#

  1. On the Drafts created card, press Schedule all N.
  2. A Waiting for your approval card shows the posts, their times and the cost: free.
  3. Press Approve. (Deny cancels.)
  4. A Scheduled · N card confirms it. A post that couldn't be scheduled shows as "Post #{id} — not scheduled", with the reason.
  5. Press Open calendar to see your week.

Answer the approval card before you type again. Sending a new message while a card is waiting cancels it, and you'll need to ask again.

A single post has its own buttons on its card: Schedule, Change time, Edit copy, Publish now and Open in editor. Scheduling and publishing from there also ask for approval.

6. During the week#

  • "What were the main insights from last week?" Hero_Agent reads your analytics for Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and Threads and suggests what to do next.
  • "Draft replies to my waiting messages." Each reply card has a suggested reply you can edit. Send reply asks for approval first.
  • Next week: press Fill my empty days this week.
  • Start a new conversation for a new task: the clock icon at the top left opens your conversations, and + starts a new one. Your conversations are private: teammates don't see them.

What it costs#

Uses 1 action Free
Each post Hero_Agent creates (every post in a batch counts) Writing and rewriting copy in the chat
Each inbox reply it sends Editing, scheduling and publishing a post
Reading your calendar, accounts, analytics and inbox
Saving facts about your business and your brand kit
  • Pictures from Hero_Photo use photo credits instead of actions.
  • Every message you send counts toward your monthly Hero_Agent messages: 300 on every plan, 800 on Growth, 1,500 on Pro and unlimited on Agency.
  • Allowances reset at the start of each calendar month (UTC). Nothing is charged when you reach a limit: the action isn't carried out.

More: AI actions: what counts and your allowance.

Who can do what#

Role What Hero_Agent does for them
Owner and Admin Everything in this guide, including the brand setup and approving schedules.
Editor Chats, saves facts and creates drafts. Instead of scheduling, Hero_Agent can submit their posts for approval.
Viewer Chats and reads. Can't create posts.

Hero_Agent always uses the plan of the workspace owner. See Roles and permissions.

If it doesn't work#

What you see What it means What to do
"You've reached your action limit ({used}/{limit})." with Upgrade This month's AI actions are used up. Upgrade (click your name at the bottom of the left menu, then Billing), or wait for the 1st of next month.
"That's all {N} Hero_Agent chat turns for this month — they reset on {date}. …" This month's Hero_Agent messages are used up. Upgrade, or wait for the reset date shown. Your connected AI tools keep working.
"This batch needs more actions than you have left this month." on the setup card The batch is bigger than what's left. Untick accounts, choose fewer days, or press See plans.
"Pick at least one account." No account is ticked on the setup card. Tick one, or connect an account first.
"I ran out of room working that out before I could answer. Try a smaller batch — fewer accounts, days or posts a day — or ask again more narrowly." The request was too big for one answer. Start a new conversation and ask for fewer posts at a time.
"You're sending messages very quickly — give me a moment, then try again." Too many messages in a short time. Wait a minute and send again.
"Hero_Agent chat isn't part of the plan on this workspace. …" The workspace owner has no active plan, for example after the free trial. The owner picks a plan: click your name at the bottom of the left menu, then Billing.
"I couldn’t read {site} just now." Hero_Agent couldn't read your website. Try again, fill in the brand rows yourself, or use Answer 5 quick questions.
Hero_Agent wrote posts in the chat, but Drafts is empty The posts weren't saved. In the same conversation, reply "Save those posts as drafts now".
"Post #{id} — not scheduled" That post couldn't be scheduled; the reason is shown under it. Open the post, fix what's missing (often a photo for Instagram), then schedule it.
"This approval is no longer valid." The approval card is from an earlier step. Ask Hero_Agent again for a new card.
"Excel / Numbers files aren’t supported yet — save it as CSV, or copy the rows and paste them here." Hero_Agent reads CSV and TSV files, not Excel or Numbers. Save as CSV, or copy and paste the rows.

Questions#

Will Hero_Agent post anything without asking me?

No. It saves drafts on its own, but every schedule, publish, inbox reply and delete shows a Waiting for your approval card first. The line under the chat box says it: "Hero_Agent acts only with your approval".

Can I use Hero_Agent for several brands?

Yes. Hero_Agent works per workspace: create one workspace per brand, connect its accounts, then teach Hero_Agent about that business on its Home. Your monthly actions and photo credits are shared by all your workspaces.

Hero_Agent has the wrong information about my business. How do I fix it?

On Home, tap the fact in Workspace intelligence to correct it, or tell Hero_Agent what to replace, for example "Replace what you saved about our audience with: …". It doesn't use actions.

Does Hero_Agent know what worked before?

It reads your analytics for Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and Threads. With little posting history, it says so and uses sensible defaults, such as one post per network each weekday.

Can I use ChatGPT or Claude instead?

Yes. Connect your tool from Home → Connect your AI tools. It uses the same accounts and the same monthly actions. See Use Heropost from your AI tools.

Checked on Oct 8, 2026 against the live Heropost app. Something look different on your screen? Tell us, with a screenshot, and we’ll update this page.