> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://help.blotato.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://help.blotato.com/start-with-an-ai-agent.md). # Start with an AI agent - [Start here](https://help.blotato.com/start-with-an-ai-agent/agents.md): Route a customer task or support question by surface, client, platform, artifact, and stage. - [Diagnose a support question](https://help.blotato.com/start-with-an-ai-agent/agent-triage.md): Diagnose customer questions by client, surface, artifact, failing stage, prior attempts, and verified outcome. - [Find a post's outcome before retrying](https://help.blotato.com/start-with-an-ai-agent/publishing-status.md): Diagnose missing, delayed, duplicated, or failed posts without assuming an outage or resubmitting an unresolved request. - [MCP Server](https://help.blotato.com/start-with-an-ai-agent/mcp.md): Connect the exact AI client, verify authentication with a read-only call, and select a supported task. - [Connect your client](https://help.blotato.com/start-with-an-ai-agent/mcp/setup.md): Client-specific MCP configuration and authorization for Claude, Codex, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code, and other clients. - [Tools reference](https://help.blotato.com/start-with-an-ai-agent/mcp/tools.md) - [MCP input index](https://help.blotato.com/start-with-an-ai-agent/mcp/inputs.md) - [Example prompts](https://help.blotato.com/start-with-an-ai-agent/mcp/examples.md): Map customer prompts to MCP workflows while preserving draft-only intent, destination approval, upload bytes, and completion checks. - [MCP FAQs](https://help.blotato.com/start-with-an-ai-agent/mcp/faqs.md): Troubleshoot AI-client connections, authentication, uploads, and Blotato tool calls. - [REST API quickstart](https://help.blotato.com/start-with-an-ai-agent/start.md): Configure REST authentication, connect social accounts, and verify access before publishing or building an automation. - [Search and read help](https://help.blotato.com/start-with-an-ai-agent/docs-search.md): Search and read published Blotato help through the documentation MCP endpoint, separately from account access and publishing tools. - [API reference for agents](https://help.blotato.com/start-with-an-ai-agent/llm.md) - [Connection and endpoint index](https://help.blotato.com/start-with-an-ai-agent/llm/overview.md): Choose MCP or REST, verify authentication with a read-only request, and find the supported operations. - [Account lookup](https://help.blotato.com/start-with-an-ai-agent/llm/accounts.md): Resolve REST account, Page, board, and playlist IDs without guessing a publishing destination. - [Publishing requests](https://help.blotato.com/start-with-an-ai-agent/llm/publishing.md): Build a REST publishing request with platform-specific fields, choose one scheduling method, and verify the saved submission. - [Visual generation requests](https://help.blotato.com/start-with-an-ai-agent/llm/visuals.md): Select a template schema, create an authorized visual, and verify finished media without repeating a paid job. - [Source extraction requests](https://help.blotato.com/start-with-an-ai-agent/llm/sources.md): Submit REST source extraction with an explicit source type and stop on completed or failed results. - [Schedules and slots](https://help.blotato.com/start-with-an-ai-agent/llm/scheduling.md): Read, edit, and cancel existing schedules, distinguish UTC slots from queued posts, and preserve user-approved content. - [Comment requests](https://help.blotato.com/start-with-an-ai-agent/llm/comments.md): Read Instagram and Facebook comments, resolve Blotato post and parent-comment IDs, and verify an authorized reply. - [Message requests](https://help.blotato.com/start-with-an-ai-agent/llm/messages.md): Resolve Instagram or Facebook message recipients, respect messaging windows, and verify an authorized send without duplicates. - [DM automation requests](https://help.blotato.com/start-with-an-ai-agent/llm/automations.md): Create a draft DM automation, activate only on request, target tracked posts, and diagnose runs without duplicate sends. - [Plan and request limits](https://help.blotato.com/start-with-an-ai-agent/llm/limits.md): Distinguish plan defaults, account-specific contact limits, upload constraints, and API request rate limits. - [Workflow and common mistakes](https://help.blotato.com/start-with-an-ai-agent/llm/workflow.md): Choose only the requested REST operations, preserve asynchronous IDs, and verify results without duplicate writes. - [API FAQs](https://help.blotato.com/start-with-an-ai-agent/faqs.md): Integration answers for authentication, publishing, uploads, visual generation, and errors. --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. 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