Publish settings
Set how many posts a month, turn on auto-publish, and tell Astro how to write for your brand.
These settings belong to one brand. Change anything, then press Save at the top. One save covers every section.
Publish → SettingsCadence and automation
| Setting | What it does | Starts as |
|---|---|---|
| Posts per month | How many posts Publish plans. From 0 to 90. At 0, nothing new is planned. | 30 |
| Auto-publish | Sends a draft that passed review to your blog at the end of its planned day | On |
| Days between reusing a keyword | How long before the same keyword gets another post | 1 |
Posts per month cannot take you past your plan's article limit.
Pause automatic writing
Press Pause at the top of the page. New briefs, articles, and reviews stop starting on their own. Work that is already running finishes, and anything you ask for yourself still runs.
Press Resume to start again.
AI models
Astro needs a model for each job before it can write.
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Writer agent | Writes article drafts |
| Reviewer agent | Writes briefs and reviews articles |
| Image generation | Makes featured and inline images |
The lists show the models of the AI providers you connected. See AI providers.
Writing
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Brand knowledge | Sources Astro reads before it writes: your sitemap, a page, your blog, a YouTube video, a document, or text you type. Press Add knowledge. |
| Author perspective | Who is speaking: "I", "we", brand-neutral, or whatever your brand already uses |
| Emoji | Never, Sparing, or Allowed |
| Brand mentions | How often an article names your product: only when relevant, subtle, or standard |
| Internal links | The fewest and the most links to your other posts in one article. Starts at 2 to 5. |
| Global article instructions | Rules for every article, in your own words |
Media
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Include infographics | Astro adds a graphic where it helps |
| Include relevant YouTube videos | Astro embeds a video that fits the topic |
| Featured image style | How the main image should look |
| Inline image style | How images inside the article should look |
Keyword defaults
Country and Language are used for every new keyword, unless you change them when you add it. They start as the United States and English.
Authors
An author is the person or the company a post is written as. Astro uses the author's background to write in their voice.
Press Add author and fill in the name, title, bio, and expertise. Perspective and Voice notes tell Astro how this author sounds. Tick Make this the default Publish author for the one most posts use.
For each blog connection, link the author to their account in your CMS. The post then appears under their name on your blog.
Troubleshoot
"Choose the AI models before saving"
Posts per month is above 0, and a writer or a reviewer model is not set. Pick both under AI models, then save.