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# Schedule a post

> Schedule a draft to publish at a future time, with an optional newsletter send. Inputs, cURL, Python and Node.js examples and an example response.

Source: https://cotlet.dev/docs/api/ghost/schedule_post

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Schedule a draft to publish at a future time, with an optional newsletter send.

Ghost API: https://cotlet.dev/docs/api/ghost.md

`POST https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/ghost/posts/{post_id}/schedule`

Access: write. Confirm: waits for the user's OK before it runs.

Returns the post with status scheduled and the time it will go out. At that time Ghost publishes the post and sends the email. A time in the past is rejected. Only a role that can publish may call it. By default you confirm each call; you can switch that off for this tool.

## Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `post_id` | string | yes | Post ID from list_posts. |
| `publish_at` | string | yes | ISO 8601 date and time in the future, for example 2026-10-19T09:00:00.000Z. |
| `newsletter` | string | no | Newsletter slug from list_newsletters. Omit to publish on the site without an email. |
| `send_to` | string | no | With a newsletter: all, free or paid members. Default all. |

## Request

**cURL**

```bash
curl -X POST https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/ghost/posts/6710a1c2f3e4d500a1b2c3d4/schedule \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $COTLET_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"publish_at":"2026-10-19T09:00:00.000Z","newsletter":"weekly-roundup","send_to":"all"}'
```

**Python**

```python
result = client.call("ghost", "schedule_post", {"post_id":"6710a1c2f3e4d500a1b2c3d4","publish_at":"2026-10-19T09:00:00.000Z","newsletter":"weekly-roundup","send_to":"all"})
```

**Node.js**

```js
const result = await cotlet.call('ghost', 'schedule_post', {"post_id":"6710a1c2f3e4d500a1b2c3d4","publish_at":"2026-10-19T09:00:00.000Z","newsletter":"weekly-roundup","send_to":"all"});
```

**CLI**

```bash
cotlet call ghost schedule_post --data '{"post_id":"6710a1c2f3e4d500a1b2c3d4","publish_at":"2026-10-19T09:00:00.000Z","newsletter":"weekly-roundup","send_to":"all"}'
```

## Example response

```json
{
  "post": {
    "id": "6710a1c2f3e4d500a1b2c3d4",
    "title": "Issue 42: pricing notes",
    "status": "scheduled",
    "published_at": "2026-10-19T09:00:00.000Z",
    "newsletter": "weekly-roundup",
    "send_to": "all"
  }
}
```

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## For AI agents: sign your user up

Is your user asking you to sign them up for Cotlet? You can do it for them, no account or key needed.

1. Read the fields and their allowed values: GET https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/access-requests
2. Ask the user for each value: email, apps, what you will do with them. If they leave the password to you, generate a strong one and show it to them.
3. Show the user what you will send, then POST it as JSON to https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/access-requests.

One call creates the account and sends the access request; we email the user when access is granted.