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# Schedule post

> Schedule a post for one or more profiles, optionally through an approval workflow. Input schema, a tools/call example and an example result.

Source: https://cotlet.dev/docs/mcp/sprout-social/schedule_post

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Schedule a post for one or more profiles, optionally through an approval workflow.

Sprout Social MCP tools: https://cotlet.dev/docs/mcp/sprout-social.md

MCP tool: `sprout_social_write → schedule_post`

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

Schedules a post in Compose at the time you give. With approval_workflow set, the post goes to the Needs Approval tab and does not publish until someone approves it; if nobody approves it before the scheduled time, Sprout does not publish it. Without a workflow it publishes at the scheduled time to the public profile. By default you confirm each call; you can switch that off for this tool.

## Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `profile_ids` | string[] | yes | Profile IDs from list_profiles. |
| `text` | string | yes | Post text. |
| `scheduled_at` | string | yes | ISO date-time with offset, in the future. |
| `media_urls` | string[] | no | Public URLs of images or video to attach. |
| `approval_workflow` | string | no | Name of an approval workflow from Settings. Needs the Professional or Advanced plan. |

## tools/call

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "sprout_social_write",
    "arguments": {
      "operation": "schedule_post",
      "arguments": {
        "profile_ids": [
          "p_li_02",
          "p_ig_01"
        ],
        "text": "Our autumn release is live. Three new reports, one new export.",
        "scheduled_at": "2026-10-21T09:00:00+02:00",
        "approval_workflow": "Brand review"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

## Example response

```json
{
  "content": [
    {
      "type": "text",
      "text": "{ ... same JSON as structuredContent ... }"
    }
  ],
  "structuredContent": {
    "posts": [
      {
        "post_id": "pub_3301",
        "profile_id": "p_li_02",
        "scheduled_at": "2026-10-21T09:00:00+02:00",
        "status": "needs_approval"
      },
      {
        "post_id": "pub_3302",
        "profile_id": "p_ig_01",
        "scheduled_at": "2026-10-21T09:00:00+02:00",
        "status": "needs_approval"
      }
    ],
    "approval_workflow": "Brand review"
  },
  "isError": false
}
```

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