Daily Social Media Publisher

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name: social-media-publisher description: Daily social media posting with NewsAPI for PayLessTax & LevelUpLove version: 2.7.0 author: Migration from Agent Zero

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Social Media Publisher Skill

Overview

Automated daily social media posting system that generates content using NewsAPI and UploadPost API with Templated.io image rendering.

Purpose

Fetch industry news via NewsAPI

Generate branded image posts using Templated.io

Publish to social platforms via UploadPost API

Schedule daily posts for LevelUpLove and PayLessTax

Input Variables

| Variable | Description | Example | |----------|-------------|---------| | NEWS_API_KEY | NewsAPI.org key | 92a8bbc150d... | | UPLOADPOST_API_KEY | UploadPost API key | from uploadpost.json | | TEMPLATED_IO_KEY | Templated.io API key | from templated_io.json | | BRAND | Which brand to post | "paylesstax" or "leveluplove" | | CONTENT_TYPE | Post type | "news" or "onerliner" | | PLATFORM | Where to post | "instagram", "facebook", "twitter" |

Content Types

News-Based Posts

1. Scrape latest news via NewsAPI (tax for PayLessTax, relationship for LevelUpLove) 2. Summarize headline 3. Generate image via Templated.io 4. Post via UploadPost API 5. Schedule next post

One-Liner Pool Posts

Rotate through hand-written one-liners from JSON pool

Quick generation, no external news fetch

Fast turnaround for high-frequency posting

One-Liner Pools

PayLessTax Topics:

Tax deadline reminders

VAT compliance tips

Penalty warnings

Professional services CTA

LevelUpLove Topics:

Dating advice

Relationship tips

Gaming/streaming culture

Engagement questions

Triggers

Scheduled through OpenClaw:

PayLessTax: Every 2 hours during business hours (06:00-18:00)

LevelUpLove: Every 3 hours (09:00, 12:00, 15:00, 18:00, 21:00)

APIs & Dependencies

NewsAPI.org: Fresh content headlines

Templated.io: Image generation via templates

UploadPost API: Social media publishing

requests: HTTP client

Pillow: Image manipulation (fallback)

Image Rendering Flow

1. Select template from config (paylesstax_ig_post, leveluplove_ig_post) 2. Replace text layer with news headline or one-liner 3. Render to PNG via Templated.io 4. Download and confirm 5. Upload via UploadPost

Config Files Required

paylesstax_oneliners.json

[
  "Miss the 2026 deadline? Penalties apply automatically.",
  "VAT compliance made simple: We're the shortcut you need."
]

uploadpost.json

{
  "api_key": "...",
  "endpoint": "https://api.upload-post.com/api/upload_photos"
}

templated_io.json

{
  "api_key": "...",
  "templates": {
    "paylesstax": {"template_id": "tpl_xxx"},
    "leveluplove": {"template_id": "tpl_yyy"}
  }
}

Output

{
  "brand": "paylesstax",
  "content_type": "news",
  "headline": "SARS Extends Tax Deadline",
  "image_url": "https://...",
  "post_id": 12345,
  "status": "published",
  "scheduled_next": "2026-03-04T08:00:00"
}

Files

index.py - Main posting logic

onliners/paylesstax.json - One-liner pool

onliners/leveluplove.json - One-liner pool

config/uploadpost.example.json - Template config

config/templated_io.example.json - Template config