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Getting Started

Your First Content Piece

This walkthrough shows how to take a content request from idea to approved post using Agenteous. It happens in Slack, and you can do the same thing in the web app.

The Scenario

A client runs a B2B SaaS product. They have a product update going live this week and want a LinkedIn post to announce it. You need a draft ready to review before the time you want it to go out.

LinkedIn posts are Marketing Social's job. Long-form blog posts belong to Marketing Content, which works the same way but writes for your agency's blog.

Step 1: Make the Request

In the Marketing Social channel, post a message describing what you need:

@Agenteous Draft a LinkedIn post for our SaaS client announcing their new reporting dashboard feature. Audience is mid-market ops teams. Keep it under 200 words, professional tone, no hashtag spam.

Some agents share a channel, so you may see other agents' cards there. If you are not sure where to post, ask the Concierge in its channel and it will route the request to the right agent.

:::tip You can do this in the app too You can also start a request and review the draft in the web app. The Marketing Workspace is where each marketing agent's drafts collect, and the Work Queue is where approvals wait for you. The same item can be approved from either place: act on it in Slack or in the app, and it clears from both. :::

Step 2: Review the Draft Card

When the draft is ready, the agent posts an approval card in the channel. The card shows:

  • The draft copy, formatted as it would appear on LinkedIn.
  • The hook (opening line) the draft uses, and the agent's rationale.
  • The documents the draft drew on, when it used any. Open the draft in the app to see any proof points it is grounded in; see How Drafts Are Grounded in Proof Points.
  • Action buttons: Approve, Edit, and Reject, with Regenerate text and an image option (Generate image, or Regenerate image when the post already has one) in the card's menu.

Read the draft. If it matches the brief, you are one click from done. If you want changes, you have two paths: Edit (you rewrite it directly) or ask the agent for a new version in the channel.

Step 3: Request a Revision

The first draft is close but the opening line is too generic. You have two ways to fix it:

  • Click Edit and rewrite the opening yourself.
  • Make a new request in the channel with the angle you want:
@Agenteous Draft a LinkedIn post for our SaaS client announcing their new reporting dashboard. Lead with the specific problem it solves, not a general opener about data.

The agent posts a new card with the new draft. Reject the first one so it is not scheduled. Regenerate text in the card's menu also produces a fresh version, but it takes no note, so use it only when you want another attempt at the same brief.

Step 4: Approve and Schedule

The revision hits the mark. Click Approve. The post gets the next open posting slot (a weekday morning, at least a day after that brand's previous post), and when that slot arrives it is published automatically through the publishing route your agency has set up. If brand checking is set to Enforce, it runs at that moment, and a flagged post is held back instead of published. Approving is the last decision you make on this post; you do not need to come back and press publish.

:::note Agency mode Each content request is scoped to a specific client's brand voice. If you have multiple clients, make sure your request names which client the content is for. The agent uses that client's brand settings when drafting. :::

What You Just Did

In four steps you turned a brief into an approved post without leaving Slack. The agent handled the writing; you handled the judgment call. That is the standard Agenteous workflow for content.

The same pattern applies to other content, with one difference to remember: what Approve does depends on the item. A LinkedIn post takes the next open posting slot and is then published, a blog post takes the next open publishing slot, and a marketing email is marked approved but is sent in a separate step. Getting Started lists each case.

Next Steps

  • Try a different content type: ask for three alternative opening lines for the same post.
  • Read the Marketing Social page for the full list of request types it handles.
  • Read the Marketing Content page to see how blog posts are requested and published.
  • Open Syndications in the app to see how an approved post is adapted for other platforms.

Questions? Reach out to support@agenteous.com.