AutoCrew

One-person content studio powered by AI — from trending topics to published posts.

English | 中文

AutoCrew is an AI-powered content operations pipeline for Chinese social media. It handles the entire workflow — research trending topics, write platform-native drafts, review for sensitivity and AI-sounding language, and publish to Xiaohongshu, Douyin, WeChat, and more.

Works standalone as a CLI, or as a plugin for Claude Code and OpenClaw.

You:       Find me topics for this week
AutoCrew:  (searches trending lists + scores by your niche → recommends 5 topics)

You:       Write #2 as a Xiaohongshu post
AutoCrew:  (generates draft in your voice → checks for sensitive words → outputs title options + hashtags)

You:       Too AI-sounding, make it more conversational
AutoCrew:  (de-AI pass → remembers your preference → applies automatically next time)

You:       Publish
AutoCrew:  (6-point pre-publish check → publishes)

Quick Start

npm install -g autocrew
autocrew init
autocrew research

That's it. init creates your local data directory (~/.autocrew/), and research finds trending topics based on public sources (Zhihu, Weibo, industry keywords).

Features

Research

• Trending topic discovery from public sources (Zhihu Hot List, Weibo Trending, industry keywords)
• Topic scoring based on your niche and audience
• Intel pipeline for monitoring inspiration sources

Write

• Style-calibrated drafts — 4-stage deep calibration learns your voice
• Hook-Body-CTA-Title structure optimized for Chinese social media
• Multi-platform rewrites (same topic, platform-native format)

Review

• Sensitive word scanning (built-in + platform-specific throttled terms)
• De-AI-ification (去 AI 味) — removes robotic patterns from Chinese text
• Quality scoring: information density, hook strength, CTA clarity

Publish

• Multi-platform: Xiaohongshu, Douyin, WeChat Video, WeChat Articles, Bilibili
• 6-point pre-publish checklist
• Cover image generation and A/B/C review

Learn

• Auto-captures your edits as feedback
• After 5 similar corrections, distills them into writing rules
• Rules are applied automatically in future drafts

Web Dashboard

• Built-in web UI for visual content management
• Script editor with timeline-based video production
• Jianying (剪映) export for video editing

How It Works

AutoCrew runs entirely on your machine. All content, drafts, and creator profiles are stored locally in ~/.autocrew/. No data is uploaded anywhere.

The core is a standalone Node.js CLI with 20+ tools and 15+ skills. A thin plugin layer lets it work as a Claude Code MCP server or OpenClaw extension — but it doesn't depend on either.

~/.autocrew/
├── creator-profile.json    # Your niche, audience, writing rules
├── STYLE.md                # Writing voice profile
├── topics/                 # Topic library
├── contents/               # Content projects
│   └── content-xxx/
│       ├── meta.json       # Metadata + status + asset index
│       ├── draft.md        # Current draft
│       ├── timeline.json   # Video timeline (if generated)
│       └── versions/       # Version history
└── learnings/              # Edit history + distilled rules

Use with Claude Code

Add AutoCrew as an MCP server in your Claude Code settings:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "autocrew": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["tsx", "/path/to/AutoCrew/mcp/server.ts"]
    }
  }
}

Then just talk to Claude naturally — "find me topics", "write this as a post", "make it less AI-sounding".

Use with OpenClaw

openclaw plugins install autocrew

Works out of the box. All skills and tools are available in OpenClaw conversations.

CLI Reference

| Command | Description | |---------|-------------| | autocrew init | Initialize data directory and creator profile | | autocrew status | Pipeline overview | | autocrew research | Discover trending topics | | autocrew topics | List saved topics | | autocrew start <topic> | Start a new content project | | autocrew contents | List content items | | autocrew humanize <id> | De-AI pass on a draft | | autocrew adapt <id> <platform> | Platform-native rewrite | | autocrew review <id> | Content review (sensitivity + quality) | | autocrew pre-publish <id> | 6-point pre-publish checklist | | autocrew profile | Show creator profile | | autocrew learn <id> --signal edit --feedback "too formal" | Capture feedback | | autocrew intel | Manage inspiration sources |

Run autocrew --help for the full command list.

Free vs Pro

| Feature | Free | Pro | |---------|------|-----| | Topic research | Public search (Zhihu/Weibo) | + Competitor crawling + platform hot lists | | Content writing | Full workflow | Full workflow | | De-AI-ification | Yes | Yes | | Sensitive word scan | Yes | Yes | | Platform rewrite | Xiaohongshu + Douyin | + WeChat + Bilibili | | Cover generation | 3:4 | + 16:9 + 4:3 | | Publishing | Xiaohongshu + Douyin | All platforms | | Style calibration | Yes | Yes | | Learning loop | Yes | Yes | | Competitor monitoring | No | Yes | | Video ASR extraction | No | Yes | | Analytics reports | No | Yes |

Development

git clone https://github.com/alextangson/AutoCrew.git
cd AutoCrew
npm install
npm test        # 341 tests

Start the web dashboard in dev mode:

cd web && npm run dev

See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.

License

MIT © alextangson