PostKing CLI (pking)

The PostKing CLI lets you interact with the PostKing platform directly from your terminal or autonomous agent. It covers authentication, brand management, content generation, scheduling, repurposing, and more.

Installation

npm install -g postking-cli

Or clone and link locally:

npm install
npm run build
npm link

Quick Start

# 1. Authenticate
pking login

# 2. Onboard a brand (crawls site, generates themes automatically)
pking onboard https://yoursite.com --name "My Brand"

# 3. Generate a post
pking posts generate --platform linkedin --variations 3

# 4. Approve and schedule it
pking posts approve <postId> --variation 2 --schedule "2026-04-01T09:00:00Z"

Global Options

• -h, --help: Display help for any command.
• -V, --version: Display the CLI version.

Authentication

pking login

Authenticate via OAuth2 Device Authorization Flow. The CLI prints a short code and URL for a human to visit, then polls until authorized.

pking login

pking logout

Clear locally stored credentials.

pking logout

Brand Management (pking brand)

pking onboard <websiteUrl>

Crawl a website, analyze the audience, and generate 10 initial content themes automatically. Sets the new brand as active.

pking onboard https://postking.app --name "PostKing Agent"
pking onboard https://acme.com

pking brand list

List all brands on your account and see which is currently active.

pking brand list

pking brand set <brandId>

Switch the active brand workspace. All subsequent commands will use this brand.

pking brand set clx1234abcd

pking brand info

View a full profile of the active brand — tone, audience, pain points, themes, and more.

pking brand info

pking brand create <name>

Manually create a brand without automatic crawling.

pking brand create "My Design Studio"
pking brand create "Acme Corp" --tone "Bold & Direct" --audience "B2B SaaS founders" --website "https://acme.com"
pking brand create "Side Project" --description "A productivity app for developers"

pking brand themes

List all content themes for the active brand with their IDs.

pking brand themes
pking brand themes list

pking brand themes edit <themeId>

Edit an existing theme's title or content instructions.

pking brand themes edit clx9theme1 --title "Product-Led Growth"
pking brand themes edit clx9theme1 --content "Focus on how the product sells itself through user success stories"
pking brand themes edit clx9theme1 --title "Customer Stories" --content "Real users, real outcomes"

pking brand themes delete <themeId>

Delete a content theme.

pking brand themes delete clx9theme1

pking brand generate-themes

Generate new content themes with the core engine (deducts credits). Optionally provide instructions or source content.

# Generate 5 themes (default)
pking brand generate-themes

# Generate 8 themes with custom instructions
pking brand generate-themes --count 8 --instructions "Focus on startup growth and fundraising"

# Derive themes from a file
pking brand generate-themes --count 5 --input /path/to/brand-notes.txt

# Derive themes from raw text
pking brand generate-themes --count 3 --input "We help remote teams stay aligned through async video updates"

Posts (pking posts)

pking posts generate

Generate a post for a platform with the core engine (deducts credits). Polls until complete and prints all variations.

# Generate 1 post for X (random theme)
pking posts generate --platform x

# Generate 3 LinkedIn variations on a specific theme
pking posts generate --platform linkedin --variations 3 --theme "Product-Led Growth"

# Use a theme ID instead of a name
pking posts generate --platform linkedin --theme clx9theme1 --variations 2

# Apply a voice profile
pking posts generate --platform x --voice clxvoice1 --variations 2

# Custom character limit (not tied to a specific platform)
pking posts generate --platform custom:500

pking posts generate-bulk

Generate and schedule multiple posts across a date range in the background.

# 7 days of daily LinkedIn posts at 9am and 2pm
pking posts generate-bulk --platform linkedin --days 7 --times "09:00,14:00"

# Post every other day on X with a specific voice
pking posts generate-bulk --platform x --frequency every_other --days 14 --voice clxvoice1

# Weekdays only, 2 posts per day
pking posts generate-bulk --platform linkedin --frequency weekdays --posts-per-day 2 --times "08:00,17:00" --days 10

# 30 days of daily posts
pking posts generate-bulk --platform instagram --frequency daily --days 30 --posts-per-day 1 --times "10:00"

Frequency options: daily, every_other, every_third, weekdays

pking posts create

Manually create a post as a draft.

# Simple draft
pking posts create --platform linkedin --content "Excited to share our Q1 results!"

# Schedule at a specific time
pking posts create --platform x --content "Big announcement coming tomorrow." --schedule "2026-04-01T10:00:00Z"

# Custom character limit
pking posts create --platform custom:280 --content "Short-form post for a custom platform"

pking posts list

List recent posts and drafts.

# Show latest 10 posts
pking posts list

# Filter by status
pking posts list --status scheduled
pking posts list --status created

# Filter by platform
pking posts list --platform linkedin --limit 20

# Combine filters
pking posts list --status scheduled --platform x --limit 5

Status options: created, scheduled, posted

pking posts view <postId>

View the full content, status, and attached assets of a post.

pking posts view clxpost1234

pking posts approve <postId>

Confirm a draft. Without --schedule the post joins the automated queue; with --schedule it is pinned to that time.

# Approve and add to automated queue
pking posts approve clxpost1234

# Select a specific variation (1-based)
pking posts approve clxpost1234 --variation 2

# Approve with a specific schedule time
pking posts approve clxpost1234 --schedule "2026-04-15T12:00:00Z"

# Specify timezone
pking posts approve clxpost1234 --schedule "2026-04-15T09:00:00Z" --timezone "America/New_York"

pking posts schedule <postId>

Confirm a draft and pin it to a specific date/time. Equivalent to approve --schedule, but makes the intent explicit.

pking posts schedule clxpost1234 --date "2026-05-05T14:00:00+02:00"
pking posts schedule clxpost1234 --date "2026-05-05T09:00:00Z" --variation 2 --timezone "America/New_York"

pking posts reschedule <postId>

Move an already-scheduled (or failed) post to a new time. Does not work on drafts — use schedule / approve first.

pking posts reschedule clxpost1234 --date "2026-05-01T14:00:00Z"

Lifecycle

draft ──approve──▶ queued       (no --schedule)
draft ──schedule/approve --schedule──▶ scheduled ──reschedule──▶ new time

pking posts cancel <postId>

Cancel a scheduled post or unapprove a draft.

pking posts cancel clxpost1234

pking posts delete <postId>

Soft delete a post.

pking posts delete clxpost1234

pking posts calendar

View your upcoming content schedule.

# Next 14 days (default)
pking posts calendar

# Next 30 days
pking posts calendar --days 30

Repurpose (pking repurpose)

Turn an external URL, text, or existing post into new content for any platform.

# Repurpose a blog URL into X and LinkedIn posts
pking repurpose --source-type url --source-url https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/08/will-the-pentagons-anthropic-controversy-scare-startups-away-from-defense-work/ --target-type social --target-platforms x,linkedin

# Turn a blog URL into a standalone blog post
pking repurpose --source-type url --source-url https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/08/will-the-pentagons-anthropic-controversy-scare-startups-away-from-defense-work/ --target-type blog

# Repurpose raw text into 2 social variations with a voice
pking repurpose --source-type text --source-content "We just shipped dark mode." --target-type social --target-platforms x,threads --variations 2 --voice clxvoice1

# Custom text length output
pking repurpose --source-type text --source-content "Here is my thought" --target-type text --text-length medium
pking repurpose --source-type text --source-content "Here is my thought" --target-type text --text-length custom:300

# Repurpose an existing PostKing post to LinkedIn with a specific angle
pking repurpose --source-type social_post --source-post clxpost1234 --target-type social --target-platforms linkedin --angle "focus on ROI data"

# Include the source link in the output and attach a theme
pking repurpose --source-type url --source-url https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/08/will-the-pentagons-anthropic-controversy-scare-startups-away-from-defense-work/ --target-type social --target-platforms x --include-link --theme-id clx9theme1

# Per-platform voice mapping
pking repurpose --source-type url --source-url https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/08/will-the-pentagons-anthropic-controversy-scare-startups-away-from-defense-work/ --target-type social --target-platforms x,linkedin --voice "x:clxvoice1,linkedin:clxvoice2"

Source types: url, text, blog, social_post Target types: social, blog, text Text length options: short, medium, long, custom:<words>

Voice Profiles (pking voice)

pking voice list

List all available voice profiles with their IDs.

pking voice list

pking voice rewrite

Rewrite text using a specific voice profile.

# Rewrite for X
pking voice rewrite --profile_id clxvoice1 --text "Automation is changing marketing." --platform x

# Rewrite for LinkedIn
pking voice rewrite --profile_id clxvoice1 --text "We just raised our Series A." --platform linkedin

# No platform context
pking voice rewrite --profile_id clxvoice1 --text "Announcing our new product."

Editor (pking editor)

pking editor rewrite

Rewrite text using a voice profile or general writing rules.

# With a voice profile
pking editor rewrite --text "We made some cool stuff." --voice clxvoice1 --platform linkedin

# General rewrite
pking editor rewrite --text "Today we shipped an update." --platform x

pking editor humanize

Rewrite text to read as natural, human-written prose and reduce machine-generated signals.

pking editor humanize --text "Adaptive systems are revolutionizing the marketing industry."
pking editor humanize --text "Our product leverages cutting-edge adaptive logic." --platform linkedin

pking editor detect

Analyze text and report the likelihood that it was machine-generated.

pking editor detect --text "Adaptive systems are revolutionizing how brands communicate."

Social Accounts (pking social)

pking social check

List all connected and disconnected social accounts for the active brand. Run before posting to confirm platform availability.

pking social check

pking social connect

Generate a secure link to connect social media accounts in a browser.

pking social connect

pking social disconnect <platform_or_id>

Disconnect a social account by platform name or account ID.

pking social disconnect x
pking social disconnect linkedin
pking social disconnect clxaccount1234

Domains (pking domains)

pking domains list

List all custom domains configured for the active brand.

pking domains list

pking domains verify <domain>

Trigger DNS verification and display the required TXT record if not yet verified.

pking domains verify mybrand.com
pking domains verify blog.mybrand.com

User (pking user)

pking user credits

Check your current credit balance.

pking user credits

Visuals (pking visuals)

Manage the brand asset library and attach visuals to posts. All commands are pass-throughs to /api/agent/v1/brands/{brandId}/assets/* (library) or /api/agent/v1/posts/{postId}/visuals* (post-scoped picker).

Typical flow

# 1. Generate a post
pking posts generate --platform linkedin --theme "Dark mode shipped"
# Note the postId from the output

POST_ID=<postId>

# 2. Browse available visuals (human-friendly table + best pick banner)
pking visuals options $POST_ID --platform linkedin

# 3. Select a card template
pking visuals pick $POST_ID --platform linkedin --style glass-morphism --variant 2

# 4. Optionally review and edit cards
pking visuals cards list $POST_ID
pking visuals cards edit $POST_ID --card 1 --body "43% of devs flipped it on day one." --rerender

# 5. Generate a carousel PDF
pking visuals carousel $POST_ID --style glass-morphism --variant 2

# 6. Schedule the post
pking posts schedule $POST_ID --date "2026-06-01T09:00:00Z"

pking visuals list

List assets in the brand library. Wraps GET /api/agent/v1/brands/{brandId}/assets

# All assets
pking visuals list

# Filter by type and tag
pking visuals list --type image --tags hero,q2 --limit 20

# Full-text search
pking visuals list --search "launch banner"

# JSON output for scripting
pking visuals list --json | jq '.[].id'

pking visuals view <assetId>

Show full metadata for a single asset. Wraps GET /api/agent/v1/brands/{brandId}/assets/{assetId}

pking visuals view clxasset1234
pking visuals view clxasset1234 --json

pking visuals upload

Upload a local file to the brand library (requires Node 18+). Wraps POST /api/agent/v1/brands/{brandId}/assets (multipart)

pking visuals upload --file ./banner.png --name "Q2 hero banner" --tags hero,q2
pking visuals upload --file ./product-demo.mp4 --name "Demo video"
pking visuals upload --file ./deck.pdf --name "Investor deck" --description "Series A deck — March 2026"

pking visuals import-url <url>

Import a remote URL as an asset. Wraps POST /api/agent/v1/brands/{brandId}/assets (JSON body with url)

pking visuals import-url https://example.com/hero.jpg --name "Site hero" --tags hero
pking visuals import-url https://cdn.example.com/video.mp4 --name "Product video"

pking visuals import-csv <file>

Batch-import up to 50 URLs from a file (one URL per line or a JSON array). Wraps POST /api/agent/v1/brands/{brandId}/assets/import-urls

# One URL per line
echo "https://example.com/img1.jpg
https://example.com/img2.jpg" > urls.txt
pking visuals import-csv urls.txt

# JSON array
echo '["https://example.com/img1.jpg","https://example.com/img2.jpg"]' > urls.json
pking visuals import-csv urls.json

pking visuals tag <assetId>

Add or remove tags on an asset. Wraps PATCH /api/agent/v1/brands/{brandId}/assets/{assetId}

pking visuals tag clxasset1234 --add launch,featured
pking visuals tag clxasset1234 --remove old,draft
pking visuals tag clxasset1234 --add launch --remove old

pking visuals delete <assetId>

Soft-delete (deactivate) an asset from the library. Wraps DELETE /api/agent/v1/brands/{brandId}/assets/{assetId}

pking visuals delete clxasset1234

pking visuals tags

List all tags used across the brand library. Wraps GET /api/agent/v1/brands/{brandId}/assets/tags

pking visuals tags
pking visuals tags --json

pking visuals suggest

Get asset suggestions from the library that match a context string. Wraps GET /api/agent/v1/brands/{brandId}/assets/suggestions

pking visuals suggest --context "dark mode launch" --limit 5
pking visuals suggest --context "product demo screenshot"

pking visuals search-stock <query>

Search Unsplash + Pexels for matching stock photos or videos. Wraps POST /api/agent/v1/brands/{brandId}/assets/search-stock

pking visuals search-stock "dark empty office late night"
pking visuals search-stock "team celebration" --platform linkedin
pking visuals search-stock "code on a screen" --json | jq '.results[0].url'

pking visuals options <postId>

Browse all visual options for a post, including a "Best pick" banner. In --json mode emits the raw B.8 payload with _internal.slot preserved. Wraps GET /api/agent/v1/posts/{postId}/visuals

# Human table + best pick banner
pking visuals options clxpost1234

# Filter to LinkedIn card templates only
pking visuals options clxpost1234 --platform linkedin --category card

# JSON for agent pipelines
pking visuals options clxpost1234 --json
pking visuals options clxpost1234 --platform linkedin --json | jq '.options.linkedin.cardTemplates | length'

pking visuals regenerate <postId>

Re-run the visual options engine for a post. Wraps POST /api/agent/v1/posts/{postId}/visuals/regenerate

pking visuals regenerate clxpost1234
pking visuals regenerate clxpost1234 --load-external   # also refreshes Unsplash/Pexels
pking visuals regenerate clxpost1234 --platform linkedin

pking visuals pick <postId>

Select a visual for a post on a given platform. Wraps PATCH /api/agent/v1/posts/{postId}/visuals

# Select a card template by style + variant
pking visuals pick clxpost1234 --platform linkedin --style glass-morphism --variant 2
pking visuals pick clxpost1234 --platform x --style default --variant 1

# Attach a library asset directly
pking visuals pick clxpost1234 --platform linkedin --asset clxasset5678

# Power-user: raw slot key (visible in --json output's _internal.slot field)
pking visuals pick clxpost1234 --platform x --slot slot16

On 400 errors, the server returns a list of valid styles which the CLI prints automatically:

ERROR: Invalid style/variant combination.
Valid styles for this post:
  - default
  - glass-morphism
  - neon-glow

pking visuals clear <postId>

Clear the visual selection for a post on a given platform. Wraps PATCH /api/agent/v1/posts/{postId}/visuals with { clear: true }

pking visuals clear clxpost1234 --platform linkedin

pking visuals cards list <postId>

Show the card data (number, title, body) attached to a post. Wraps GET /api/agent/v1/posts/{postId}/cards

pking visuals cards list clxpost1234
pking visuals cards list clxpost1234 --json

pking visuals cards edit <postId>

Edit a single card by 1-based index. Wraps PATCH /api/agent/v1/posts/{postId}/cards

# Edit card 1's body
pking visuals cards edit clxpost1234 --card 1 --body "43% of devs flipped it on day one."

# Edit title + body and re-render visuals immediately
pking visuals cards edit clxpost1234 --card 2 --title "Shipped" --body "Dark mode is live." --rerender

# Update the stat number on card 3
pking visuals cards edit clxpost1234 --card 3 --number "2.4x"

pking visuals cards set <postId>

Bulk-replace all cards from a JSON file. Wraps PATCH /api/agent/v1/posts/{postId}/cards

# cards.json must be a JSON array: [{ "number": "1", "title": "...", "body": "..." }, ...]
pking visuals cards set clxpost1234 --file cards.json
pking visuals cards set clxpost1234 --file cards.json --rerender

pking visuals carousel <postId>

Generate a multi-slide carousel PDF from the post's card data. Returns a downloadable PDF asset. Wraps POST /api/agent/v1/posts/{postId}/carousel

pking visuals carousel clxpost1234
pking visuals carousel clxpost1234 --style glass-morphism --variant 2
pking visuals carousel clxpost1234 --title "Dark mode shipped" --style corporate-pro
pking visuals carousel clxpost1234 --json | jq '.asset.url'

Typical Agent Workflow

# 1. Authenticate (human does this once)
pking login

# 2. Onboard a brand
pking onboard https://example.com --name "Acme"

# 3. Check connected socials
pking social check

# 4. Generate a LinkedIn post, add a visual, and schedule
pking posts generate --platform linkedin --variations 3 --theme "Product Launch"
pking visuals options <postId> --platform linkedin         # review options + best pick
pking visuals pick <postId> --platform linkedin --style glass-morphism --variant 1
pking posts approve <postId> --variation 2 --schedule "2026-04-10T09:00:00Z"

# 5. Repurpose a blog post to X and LinkedIn
pking repurpose --source-type url --source-url https://example.com/launch --target-type social --target-platforms x,linkedin

# 6. Fill the calendar for the next 2 weeks
pking posts generate-bulk --platform linkedin --frequency weekdays --days 14 --times "09:00"

# 7. Check the schedule
pking posts calendar --days 14

# 8. Check remaining credits
pking user credits