Features

Everything CoyoteCast does can be set from the web form, or from a line in the caption file for teams that use the shared folder.

Per-platform formatting

A single caption is adapted for each network rather than posted identically everywhere:

• Text is trimmed to each network's character limit, counted the way that network counts it.
• Networks that can't take the submitted media are skipped automatically. A video-only network won't receive a text post.
• Networks that support reply chains receive long captions as a linked thread instead of a cut-off post.
• Networks that need a separate title, such as YouTube, get one taken from the submission's name.

Scheduled posts

Pick a date and time in the web form, or write a line like this anywhere in a caption file:

@schedule:2026-11-15T10:00

Times use a 24-hour clock in your organization's local time zone, and the line is removed before the post is published. If a time is malformed or already past, the submission fails visibly and nothing is published. CoyoteCast never quietly falls back to publishing immediately.

Choosing platforms per post

By default a post goes to every network your organization has connected. To send one post to only some of them, tick them in the web form or add a line like @platforms:youtube,bluesky to the caption. Naming a network your organization hasn't connected, or one that can't take that kind of post, stops the submission with an explanation instead of publishing a partial post.

Account groups

Organizations often credit the same set of partners across many posts, and each partner's handle is different on each network. An account group is a named shorthand for that list:

Thanks to @partners for hosting.

On each network, @partners becomes every member's handle for that network. Anything that isn't a known group name is left alone, so ordinary mentions keep working. A group can be limited to the organizations allowed to use it.

Caption formats

Caption files can be plain text, Markdown or a Word document. Word documents are read directly, so nobody has to convert anything first.

Duplicate protection

Each submission is claimed before publishing begins. If the same submission is announced twice, only one attempt goes ahead. This matters because publishing is immediate and can't be undone on most networks.

Delivery reporting

After publishing, CoyoteCast checks what actually landed and emails your team a per-network breakdown. Networks that didn't confirm are listed as unconfirmed rather than left out, so a failure is noticed the same day.

Connecting accounts without sharing passwords

Each organization gets a private setup link. Whoever manages your social accounts opens it and signs in on each platform's own authorization page. Nobody at CoyoteCast ever sees your social media passwords, and you can add or reconnect networks later the same way.