How to Schedule a Tweet (and Posts on X)

With X's built-in scheduler

1. Open the composer and write your post.
2. Click the calendar icon.
3. Pick a date and time.
4. Click Schedule.

Handles single posts, media, quotes and polls. Not threads, other platforms or scripting. Test it before relying on it.

With Statuz

A free CLI for X, Bluesky, Mastodon, LinkedIn and Reddit. You or your agent run it.

Set up once

X only lets registered apps post, so locally you use your own X developer app (step by step). Callback: http://127.0.0.1:3851/callback/x. Or skip it: Statuz Cloud posts with its own X app.

npm i -g statuz-cli
statuz config set --key x.client-id --value <client id>
statuz accounts connect --platform x
statuz start

The daemon (statuz start) sends scheduled posts and survives reboots. No developer app? Statuz Cloud posts with its own, a few cents per post.

Schedule a tweet

statuz posts create --text "Shipping v2 today" --to x --at "tomorrow 9am"

• --at: ISO time or words like "fri 17:30". Omit to post now. See Scheduling.
• --media ./shot.png adds an image. --draft keeps it for later.

Schedule a thread

statuz posts create --to x --at "mon 8am" \
  --text "1/ We rewrote our scheduler. Here's what we learned." \
  --text "2/ Clocks lie. Store UTC, show local." \
  --text "3/ Retries need a budget, or they become an outage."

Each post replies to the one before. All are checked against X's 280 characters before saving.

Also post to Bluesky and Mastodon

statuz posts create --text "Release notes are up" --to x --to bluesky --to mastodon

Limits: X 280, Bluesky 300, Mastodon usually 500. See the cross-posting guide.

Let an agent do it

claude mcp add statuz -- statuz mcp

Schedule three launch posts on X at 9am Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Make the first a thread.

Other agents.

When to post on X

• Weekday mornings, 8–10am local.
• Lunch, 12–2pm.
• Early evening, 5–7pm.
• Monday to Wednesday tend to be strongest; Friday afternoon drops off.

Your own analytics beat any average.

Don't schedule

• Reactions to news.
• "Happening now" posts.
• Replies.

Multiple accounts

statuz posts create --text "Hiring: backend engineer" --to @acme_jobs
statuz accounts default --account @acme

Troubleshooting

• Didn't publish: statuz status, then statuz accounts check. Retry with statuz posts publish --id <id>.
• Wrong time: statuz config set --key timezone --value Europe/Lisbon, or --timezone per post.
• Upload failed: compress the file; X has size limits.

Built-in vs. Statuz

Start with the quick start.