Publishing & scheduling
Publishing now
From draft to live LinkedIn post in one click. What happens, what's checked, and what to do if it fails.
Once a draft feels right, Publish now sends it straight to LinkedIn: no copy-paste, no second tab. The button lives in the editor toolbar and in the chat panel.
What "publish now" actually does
When you click publish:
- Amelia validates the draft. It must have at least a few words of content and stay under LinkedIn's character limit (3,000).
- She checks that your LinkedIn connection is healthy. If the token has expired, you'll be prompted to reconnect (one click, takes a few seconds).
- The post is sent to LinkedIn through their official API, attached to your account.
- If your post includes images, they upload to LinkedIn first and get attached to the post.
- The draft moves from Drafts to Published, and you'll see a confirmation modal with a link to view it on LinkedIn.
Most publishes complete in 2–5 seconds.
The publish modal
After a successful publish, you'll see a celebration modal with:
- A link to view the post on LinkedIn (opens in a new tab)
- A reminder of where to find it later (Published in the sidebar)
- A nudge to share Amelia with a friend (we give you both 20 credits when they publish their first post; see Referrals)
What if publishing fails?
A failed publish almost always falls into one of three buckets:
- LinkedIn token expired: the most common cause. Click the prompt to reconnect; the publish retries automatically.
- Content rejected by LinkedIn: usually a length issue or unsupported character. Amelia will show LinkedIn's reason in chat so you know what to fix.
- Network or temporary outage: rare. The draft stays put and you can retry in a minute.
The draft never disappears on a failed publish. It stays exactly as you left it.
Publishing with images
If your draft has an image attached (from the AI image generator, your library, or an upload), it publishes with the post automatically. LinkedIn supports up to 9 images per post; Amelia stops you from attaching more.
Where published posts live
Every post you've ever published is in the Published page in the sidebar. From there you can:
- Click through to view the live post on LinkedIn
- See the date and time it went live
- Repurpose it (turn it into a new draft with a different angle)
- Delete it (this only deletes the record on Amelia's side; to remove from LinkedIn, delete it on LinkedIn)