How to automate post syncs and monitor accounts

Use this guide to keep your analyses current without syncing by hand. Automations re-sync posts you've already analyzed (Watch posts) or add new posts from up to 5 accounts (Monitor account) on a schedule.

Open Automations

Open Automations from your team workspace:

• Top bar — Click the lightning-bolt Automate button next to Sync status

• Add Content menu — Click the arrow next to Add Content, then under Content actions click Automate

• Collection — Open a collection, click Actions, then click Automate

• Post table — Select posts in a collection, then click Automate posts...

• Add Content by account — Click Monitor next to an account in By Account

  

Review your automations

The Automations panel lists Active, Paused, and Past automations with their type, cadence, expiration, and status. A team can run up to 10 active automations at a time. If an automation reaches its credit limit, it pauses and shows a banner with Add credits, Resume, and View options.

1. Click the chevron at the end of a row to expand it

2. Review the Schedule, including Next run, Last run, and Credits this cycle

3. Under Recent runs, click View posts to see what a run added or synced

Watch posts

Watch posts keeps comment analysis up to date on posts you've already analyzed.

1. In the Automations panel, click + New Automation

2. Select Watch posts, then click Continue

3. Enter an Automation name

4. Click choose a collection and choose what to watch

   • Collection — Every post in a collection

   • Posts — Search by account or caption and pick up to 50 posts. Manually uploaded posts can't be automated

5. Click 7 and 30 days after publish and choose how often to sync

   • Post Campaign (default) — 7 and 30 days after publish

   • Launch — 1, 3, 7 and 30 days after publish

   • Regular watch, Crisis monitor, or Intensive — Daily or every 12 hours for a short window

   • Custom... — Your own refresh times

6. Click with no end date to choose when it ends: Never, In 1 week, In 1 month, In 3 months, or On a date...

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8. Review the credit estimate, then click Set Up Automation

Automate posts from the post table

1. Open a collection and click Posts to open the post table

2. Check the box next to each post you want to watch

3. In the selection panel, such as 3 posts selected, click More actions (...), then click Automate posts...

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5. In the New automation dialog, review the prefilled Watch posts settings, such as "Resync these 3 posts daily until Oct 15, 2026." Click an option to change it

6. Check the credit estimate, such as "≈ 3 posts × 6 runs · ≈ 18 credits", then click Set Up Automation

Monitor accounts

Monitor account checks up to 5 accounts on a schedule, then adds and analyzes their new posts.

1. Click + New Automation, select Monitor account, then click Continue

2. Enter an Automation name

3. Click each highlighted option in the sentence to change it

   • Under Accounts (up to 5), choose an account or click + Add a new account

   • Leave a new collection to have Siftsy create one, or choose an existing collection

4. Choose the First run time, Right away or Scheduled, then click Set Up Automation

For example, Monitor @cocacola adds the top 3 @cocacola posts every day at 7:30 AM EDT.

Monitor an account while adding content

1. Click the arrow next to Add Content, then under Add content click By Account

2. Search for the account

3. Click Monitor on the account's row

   • Accounts you already monitor show Monitoring and their cadence instead

     

4. In the New automation dialog, review the prefilled Monitor account settings. For @cocacola, new posts go to a new "Monitor @cocacola" collection

5. Choose the First run time, Right away or Scheduled, then click Set Up Automation

Adjust automation settings

Expand Automation settings to fine-tune:

• Monthly credit limit — Set a limit (100 credits by default) or No limit

• Credit source — MAPs first, then ad hoc (default) or Ad hoc only

• First sync and Additional syncs (Monitor account) — When new posts are synced

• Content tags (Monitor account) — Added to every new post

• Email me when... — Applies to all your automations on the team. Change it any time in Team Settings → Notifications

Pause or manage an automation

1. In the Automations panel, click the ... menu at the end of the automation's row

2. Choose an action, such as Pause

Paused automations stop running until you resume them. Completed automations appear under Past.

What's next

See what each sync updates in How to sync posts, or keep an eye on credit usage in How to track MAPs usage.