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        "content": "## YouTube video → social media\n\n**Who it's for:** creators who want to promote each new video everywhere automatically.\n**What it does:** reads your YouTube feed, grabs the latest video + thumbnail, and drafts promo posts for every platform via Posta.\n\n**How it works:**\n1. Download the YouTube channel feed and parse the latest video.\n2. Upload the thumbnail to Posta (auto-scaled per platform).\n3. Get active accounts; keep one post per platform type.\n4. DeepSeek writes a caption per platform; create draft posts to review.\n\n**Setup:** add your Posta and DeepSeek credentials, and set your channel feed URL. Sign up at https://www.getposta.app (14 days free, no credit card).",
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        "content": "The post is created by default as \"draft\" in the Posta backend - from this point you can publish it in the next step, or schedule it for later.",
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