Getting started and setup

There are two ways to connect a group — through the bot, or through the group's own admin settings.

Through the bot:

1. Go to Settings → New channel / group, or send the /addchannel command.

2. Tap Connect group.

3. Choose the group from the list, or use search.

Through the group's admin settings:

1. Open the Administrators section in the group settings.

2. Tap Add.

3. Type the bot's username in the search field.

4. Set the permissions and confirm adding the bot as an admin.

Recommended permissions:

• Pin Messages
• Manage Topics (if you post to topics)

See also:

Get started

You can move channels from the premium bot @posto; channels can't be moved from a scheduler bot. Make sure the other admin also has the premium bot activated.

1. Send the /settings command in the bot or tap Settings in the bottom menu.
2. Choose the channel you want to transfer.
3. Then tap Transfer channel.
4. The bot generates two links: one to move the channel to another project, and one to transfer the channel to another user. Copy the second one.
5. Send this link to the admin in a private message.

That's it. Now the admin needs to tap the link you sent — it will take them to the premium bot — and confirm the transfer.

When the channel is transferred, the other admin receives:

√ The entire content plan

√ The configured publication schedule

Not transferred:

• Posting templates
• Default settings

1. Send the /settings command in the bot or tap Settings in the bottom menu.
2. Choose the channel with the new link.
3. Tap Update channel data.

When you create your own scheduler bot, you automatically become its owner. If you want someone else to work in this bot too, you have two options:

1. Give the person a smaller set of permissions than you have. For example, make them an admin or an editor who can manage posting. In that case, see:

How to add new team members

2. Transfer owner rights to another person. In this case:

🔷 On your account, this scheduler bot disappears from the "My bots" section in the Posto bot builder, and appears on the other account instead.

🔷 The scheduler bot itself stays on your account and you can keep working in it, but you'll be downgraded from owner to administrator.

🔷 This bot appears on the other account with all of its configured settings:

• schedule
• content plan
• default settings
• templates

🔷 The owner of the other account becomes the bot's owner, and as the owner they can grant you a smaller set of permissions or remove you from administrators entirely — in which case you'll lose access to the bot.

To transfer owner rights to a scheduler bot, follow these steps:

1. Open the Posto bot builder @posto_robot.
2. Tap My bots in the bottom menu or send the /mybots command.
3. Choose the bot whose rights you want to transfer from the list.
4. Tap Transfer rights → Allow ownership change.
5. Tell the new owner to open @posto_robot, then send the /newbot command and the bot token. (You received this token from @BotFather when you created the bot.)
6. Forward the token to the new owner in a private message.

When you start using Posto, your first project is created automatically with a random name. You can rename this project, as well as any others you create later.

To do this:

1. Open the "My projects" section in your bot.
2. Tap Manage → Rename project.
3. Choose the project you want to rename from the list.
4. Send the new name.

💡 A project can only be renamed on your own account. If other editors work in this project, the name stays the same for them.

See also:

How to create a separate project and start working in it