Tools/Buffer
Park the week. Agent drafts the Buffer queue. You approve — publish stays gated.
Agent: GET /api/catalog/tools/buffer
You need a multi-platform social queue this week — Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, X, Threads, YouTube Shorts, and more from one desk. Park the brief. The agent drafts the Buffer queue. **You approve.** Schedule and publish stay gated behind yes.
Typefully owns X/threads composition. Metricool blends analytics with schedule. Taplio is LinkedIn-first. Later, Vista Social, SocialBee, and Publer stay **PARKED** — Buffer is the one queue tool this week. Do not blur them. Free is **$0** with **up to 3 channels**, **10 scheduled posts per channel** (slots refill when posts publish), **100 ideas**, and **1 user**. Essentials starts **from $6/mo per channel** (1–10 monthly) · yearly about **$5/mo**. Do not invent impressions. Do not invent cookie days.
- Free: $0 · ≤3 channels · 10 scheduled posts/channel (refill) · 100 ideas · 1 user · Insights 30-day · API 1 key / 3k req/mo (buffer.com/pricing 2026-09-23)
- Essentials from $6/mo per channel (1–10 monthly) · yearly ≈ $5/mo ($60/yr for 1) · unlimited scheduled (fair use 5,000/channel) · volume tiers cheaper at scale — re-check live calculator
- Team from $12/mo per channel (1–10) · yearly ≈ $10/mo · unlimited members · approval workflows · branded reports
- Agent drafts queue; you approve schedule/publish; live X HARD HELD
- ≠ Typefully (X threads) · ≠ Metricool (analytics+schedule) · ≠ Taplio (LinkedIn) · Later/Vista Social/SocialBee/Publer PARKED
Use cases
You need multi-platform queue/schedule — not X threads desk, not analytics suite, not LinkedIn desk
Typefully = X/threads composer. Metricool = analytics + schedule (distinct seat). Taplio = LinkedIn. Later / Vista Social / SocialBee / Publer = PARKED siblings. Buffer = multi-platform queue + calendar across IG/FB/LinkedIn/TikTok/X/Threads/YouTube Shorts and more. Loud sibling blur — do not swap.
The agent drafts the queue. Schedule and publish are gated
Soft slots: {{channels}} {{week_theme}} {{post_cadence}} {{platforms}} {{do_not_publish}}. Agent parks caption drafts + queue slots (or MCP drafts when connected). You approve. Live X HARD HELD — human publishes / Buffer posts after yes. Never silent-schedule · never silent-shareNow.
Free queue caps are real — slots refill when posts publish
Free = $0 · up to 3 channels · 10 scheduled posts per channel at once (refill when a post publishes; up to 30 if 3 channels) · 100 ideas · 1 user · Insights 30-day history (buffer.com/pricing + help 2026-09-23). Free also has a lifetime unique channel-connection limit of 8 per social network — quote help, do not invent. Never invent Free caps beyond official.
MCP is real on every plan — write tools still need yes
Hosted MCP https://mcp.buffer.com/mcp · Free on every Buffer plan including Free (buffer.com/mcp). OAuth (Claude/ChatGPT/Cursor) or API key Bearer. create_post can draft, queue, custom-schedule, or shareNow — Default = save drafts / propose slots only until human yes. Never silent-publish.
Draft the queue. Gate the publish.
Free caps are real. MCP is real. Nothing posts without your yes.
- Agent never silent-schedules or silent-publishes — human approves Buffer posts
- Free = ≤3 channels + 10 queued posts/channel — quote official only
- Loud blur vs Typefully / Metricool / Taplio
