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Connecting your first social platform

FOGATO can generate content without any platform connected, but publishing and scheduling both require at least one connected account. Connect platforms from Settings → Platforms, or directly from the onboarding flow’s platform step.

Most platforms (Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest, LinkedIn, X, Facebook, Threads) connect via that platform’s own OAuth login screen — you’ll be redirected there, asked to approve FOGATO’s access, and redirected back. Bluesky is the one exception: it uses an app password you generate directly inside Bluesky’s own settings, not an OAuth redirect.

FOGATO encrypts every connected account’s access token at rest (AES-256-GCM) and only decrypts it server-side, at the moment it’s needed to publish on your behalf.

What to do

  1. Go to Settings → Platforms.
  2. Click "Connect" next to the platform you want.
  3. Approve access on that platform’s own login screen (or, for Bluesky, paste in an app password generated from your Bluesky account settings).
  4. You’ll land back on Settings with that platform now showing "Connected."

A handful of platforms (Facebook, Instagram) may periodically ask you to reconfirm access or your identity directly — see the Troubleshooting articles below if a previously-connected platform stops working.


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