Connect OpenClaw to Threads

Can OpenClaw post to Threads?

Postgale is the secure layer for AI agents on social media. MCP (Model Context Protocol) is the open standard that lets AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor use outside tools. An MCP server is what they connect to. OpenClaw does not reach Threads on its own; with Postgale connected it gets tools for the Threads accounts you connected and nothing else.

What do you need?

• A Threads account; the owner signs in once with Threads.
• A Postgale workspace, and a sign-in or an API key for the agent.
• For image, video or carousel posts: media on a public HTTPS URL.
• OpenClaw, set up as below (A remote MCP server or a skill that calls the REST API, with an API key).

Step 1: connect your Threads account

1. Create a Postgale workspace and open Dashboard → Accounts.
2. Choose Connect Threads and sign in with the account you own, on the platform’s own page. Postgale stores the tokens encrypted and refreshes them.

Step 2: connect OpenClaw to Postgale

1. In Postgale, open Dashboard → API keys, create a key and copy it (it starts with sk_ and is shown once). Connect the social accounts the agent may use under Dashboard → Accounts.
2. An agent that runs on its own, on a schedule or from a chat app, should use a key with approval required: create the key, then turn on approval for it under Dashboard → API keys. Everything it wants to publish, reply or send then waits for a person.
3. Store the key where OpenClaw reads secrets, for example an environment variable POSTGALE_API_KEY on the machine it runs on. Do not paste it into a chat.

Step 2a: add Postgale as an MCP server

Add a remote MCP server in OpenClaw’s configuration with these values. Field names and file locations depend on your OpenClaw version and setup; check its documentation for where MCP servers are declared.

URL:        https://postgale.com/mcp
Transport:  Streamable HTTP
Header:     Authorization: Bearer sk_…

Clients that take the common mcpServers JSON shape accept it like this:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "postgale": {
      "url": "https://postgale.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer sk_…"
      }
    }
  }
}

What can I ask OpenClaw to do on Threads?

Check the connection first: “Which Threads accounts are connected in Postgale?” Then, in plain language:

Ask your agent“Turn this changelog into a three-post Threads reply chain. Drafts only.”

Ask your agent“Post a short Threads update with this screenshot at 4pm today.”

Ask your agent“List the replies under yesterday’s Threads post and draft answers to the questions.”

{
  "content": "The fall drop is live. Shipping Thursday.",
  "scheduledFor": "2026-10-22T13:00:00Z",
  "platforms": [
    {
      "accountId": "acc_threads",
      "platformSpecificData": {
        "topicTag": "fall",
        "replyControl": "accounts_you_follow",
        "threadItems": [
          {
            "content": "The fall drop is live. Shipping Thursday."
          },
          {
            "content": "Three fabrics, one cut."
          },
          {
            "content": "Sizes XS–XXL, restock in November."
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}

Which Threads rules does Postgale enforce?

• Text up to 500 characters per post. Longer content goes in a reply chain, not a cut-off post.
• Carousels take 2 to 20 items. Media comes from a public HTTPS URL and is processed by Meta before Postgale publishes.
• Threads limits posts and replies per 24 hours (250 posts and 1,000 replies by default). Postgale reads the live quota before publishing.
• Tokens last 60 days and are refreshed by Postgale before they lapse.

How do I keep a person in the loop?

• Approval: tick “Hold posts from this app for approval” when you sign in, or in the Postgale dashboard require approval for the API key the agent uses (or for the whole workspace, or one account). Posts then wait as pending approval; comment replies and moderation, direct messages, WhatsApp sends and edits to live posts wait in the same queue. A person approves, edits or rejects each one in Dashboard → Approvals; the agent’s own key or sign-in cannot approve.
• Tool annotations: every Postgale tool declares whether it only reads, writes, or publishes live, deletes or spends. Clients that honour annotations ask before destructive tools run.
• Audit log: every write the agent makes is recorded with the key or the connected app, the action and the time.
• Revoking: each sign-in appears under Dashboard → Connected apps and each key under Dashboard → API keys; either can be revoked at any time.

What can’t an agent do on Threads through Postgale?

• Send direct messages. Threads has no messaging API.
• Edit a published post. Threads allows delete, not edit.

Common questions