Content Distribution

Use when the user wants to publish a post, article, or announcement to multiple platforms at once — DEV.to, Hashnode, GitHub Discussions, Reddit, Bluesky, LinkedIn, Medium, or Twitter/X. Handles platform-specific format adaptation, idempotent re-publish, per-community anti-spam rules, and scheduling. Write your message once; this skill routes it everywhere.

Pairs with the @automatelab/content-distribution-mcp server. Publishes content to 8+ channels with automatic platform-specific adaptation, idempotent state tracking, and per-community anti-spam enforcement.

What the MCP handles vs. what you handle

MCP handles: OAuth, API retries, scheduling, idempotency, character limits, platform constraints, posting state.
You handle: Writing the platform-specific copy variants (title, body, tags, tone per channel). The MCP returns per-channel hints to guide you.

Tool overview

Tool	Use when
distribute_content	Publish to one or more channels in a single call — the main entry point
get_channel_hints	Get character limits, tag vocabularies, cooldowns, and formatting rules before writing variants
get_distribution_status	Check what went live where; retry failed channels
schedule_distribution	Queue a post for future publish (e.g. "post this tomorrow at 9am UTC")
list_scheduled	View and manage queued posts
cancel_scheduled	Remove a queued post
get_platform_config	Inspect current auth / API key status per platform
test_connection	Verify credentials before a real publish

Default workflow

1. get_channel_hints(platforms: ["reddit", "twitter", "linkedin", ...])
   → Read limits, cooldowns, flair options

2. (You) Draft platform-specific copy variants based on the hints

3. distribute_content({
     devto: { title, body_markdown, tags },
     twitter: { text },
     reddit: { subreddit, title, text, flair_id },
     linkedin: { text },
     ...
   })

4. get_distribution_status(id) → confirm each channel succeeded

Idempotency

Every distribute_content call returns a distribution_id. Calling it again with the same id and same targets is a no-op — safe to retry after a partial failure.

Server setup

Claude Code (.claude/mcp.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "content-distribution": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@automatelab/content-distribution-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "content-distribution": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@automatelab/content-distribution-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Requires Node 20+. Set platform API keys as environment variables — see the README for the full list.

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Developed by AutomateLab. Source: github.com/AutomateLab-tech/content-distribution-mcp.