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Beat Autopilot is a background drafting engine. Enable it, configure your schedule, and Beat will generate article drafts on the days you’ve chosen — no prompting required. You review every draft before anything goes live.

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The most important thing to know

Autopilot drafts. It never publishes. Every piece of content Autopilot generates lands in your Content Planner → Drafting column and waits for your review. Nothing goes live without your explicit approval. You stay in control of what publishes and when.

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How to enable Autopilot

1

Open Settings

Navigate to /app/settings and click Beat autopilot in the section list.
2

Toggle Autopilot on

Flip the Autopilot switch to the enabled position.
3

Choose your days

Pick which of the three available days you want Beat to draft content. Pro picks any combination of Monday, Wednesday, and/or Friday — up to 3 days per week.
4

Save your settings

Click Save. Autopilot will run on its next scheduled day.
Autopilot is a Pro-only feature. Free and Starter accounts can’t enable it. Pro picks up to 3 days per week from Mon / Wed / Fri.

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Configuring your days

Pick the day(s) that align with your content calendar. A common pattern is Monday only — you start your week with a fresh draft to review. Picking all three (Mon / Wed / Fri) keeps a steady flow of drafts coming through without overwhelming your review queue.

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What gets drafted

On each Autopilot run, Beat drafts one article. It picks the topic by analyzing:
  • Which content pillar is most underserved right now
  • Open keyword opportunities from your SEO data (if GSC is connected)
  • Your content calendar (Beat avoids topics you’ve recently covered)
  • Your Brand Beat pillars, audience, and publishing frequency target
You don’t set the topic manually — Beat selects it based on what will have the most strategic impact. If you want control over the topic, create content manually from Content Studio instead.

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Where drafts appear

When Autopilot runs, the new draft appears in:
  • Content Planner at /app/content → Drafting column
  • Slack (if you have Slack connected) — Beat sends a notification with the article title and a link to review it
Check your Content Planner on the days after your scheduled Autopilot days to review new drafts.

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How to review and approve an auto-draft

1

Open the draft

Go to /app/content and find the draft in the Drafting column. Click to open it in the article editor.
2

Review and edit

Read through the draft. Edit anything that needs to change — headline, sections, specific facts, or tone. Use Beat in the editor sidebar if you want help revising sections.
3

Move to Approved

When you’re happy with the draft, change its status to Approved using the status picker in the editor sidebar.
4

Publish when ready

When you’re ready to publish, click Publish and choose your destination (WordPress, save to pipeline, etc.).

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Turning Autopilot off

Go to Settings, scroll to the Beat autopilot section, and toggle Autopilot off. Beat will stop drafting on its next scheduled run. Any drafts already in your pipeline remain — turning off Autopilot doesn’t delete anything.

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What’s next?

Content Pipeline

Manage your auto-drafted content through review and approval stages.

Slack Integration

Get notified in Slack when Autopilot generates a new draft.