Manual Posting Flow

Overview

Manual posting (Copy & Post) is the default social publishing path in production.

Users copy content to native platform UIs, publish there, then optionally record the action in TendSocial.

Current UI Context

Route: /posts
Feature page: apps/frontend/src/features/posts/components/PostsPage.tsx
Manual publishing path uses platform-specific copy/post actions.

API Endpoint

POST /api/social-posts/:id/manual-record

Request body

json

{
  "platform": "linkedin",
  "status": "POSTED"
}

Behavior

Creates a ManualPostRecord
Updates parent post status toward published workflow where applicable

Why It Exists

Supports platforms pending API approval
Preserves manual editorial control
Provides auditable signal of posting activity

Direct social auto-post rollout (post-approval) is tracked at Issue #210.