Chapter 07 · Writing articles
Manual and scheduled publishing
How manually generated articles differ from scheduler-created articles, and how each destination controls scheduled delivery.
Updated Sep 21, 2026 · 2 min read
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Serpio treats manual generation and scheduled generation differently. An article created from Generate or from an idea always requires an explicit Publish action. Only an article created by the Scheduler can be approved and delivered automatically.
Manually generated articles
- 1
Generate and review
The finished article stays as a draft in Serpio, regardless of the connection's scheduled-delivery setting.
- 2
Open Publish
Select the connected destinations that should receive this specific article. Nothing is selected implicitly.
- 3
Send the approved revision
Serpio approves the current revision and sends it only to the destinations you selected.
Scheduler-created articles
When a scheduled article finishes its checks and hero image, Serpio looks at the Scheduled articles setting on every active connection. Destinations set to Send automatically receive it. If no destination uses automatic scheduled delivery, the article stays as a draft for you to publish manually.
- Review before sending keeps scheduler-created articles in Serpio until you click Publish.
- Send automatically + Create a draft sends the article to the platform as an unpublished draft.
- Send automatically + Publish live makes the article public after delivery.
- A connection that needs attention is never used for automatic delivery.
The two connection settings
Scheduled articles controls whether scheduler-created content is sent without another click. When Serpio sends an article controls what the destination creates: a draft, a live post, or an item whose visibility is managed by the receiver. The second setting applies to both manual and scheduled deliveries.
Checks and edits
Automatic scheduled delivery still respects hard safety checks and waits for the hero image to finish or fail. Editing an approved article creates a new revision, clears approval, and requires publishing that revision again. Already completed deliveries remain in Publishing history.
Common questions
Are articles from Generate or an idea ever sent automatically?
No. Manually generated articles always wait for you to open Publish and select at least one destination.
Can scheduler-created articles be delivered automatically?
Yes. Set Scheduled articles to Send automatically on each connection that should receive them.
Does automatic delivery make an article live?
Only when that destination is also set to Publish live. Create a draft sends it automatically but keeps it unpublished in the destination.
Related guides
How publishing works in Serpio
Approve an article, choose where it goes, and Serpio creates it there once. The two settings every connection has, the five native destinations, the plan gate, and where to see results.
Read guideDestinations and field mapping for native connections
Which connections ask you to choose a site or blog, what Serpio puts in each field at the destination, and when the field mapping controls appear.
Read guideQuality checks before you publish
How Serpio reviews each revision against its evidence without letting reviewer outages or editorial warnings interrupt creation or publishing.
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