> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs-dev.tessact.ai/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Publishing > Post finished videos and images from Tessact straight to your social channels, with per-platform metadata filled in for you. ## Overview Publishing closes the loop between making content and shipping it. Once an asset is ready, select **Publish to Social**, pick the connected accounts you want, review the pre-filled details for each platform, and post. No downloading, re-uploading, or retyping the same title nine times. Choose where to publish dialog with linked accounts and platforms * **One button, many channels:** publish the same asset to multiple accounts and platforms in a single flow. * **Metadata done for you:** Tessact autofills each platform's fields (title, description, thumbnail) so you review instead of retype. * **Native platform options:** YouTube visibility, audience, and category; Instagram Reels or Story; the right fields appear per platform. * **Accounts stay linked:** connect a channel once and it is ready for every future post in your workspace. *** ## Where you can publish from | Surface | How it appears | | ----------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Asset page** | Open any video or image in the Library; **Publish to Social** sits in the top action bar next to Download and Share | | **AI Repurpose output** | Every generated clip has **Publish to Social** as its primary action, so a highlight can go from render to feed in one step | Asset action bar with the Publish to Social button in focus *** ## Connect your social accounts The first time you publish, link the channels you post to. You can connect up to five accounts per platform. Select **Publish to Social** on an asset. The **Choose where to publish** screen lists your **Linked Accounts** and, below them, **Link New Accounts**. Choose **Link YouTube**, **Link Instagram**, **Link Twitter**, **Link LinkedIn**, **Link Facebook**, **Link Threads**, **Link TikTok**, **Link Pinterest**, or **Link Reddit**. Each card shows how many of the five slots are in use, such as *1 / 5*. Tessact sends you to the platform's own sign-in to authorise posting, then returns you to exactly where you left off and reopens the flow. Link New Accounts grid with all nine platforms Facebook asks you to **Choose a page** (the Facebook Page Tessact should post to) and Pinterest asks for a Board. You can change either later from the account's card. Accounts are linked to the workspace, so a channel connected once is available to your teammates' posts too. To remove one, hover its card and select **Unlink account**. *** ## Publish a post Select one or more linked accounts under **Linked Accounts**. The footer keeps count and confirms your selection, for example **Continue with 1 accounts**. The flow walks you through **Edit details for** each selected account in turn, with a live preview of the post beside the form. Adjust anything you like, then move on with **Next channel** (or **Back** to revisit the previous one). Your edits are kept per account as you navigate. On the last account, select **Post**. Tessact confirms with *Your post is being published. This may take a few seconds*, then *Your post is published*. The post goes out to every selected account. Open the platform to see it live. *** ## The metadata stage, autofilled You do not have to fill in every platform's metadata by hand. When the details screen opens, Tessact has already completed it for you: * **Title and description** are pre-filled from the asset. For AI Repurpose clips they are the AI-written title and summary of that clip, ready to post as-is. * **Thumbnail** starts as the asset's poster frame. Replace it with your own if you prefer: 1280 by 720 pixels, under 2 MB, PNG or JPG. * **Platform defaults** are sensible out of the box: YouTube visibility starts at **Public**, Instagram starts as a **Reel** with **Share to feed** on. Your job is a quick review per channel, not data entry. Anything you change is kept per account as you move Back and Next through the flow. Edit details stage with autofilled title, description and thumbnail ### What each platform asks for | Platform | Fields on the details screen | | ----------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | **YouTube** | Title, Description, thumbnail, Tags, **Visibility** (Private, Unlisted, Public), **Audience** (the made-for-kids declaration), and **Advanced settings** for altered or synthetic content and a video **Category** | | **Instagram** | Content type (**Reels** or **Story**) and a **Share to feed** toggle, plus title and thumbnail | | **All other platforms** | Title and thumbnail; the title becomes the post text | YouTube's **Audience** step is a legal requirement: you must declare whether the video is made for kids under COPPA. The **Advanced settings** accordion also lets you flag realistic altered or AI-generated content, matching YouTube's disclosure rules. *** ## Good to know * **Posts publish immediately.** There is no scheduler yet; when you select **Post**, it goes out now. * **One post per account.** Each selected account gets its own copy, so a mixed YouTube plus Instagram selection produces one video post and one Reel. * **Verify on the platform.** Tessact confirms the hand-off with a toast; the published post itself lives on the destination platform. * **Supported media.** Publishing is available for video and image assets. *** ## Related guides Organise and finish the assets you publish. Get sign-off from the team before a post goes out. Find the exact moment worth publishing. *** You can now link your social channels once, let Tessact fill in each platform's metadata, and publish a finished asset to every account in one pass.