Remote Approval

How to schedule an automated post

1. Candidates show up here on their own

Your Zenbook generates candidates from its queue and presets on its own schedule — there's nothing to start from this dashboard. Each one is checked against the guardrail system before it ever reaches you here, and nothing on this dashboard can turn generation or publishing on, or override a failed mandatory guardrail — that can only be changed by editing the guardrail file directly on the Zenbook.

2. Open the Review tab and check the badges

Each card shows the media, caption, topic/category/preset, guardrail status, and estimated cost. A passed guardrail badge means automated checks are clear. A requires review badge means you should look closely before approving (often because it names a real person). A failed badge means it cannot be approved from here at all — regeneration is the only way forward.

3. Fix anything that needs it before you approve

Tap a card to open it. Edit the caption if needed — the original AI-generated caption is always kept, never overwritten, so you can see what changed. Regenerate if the media or hook isn't right, with an optional note like "fix hands" or "try a different composition." Reject sends it to the archive with an optional reason instead.

4. Set the time — this is what makes it automated

In the detail view, use Scheduled time to pick when it should go out, then tap Approve. Approving never publishes immediately: it hands the post to your Zenbook with that time attached, and the Zenbook posts to Instagram on its own the moment that time arrives — no further action from you. Leave the time blank and approve to keep whatever time was proposed, or approve with no time set at all if you'd rather post it manually later.

5. Confirm it's queued, not just approved

Check the Approved tab and the "worker" indicator at the top, which shows when your Zenbook last checked in. If it's offline, this dashboard keeps working — your approval is queued as a command, and the Zenbook picks it up and posts at the scheduled time the next time it connects. Nothing is lost, and nothing is ever applied twice.

6. If a scheduled post doesn't go out

If your Zenbook's Instagram session expires before the scheduled time, that post's status will show authentication required instead of publishing. The Zenbook never retries a failed login or works around 2FA/CAPTCHAs on its own — you'll need to sign back in on that machine, then it will pick the post back up.