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Getting started with Canopy

This guide takes you from a fresh Banyan account to your first published Canopy post in about 10 minutes.

1 — Connect a LinkedIn account

Canopy → Settings → LinkedIn → Connect LinkedIn.

  1. You’ll be redirected to LinkedIn’s OAuth flow.
  2. Authorize Banyan to post on your behalf.
  3. You bounce back to Canopy with a green Connected badge on the account row.

You can connect more than one LinkedIn account (e.g. personal + company page). When you publish, you pick which account the post comes from.

2 — Draft your first post

Three options for drafting; pick the one that fits how you think.

Option A — Compose (single post, AI assist)

Canopy → Compose. Type your idea into the editor, then use the right-side panel to:

  • Generate hooks — 8 scroll-stopping opening lines from your topic. Pick one to slot into the draft.
  • Improve — rewrites your draft for sharper hooks, tighter sentences, better structure.
  • Variations — alternate phrasings to A/B mentally.

Drafts auto-save every few seconds.

Option B — Bulk Create (paste many posts at once)

Canopy → Bulk Create. Paste any text — output from NotebookLM, a ChatGPT thread, a doc — and Canopy splits it into individual draft posts (up to 30 at a time). See Bulk Create.

Option C — Content Agent (always-on)

Canopy → Agents. Set up a Hot or Regular Content Agent with a notebook of source URLs and keywords; the agent generates fresh drafts daily.

3 — Schedule

From any draft, three ways to schedule:

  • Pick a specific time — calendar icon next to Save.
  • Add to queue — drops the post into your next available weekly schedule slot.
  • Drag onto Calendar — open Calendar, drag the draft from the left rail onto an open slot.

Set up your weekly slots first at Canopy → Settings → Posting Schedule.

4 — Publish

When the scheduled time arrives, the canopy scheduler picks up the post, publishes it via the LinkedIn API, and flips status to PUBLISHED. The LinkedIn post URL is saved on the row.

Or: Publish now to skip scheduling for time-sensitive posts.

What’s next

  • Read Composing for every way to draft a post.
  • Read Publishing for the queue + calendar mechanics.
  • Try the Content Agents if you want always-on drafting in the background.
  • Browse Inspiration for viral posts in your niche to riff on.