# theStacc

- [Welcome](https://thestacc.com/docs/index.md): theStacc is an AI-powered marketing automation platform that helps small businesses get found online.
- [Introduction](https://thestacc.com/docs/getting-started/introduction.md): theStacc is an AI-powered marketing automation platform that helps small businesses get found online.
- [Quick Start](https://thestacc.com/docs/getting-started/quick-start.md): This guide takes you from signing up to your first batch of content.
- [Key Concepts](https://thestacc.com/docs/getting-started/key-concepts.md): A short tour of the words and ideas you'll see all over theStacc.
- [Accounts & Workspaces](https://thestacc.com/docs/getting-started/accounts-workspaces.md): An account is the top-level container in theStacc.
- [Onboarding & First Steps](https://thestacc.com/docs/getting-started/onboarding-first-steps.md): This guide takes you from creating a theStacc account to finishing onboarding for your first module.
- [Troubleshooting Setup](https://thestacc.com/docs/getting-started/troubleshooting-setup.md): Most of setup just works, but a few steps depend on things outside theStacc - your email inbox, your Google account, or whether your business is listed online.
- [The content engine](https://thestacc.com/docs/how-it-works/content-engine.md): theStacc is not a single "write me a post" button.
- [How the AI works](https://thestacc.com/docs/how-it-works/how-the-ai-works.md): theStacc is not a thin wrapper around one chatbot.
- [Quality & safety](https://thestacc.com/docs/how-it-works/quality-safety.md): Automated content is only useful if it is good, consistent, and safe to publish under your name.
- [Content SEO Overview](https://thestacc.com/docs/content-seo/overview.md): The Content SEO module generates AI-powered blog posts and publishes them to your website on autopilot.
- [Business Setup](https://thestacc.com/docs/content-seo/business-setup.md): Before theStacc writes a single blog, it needs to understand your business.
- [Sources & Brand Voice](https://thestacc.com/docs/content-seo/sources-brand-voice.md): The more of your own material theStacc has, the more every blog sounds like you wrote it and stays true to your facts.
- [Competitors & Audiences](https://thestacc.com/docs/content-seo/competitors-audiences.md): Two settings shape who your content speaks to and how it stands out: your competitors and your target audiences.
- [Preferences](https://thestacc.com/docs/content-seo/preferences.md): Preferences control the look, voice, and rules that theStacc applies to every blog it writes for a project. Set them once and the AI follows them on every post.
- [Compliance Profiles](https://thestacc.com/docs/content-seo/compliance-profiles.md): If you advertise in a regulated profession - real estate, mortgage, contracting, healthcare, law, financial advice, or insurance - the words in your blog…
- [Content Plans & Keywords](https://thestacc.com/docs/content-seo/content-plans.md): Your keyword pool and your content plan are the two things that decide what theStacc writes about.
- [Keyword Strategy & Rotation](https://thestacc.com/docs/content-seo/keyword-strategy-rotation.md): Keywords are the single biggest lever you have over what theStacc writes about.
- [Promotions Calendar](https://thestacc.com/docs/content-seo/promotions-calendar.md): Holidays and local events are some of the best reasons to publish.
- [Blog Type Options](https://thestacc.com/docs/content-seo/blog-types.md): Every blog post in theStacc has a blog type.
- [Word Count & Targets](https://thestacc.com/docs/content-seo/word-count-targets.md): Longer, well-structured articles tend to rank better in search - up to a point.
- [Blog Generation](https://thestacc.com/docs/content-seo/blog-generation.md): theStacc writes each blog post with a multi-step AI pipeline.
- [Image Generation](https://thestacc.com/docs/content-seo/image-generation.md): Every blog you generate comes with its own images, planned and created automatically so each post looks finished the moment it lands in review.
- [Internal Linking](https://thestacc.com/docs/content-seo/internal-linking.md): Internal links are links from one page on your website to another page on the same site.
- [SEO Scoring Explained](https://thestacc.com/docs/content-seo/seo-scoring.md): Every blog post theStacc generates gets an SEO score from 0 to 100.
- [AI Content Safety & Integrity Guardrails](https://thestacc.com/docs/content-seo/content-safety-guardrails.md): AI writing tools are happy to make things up.
- [User Direction](https://thestacc.com/docs/content-seo/user-direction.md): Sometimes you know exactly what you want a particular post to do - lead with budget tips, skip the jargon, mention a specific customer, or steer clear of…
- [Regenerating Content](https://thestacc.com/docs/content-seo/regenerating-content.md): Sometimes the AI's first attempt isn't quite right.
- [Generate More & Bonus Blogs](https://thestacc.com/docs/content-seo/generate-more-bonus-blogs.md): Most of the time, theStacc plans your blogs for you and lays them out across your subscription period.
- [Automated Generation (Cron)](https://thestacc.com/docs/content-seo/automated-generation.md): When you put Content SEO on autopilot, you don't have to click anything to get a blog.
- [Time-Based Scheduling & Missed Posts](https://thestacc.com/docs/content-seo/scheduling-missed-posts.md): Every blog in your content plan has a scheduled date — the day it's meant to be created and (if you've set up auto-publishing) sent to your website.
- [Blog Status Lifecycle](https://thestacc.com/docs/content-seo/blog-status-lifecycle.md): Every blog post in theStacc has a status that tells you exactly where it is in its journey, from "planned but not written yet" all the way to "live on your…
- [Publishing Modes & Autopilot](https://thestacc.com/docs/content-seo/publishing-modes.md): Your publishing mode is the one setting that decides how hands-on you want to be.
- [Draft & Approval Workflow](https://thestacc.com/docs/content-seo/draft-approval-workflow.md): When your publishing mode is set to Requires approval, every blog theStacc generates waits for a human to give it the green light before it goes live.
- [Publishing](https://thestacc.com/docs/content-seo/publishing.md): Once content is generated, theStacc handles publishing to your website.
- [Publishing Errors & Retries](https://thestacc.com/docs/content-seo/publishing-errors.md): When theStacc publishes a blog to your website, it talks to your platform over the internet - WordPress, Ghost, Webflow, Zepio, Shopify, or your own webhook.
- [AI Error Recovery & Retries](https://thestacc.com/docs/content-seo/ai-error-recovery.md): Writing a blog post means talking to an AI service that, like any busy service, sometimes gets overloaded for a few minutes.
- [Quota & Limits](https://thestacc.com/docs/content-seo/quota-and-limits.md): Your plan comes with a set number of blogs you can generate.
- [Local SEO Overview](https://thestacc.com/docs/local-seo/overview.md): The Local SEO module helps your business win in local search - the Google map results and "near me" searches that drive calls, foot traffic, and bookings.
- [Onboarding & Business Setup](https://thestacc.com/docs/local-seo/onboarding-business-setup.md): Local SEO onboarding takes you from "I have a business" to "theStacc is actively working on my local search presence" in a few short steps.
- [Locations & Business Details](https://thestacc.com/docs/local-seo/locations-business-details.md): Every Local SEO project is built around one or more locations - a single business address with its Google Business Profile, reviews, rankings, and posts…
- [Industry Presets & Brand Intake](https://thestacc.com/docs/local-seo/industry-presets-brand-intake.md): Brand intake is where you tell theStacc what makes your business *yours*.
- [Google Business Profile](https://thestacc.com/docs/local-seo/google-business-profile.md): Your Google Business Profile (GBP) is the single most important asset for local search visibility.
- [Data Sync & Status](https://thestacc.com/docs/local-seo/data-sync.md): When you add a business location to Local SEO, theStacc reaches out to Google to pull in your live data - your star rating, your reviews, and a starter set…
- [GBP Posts & Content Calendar](https://thestacc.com/docs/local-seo/gbp-posts-calendar.md): Google rewards businesses that keep their Google Business Profile (GBP) active.
- [Content Plan Management](https://thestacc.com/docs/local-seo/content-plan-management.md): Your Google Business Profile (GBP) posts are organized into content plans.
- [Reviews](https://thestacc.com/docs/local-seo/reviews.md): Your Google reviews are one of the biggest factors in whether a nearby customer chooses you.
- [Keywords & Local Rankings](https://thestacc.com/docs/local-seo/keywords-local-rankings.md): Keywords are the searches you want your business to show up for - things like "emergency plumber phoenix" or "best coffee near me".
- [Advertising Compliance & Validation](https://thestacc.com/docs/local-seo/advertising-compliance.md): If your business advertises in a regulated profession (for example healthcare, law, mortgage, real estate, or contracting), theStacc can check your Local…
- [Multi-Project & Shared Access](https://thestacc.com/docs/local-seo/local-seo-shared-access.md): Local SEO is built to handle more than one business and more than one person.
- [Error Handling & Sync Failures](https://thestacc.com/docs/local-seo/error-handling-sync-failures.md): Most of the time, Local SEO just works in the background - your business data refreshes, posts publish, and review replies go out without you thinking about it.
- [Subscription, Trials & Limits](https://thestacc.com/docs/local-seo/subscription-trials-limits.md): Local SEO is one of theStacc's three modules.
- [Social Media Overview](https://thestacc.com/docs/social-media/overview.md): The Social Media module plans, writes, and publishes AI-generated posts to your connected social accounts — Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, and X.
- [Connecting Platforms](https://thestacc.com/docs/social-media/connecting-platforms.md): Connect your social accounts to theStacc once, and from then on it can publish and schedule your posts for you - no copy-pasting between tabs.
- [Website Auto-Extraction & Asset Uploads](https://thestacc.com/docs/social-media/website-extraction-assets.md): The fastest way to set up your Social Media brand kit is to let theStacc read your website for you.
- [Brand & Style](https://thestacc.com/docs/social-media/brand-style.md): Your Brand & Style settings teach theStacc what your brand looks like and sounds like, so every caption and every image it generates is on-brand from the…
- [Content Preferences & Pillars](https://thestacc.com/docs/social-media/content-preferences-pillars.md): Your content preferences tell theStacc what to post about, how it should sound, and whether posts go out on their own.
- [Content Plans & Generation](https://thestacc.com/docs/social-media/content-plans-generation.md): Your Social Media module runs on a content plan — a ready-made schedule of posts spread across several days, with the topic and post type already chosen for…
- [Content & Scheduling](https://thestacc.com/docs/social-media/content-scheduling.md): Your social plan is built from three pieces that work together: the content pillars that decide what you talk about, the content plan that turns those…
- [Post Customization](https://thestacc.com/docs/social-media/post-customization.md): Every post theStacc generates comes ready to publish, but you stay in full control of the details.
- [Repurpose from Blog](https://thestacc.com/docs/social-media/repurpose-from-blog.md): Already wrote a great blog post?
- [Platform Character Limits](https://thestacc.com/docs/social-media/platform-character-limits.md): Every social network caps how long a post caption can be, and the caps are very different from one platform to the next.
- [Approval & Review Workflow](https://thestacc.com/docs/social-media/approval-review-workflow.md): When you would rather check each social post before it goes live, theStacc holds every newly generated post for your review instead of publishing it…
- [Publishing & Scheduling](https://thestacc.com/docs/social-media/publishing-scheduling.md): Once a post is approved, you decide how and when it goes live.
- [Post Deletion & Unpublishing](https://thestacc.com/docs/social-media/post-deletion.md): Deleting a social post in theStacc isn't always as simple as "make it go away." A post that's still a draft only lives in theStacc, so deleting it is…
- [Post States & Failures](https://thestacc.com/docs/social-media/post-states-failures.md): Every social post moves through a few states as theStacc generates its caption and image.
- [Connection Management & Sync](https://thestacc.com/docs/social-media/connection-management-sync.md): Once your social accounts are connected, theStacc keeps two things in step with the platforms: which accounts are still connected, and whether each post…
- [Post Quota & Limits](https://thestacc.com/docs/social-media/post-quota-limits.md): Your Social Media plan includes a set number of posts per cycle.
- [Plans & Pricing Reference](https://thestacc.com/docs/account/plans-pricing.md): theStacc uses module-based pricing, so you only pay for what you use.
- [Billing & Plans](https://thestacc.com/docs/account/billing.md): theStacc uses module-based subscriptions.
- [Trials Explained](https://thestacc.com/docs/account/trials-explained.md): Every theStacc module comes with a low-cost trial so you can see real output before you commit to a paid plan.
- [Subscription Status & Access](https://thestacc.com/docs/account/subscription-status-access.md): Every module you run (Content SEO, Local SEO, Social Media) has its own subscription, and that subscription's status decides whether you can keep generating…
- [Payments, Invoices & Payment Methods](https://thestacc.com/docs/account/payments-invoices.md): Everything about how you pay theStacc lives in one place: Settings > Billing.
- [Add-ons & Managed Services](https://thestacc.com/docs/account/addons-managed-services.md): Most of theStacc is self-service software: AI does the work, you review and approve.
- [Workspace & Team](https://thestacc.com/docs/account/workspace-team.md): Your workspace is where you and your team run theStacc.
- [Publishing destinations](https://thestacc.com/docs/integrations/overview.md): theStacc publishes your generated blog posts straight to your website.
- [WordPress.com](https://thestacc.com/docs/integrations/wordpress-com.md): Hosted WordPress sites.
- [WordPress.org](https://thestacc.com/docs/integrations/wordpress-org.md): Self-hosted WordPress sites.
- [Ghost](https://thestacc.com/docs/integrations/ghost.md): Publish directly to your Ghost blog via the Ghost Admin API.
- [Webflow](https://thestacc.com/docs/integrations/webflow.md): Publish blog content to your Webflow CMS collections via a Webflow API token.
- [Shopify](https://thestacc.com/docs/integrations/shopify.md): Publish blog posts to your Shopify store's built-in blog, choose which blog they land in, and keep them in sync.
- [Zepio](https://thestacc.com/docs/integrations/zepio.md): Publish blog posts directly to your Zepio website using Zepio's Developer API.
- [Custom webhook](https://thestacc.com/docs/integrations/custom-webhook.md): Send blog posts to any platform via HTTP.
- [Managing connections](https://thestacc.com/docs/integrations/managing-connections.md): Every connected integration carries connection-health information that theStacc updates each time it tests or publishes.
- [Public Blog API](https://thestacc.com/docs/developers/public-blog-api.md): The Public Blog API lets you fetch your published blog content from theStacc and display it on any website — including static sites hosted on Cloudflare…
- [Static site integration](https://thestacc.com/docs/developers/static-sites/overview.md): This guide walks you through connecting theStacc to your static site.
- [Astro](https://thestacc.com/docs/developers/static-sites/astro.md): Astro is the most straightforward integration since it supports static and server-rendered pages natively.
- [Next.js](https://thestacc.com/docs/developers/static-sites/nextjs.md): Create the API helper, blog listing, and blog detail pages for Next.js App Router.
- [Hugo](https://thestacc.com/docs/developers/static-sites/hugo.md): Hugo doesn't fetch API data natively.
- [Nuxt 3](https://thestacc.com/docs/developers/static-sites/nuxt.md): Create the API composable, runtime config, and blog pages for Nuxt 3.
- [Styling](https://thestacc.com/docs/developers/static-sites/styling.md): The API returns HTML in the content field, including headings, lists, blockquotes, links, and images with alt text.
- [Build-time error handling](https://thestacc.com/docs/developers/static-sites/error-handling.md): Because content is fetched while your site builds, you need a plan for when the API cannot be reached during a build.
- [Going to production](https://thestacc.com/docs/developers/static-sites/production.md): Fetching at build time means new posts only appear when your site rebuilds.
- [Deploy Hooks](https://thestacc.com/docs/developers/deploy-hooks.md): A deploy hook lets your static site rebuild automatically whenever theStacc publishes, updates, or unpublishes a blog post.
- [Webhooks overview](https://thestacc.com/docs/developers/webhooks/overview.md): This is the end-to-end reference for theStacc's Custom Webhook integration.
- [Quickstart](https://thestacc.com/docs/developers/webhooks/quickstart.md): A field-tested path from "we picked Webhook" to "first blog publishes live".
- [Authentication](https://thestacc.com/docs/developers/webhooks/authentication.md): When you configure a webhook secret, every request includes a signature in the X-Webhook-Signature header.
- [Event catalog](https://thestacc.com/docs/developers/webhooks/events.md): Five event types.
- [Field reference](https://thestacc.com/docs/developers/webhooks/field-reference.md): Every field theStacc sends in a blog.published or blog.updated event.
- [Response contract](https://thestacc.com/docs/developers/webhooks/response-contract.md): Your receiver should return a JSON body.
- [Idempotency & retries](https://thestacc.com/docs/developers/webhooks/idempotency.md): How retries behave depends on which path published the blog.
- [Self-hosting images](https://thestacc.com/docs/developers/webhooks/self-hosting-images.md): By default, every img inside content and the featured_image_url point at theStacc's CDN (cdn.thestacc.com), served to your visitors directly.
- [Database schemas](https://thestacc.com/docs/developers/webhooks/database-schemas.md): Pick the database you already use.
- [Receiver examples](https://thestacc.com/docs/developers/webhooks/receiver-examples.md): Each example is production-ready: it handles every event, verifies HMAC, dedupes by blog_id, and returns the expected response shape.
- [Limits & troubleshooting](https://thestacc.com/docs/developers/webhooks/limits-troubleshooting.md): Webhook limits, troubleshooting steps, security best practices, FAQs, and next steps for production receivers.
- [Agent Keys & MCP Server](https://thestacc.com/docs/developers/agent-keys-mcp.md): The theStacc MCP server lets an AI agent drive your blog workflow for you.
- [MCP Tools Reference](https://thestacc.com/docs/developers/mcp-tools-reference.md): The theStacc MCP server lets an AI agent (like Claude) work on your blog for you — reviewing the content plan, drafting and generating posts, editing them,…