Building a Content Calendar with Draftveil
Stop posting reactively. Learn how to plan a month of content in one session, then let Draftveil generate on schedule.
Open the Content Calendar
Navigate to Calendar in the left sidebar. You'll see a month view with empty slots for each day. Your posting frequency target is shown in the top right — you can adjust this in Settings. For most creators, 3–5 posts per week is sustainable and effective.
Generate a month of topic ideas
Click 'Generate ideas for this month.' You'll be prompted to enter: your current areas of focus (e.g., 'hiring, team building, remote work'), any upcoming events or announcements, and your audience's primary role (founders, marketers, engineers, etc.).
Draftveil will generate 15–20 post ideas mapped to the calendar, with a rough topic summary for each. These are starting points — not final topics.
Tip: The ideas that feel least comfortable to write are often the most interesting. The things you're afraid to say publicly are usually the things your audience most wants to hear.
Edit and approve topics
Go through each idea and either approve it, modify the prompt, or delete it. This is the highest-leverage part of the calendar workflow — you're using your judgment about what's worth saying, then delegating the execution to the model.
Aim to approve ~3 posts per week. More than 5 per week tends to dilute voice accuracy as generation volume increases.
Set generation schedule
For each approved topic, set a target date. Then set a draft generation time — when Draftveil should auto-generate the draft so it's ready for your review. A good default: generate drafts 24 hours before your target publish date, so you have time to review without it being last-minute.
You'll receive a notification when each draft is ready.
Review and edit drafts on schedule
When you receive a notification that a draft is ready, review it using the same process as manual generation: read it out loud, mark what's off, edit for nuance. Because you approved the topic in advance, the review should be faster than starting from scratch.
Target: 5–10 minutes per post review.
Connect for scheduled publishing
If you've connected your LinkedIn or X account (see the Connecting Accounts tutorial), you can schedule posts directly from the calendar. Click a draft, click 'Schedule,' and set the exact publish time. Draftveil will post automatically.
If you prefer to post manually, use the calendar as a prompt — it'll remind you when a reviewed draft is ready to go.
Review the month's performance
At month end, the Calendar Performance view shows your publish rate (how many scheduled posts you actually published), average engagement, and your top post of the month. Use this to calibrate your next month's topic selection — the data tells you what your audience wanted more of.