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      "summary": "Buffer's GraphQL API, reopened to everyone on 2026-05-27 and free on every plan, with a hosted MCP server (20 tools) and a CLI.",
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          "registry": "npm",
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      "authNotes": "Personal API key as a Bearer token for your own account (it sees every organisation you belong to, no per-organisation scoping). App Clients acting for other users use OAuth 2.0 authorisation code with PKCE. The hosted MCP takes OAuth in Claude and other clients, or the API key as a Bearer header.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "API included on every plan. Free $0 (3 channels, 10 scheduled posts a channel, 1 API key, 3,000 requests a month). Essentials $5 a channel a month billed yearly ($60 a year, 3 keys, 7,500 requests). Team $10 a channel a month billed yearly ($120 a year, 5 keys, 15,000 requests). Channels above 10 cost less. 14-day trial on paid plans (https://buffer.com/pricing).",
      "priceSummary": "$5 / mo",
      "where": "hosted",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402 in developer docs, llms-full.txt or pricing (checked 2026-09-30).",
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        "social.post",
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        "social.analytics"
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        "hosted",
        "freemium",
        "free-tier",
        "no-card",
        "mcp",
        "llms-txt",
        "closed-source",
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          "confidence": "medium",
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          "API, MCP and CLI on the free plan, with 3 channels and 3,000 requests a month and no card",
          "Hosted MCP with OAuth 2.0, PKCE and 11 scopes, including read-only ones such as posts:read",
          "429 responses carry an exact Retry-After and don't use up quota",
          "Typed GraphQL schema, a schema changelog updated most days and @deprecated annotations with removal dates",
          "Security reporting route with a GPG key and bug rewards"
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          "22 status incidents between 6 July and 25 September 2026, several of them hours long",
          "Low quotas, 100 requests per 15 minutes and 3,000 to 15,000 a month",
          "No media upload, every file has to sit at a public URL you host",
          "The changelog shows types removed on 2 and 25 September 2026 despite the additive-only promise",
          "No official SDKs, no tool annotations and no idempotency keys"
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          "Call `{ account { organizations { id } } }` first, then list channels for an organisation before posting",
          "Include `... on MutationError` in every mutation, since errors come back with HTTP 200",
          "On 429, wait Retry-After plus a few seconds of jitter. The 429 itself doesn't cost quota",
          "Pass images and video as public direct URLs, not preview or login-gated links",
          "Use saveToDraft or addToQueue so nothing publishes by accident, because delete_post can't be undone"
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          "kind": "remote",
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          "security": 56,
          "transparency": 66
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        "provenanceScore": 90
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        "http": "curl https://api.buffer.com -H \"Authorization: Bearer $BUFFER_API_KEY\" \\\n  -H \"content-type: application/json\" -d '{\"query\":\"{ account { id organizations { id name } } }\"}'",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http buffer https://mcp.buffer.com/mcp"
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/social.post",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/buffer"
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      "area": "communication",
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        {
          "item": "Essentials plan",
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          "note": "per channel, billed yearly ($60)"
        },
        {
          "item": "Team plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 10,
          "note": "per channel, billed yearly ($120)"
        }
      ],
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        "legalEntity": "Buffer, Inc.",
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        "domainRegistered": "1996-10-28",
        "domainNote": "buffer.com was registered in 1996, long before Buffer bought it.",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://buffer.com/legal",
        "privacy": "https://buffer.com/legal#privacy-policy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.buffer.com",
        "changelog": "https://developers.buffer.com/changelog.html",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-09-30",
        "score": 90
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      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/buffer.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "buffer",
        "probe": {
          "target": "https://api.buffer.com",
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          "lastAt": "2026-10-04T22:35:20.623312496Z",
          "lastOk": true,
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-01",
              "probes": 276,
              "ok": 276
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-02",
              "probes": 248,
              "ok": 248
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-03",
              "probes": 271,
              "ok": 271
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-04",
              "probes": 256,
              "ok": 256
            }
          ]
        },
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.buffer.com",
          "indicator": "none",
          "summary": "All Systems Operational",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T22:33:47.878884561Z"
        },
        "versions": [
          {
            "registry": "npm",
            "name": "@bufferapp/cli",
            "version": "1.2.2",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:22:59.742568507Z"
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        ],
        "npmWeekly": 705,
        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://buffer.com/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "none",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:16:01.700619316Z"
        },
        "llmsTxt": {
          "url": "https://developers.buffer.com/llms.txt",
          "ok": true,
          "status": 200,
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:17:22.763905129Z"
        },
        "domain": {
          "domain": "buffer.com",
          "registered": "1996-10-28",
          "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/buffer.com",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:10:35.711858663Z"
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            "fingerprint": "ebe933ae857f"
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          {
            "url": "https://developers.buffer.com/guides/post-metrics.md",
            "kind": "deprecations",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:42:46.233967731Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
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          {
            "url": "https://buffer.com/pricing",
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            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:41:40.254633484Z",
            "changedAt": "2026-10-04T15:41:40.254633484Z",
            "fingerprint": "25d192efbf57"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://buffer.com/legal",
            "kind": "terms",
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            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:41:37.920953633Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
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      "slug": "metricool",
      "name": "Metricool API + MCP",
      "vendor": "Metricool",
      "vendorUrl": "https://metricool.com",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "social-media",
      "summary": "Analytics-first social suite with a large REST API (553 paths) and a hosted OAuth MCP server.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/metricool",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/metricool.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/metricool.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/metricool.json",
      "transports": [
        "http",
        "streamable-http"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://app.metricool.com/api",
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "mcp-metricool"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "REST API takes the account token in the X-Mc-Auth header plus userId and blogId parameters on every call. The hosted MCP uses OAuth. The older local PyPI server reads METRICOOL_USER_TOKEN and METRICOOL_USER_ID and needs API access.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Free plan for 1 brand with 20 scheduled posts, 30 days of analytics and the MCP, no LinkedIn or X. Starter $25 a month for 5 brands or $45 for 10 ($20 and $36 billed yearly). REST API only on Advanced, $67 a month for 15 brands, $107 for 25, $210 for 50 ($53, $85 and $159 billed yearly). X accounts $10 a month each on top. Euro prices differ (https://metricool.com/pricing/).",
      "priceSummary": "$25 / mo",
      "where": "hosted",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402 or per-call payment in the API docs, help centre or pricing (checked 2026-09-30).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": null,
        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": 424,
        "asOf": "2026-09-30"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://app.metricool.com/resources/apidocs/index.html",
      "llmsTxt": "https://help.metricool.com/llms.txt",
      "openapi": "https://app.metricool.com/api/swagger.json",
      "capabilities": [
        "social.post",
        "social.schedule",
        "social.analytics",
        "social.media-upload"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hosted",
        "freemium",
        "free-tier",
        "mcp",
        "openapi",
        "llms-txt",
        "python",
        "closed-source"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2025-10-07",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 38.7,
        "grade": "E",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 428,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 452,
        "categoryRank": 9,
        "methodology": "0.3",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 39,
          "maintenance": 6,
          "payments": 30,
          "reliability": 35,
          "schema": 56,
          "security": 48,
          "transparency": 64
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        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "low",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
        },
        "negative": -2,
        "negativeNotes": [
          "2026-10-01. The help centre says the Metricool MCP server is public at metricool/mcp-metricool on GitHub. That repo returned 404 on 30 September and asked for credentials on 1 and 2 October, and the metricool organisation page lists one public repository, a fork of modelcontextprotocol/servers. The open-source claim doesn't hold for readers. -2 (https://help.metricool.com/faqs-about-the-metricool-mcp-1i3w0, https://github.com/metricool)"
        ],
        "verdict": "Hosted MCP with OAuth and separate mcp:read and mcp:write scopes, on every plan including Free. REST API only on Advanced ($67 a month) and Custom.",
        "strengths": [
          "Hosted MCP with OAuth and separate mcp:read and mcp:write scopes, on every plan including Free",
          "Six hosted MCP tools per the help centre, four that read and two that write",
          "OpenAPI spec covering 553 paths, per the 30 September check",
          "Analytics across organic networks and Meta, Google and TikTok ad accounts, with all data on EU servers per the privacy policy",
          "The REST token can be regenerated in settings, which cuts off the old one at once"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "REST API only on Advanced ($67 a month) and Custom",
          "No published rate limits, 429 guidance or API changelog",
          "Three values on every REST call (the X-Mc-Auth token, userId and blogId)",
          "PyPI MCP package still at 1.1.9 from 7 October 2025, and the GitHub repo the help centre names isn't public",
          "No security disclosure route or certification found"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Connect the hosted MCP at https://ai.metricool.com/mcp with OAuth, and ask only for mcp:read when the job is reporting",
          "Call admin/simpleProfiles with your userId to list brands and their blogId values",
          "Normalise media through `actions/normalize/image/url` first, or the post goes out without it",
          "Give publicationDate a dateTime and an IANA timezone, in the future",
          "Back off on your own, since no rate limits or Retry-After are documented"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 2,
        "avgRating": 2.5,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "low",
            "grade": "E",
            "methodology": "0.3",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 38.7
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        ],
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          "ergonomics": 39,
          "maintenance": 6,
          "payments": 30,
          "reliability": 35,
          "schema": 56,
          "security": 48,
          "transparency": 47
        },
        "provenanceScore": 80
      },
      "connect": {
        "http": "curl \"https://app.metricool.com/api/admin/simpleProfiles?userId=$METRICOOL_USER_ID\" -H \"X-Mc-Auth: $METRICOOL_API_TOKEN\"",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http metricool https://ai.metricool.com/mcp",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "metricool": {
              "type": "http",
              "url": "https://ai.metricool.com/mcp"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/social.post",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/metricool"
      },
      "area": "communication",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Starter",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 25,
          "note": "5 brands, no REST API. $20 a month billed yearly"
        },
        {
          "item": "Advanced",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 67,
          "note": "15 brands, cheapest plan with the REST API. $53 a month billed yearly"
        },
        {
          "item": "Advanced 25",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 107,
          "note": "25 brands. $85 a month billed yearly"
        },
        {
          "item": "Advanced 50",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 210,
          "note": "50 brands. $159 a month billed yearly"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "METRICOOL SOFTWARE, SL",
        "domain": "metricool.com",
        "domainRegistered": "2015-04-04",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://metricool.com/legal-terms/",
        "privacy": "https://metricool.com/privacy-policy/",
        "statusPage": "https://status.metricool.com/",
        "changelog": "",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-09-30",
        "notes": [
          "The terms name METRICOOL SOFTWARE, SL of Madrid, NIF B87527115."
        ],
        "score": 80
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/metricool.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "metricool",
        "probe": {
          "target": "https://app.metricool.com/api",
          "method": "get",
          "lastAt": "2026-10-04T22:35:26.857690167Z",
          "lastOk": true,
          "lastStatus": 200,
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              "date": "2026-09-30",
              "probes": 35,
              "ok": 35
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-01",
              "probes": 276,
              "ok": 276
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-02",
              "probes": 248,
              "ok": 248
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-03",
              "probes": 271,
              "ok": 271
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-04",
              "probes": 256,
              "ok": 256
            }
          ]
        },
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.metricool.com",
          "indicator": "unknown",
          "summary": "no machine-readable status found",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T21:40:14.962846908Z"
        },
        "versions": [
          {
            "registry": "pypi",
            "name": "mcp-metricool",
            "version": "1.1.9",
            "released": "2025-10-07",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:33:00.287332453Z"
          }
        ],
        "pypiWeekly": 583,
        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://metricool.com/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "none",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:53.462817982Z"
        },
        "llmsTxt": {
          "url": "https://help.metricool.com/llms.txt",
          "ok": true,
          "status": 200,
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:17:58.757370106Z"
        },
        "domain": {
          "domain": "metricool.com",
          "registered": "2015-04-04",
          "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/metricool.com",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:09:19.936087655Z"
        },
        "pages": [
          {
            "url": "https://metricool.com/pricing/",
            "kind": "pricing",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:45:59.734196501Z",
            "changedAt": "2026-10-02T15:22:17.685611431Z",
            "fingerprint": "a72178d7d52d"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://metricool.com/privacy-policy/",
            "kind": "privacy",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:46:01.793960013Z",
            "changedAt": "2026-10-02T15:22:19.748357966Z",
            "fingerprint": "22d3c481822c"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://metricool.com/legal-terms/",
            "kind": "terms",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:45:57.665961766Z",
            "changedAt": "2026-10-02T15:22:15.606991596Z",
            "fingerprint": "38dfde56abc0"
          }
        ],
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-04T22:35:26.857690167Z"
      }
    },
    "summary": "Buffer API + MCP has a score of 62.3 (B) against Metricool API + MCP's 38.7 (E). Both do social post. The largest gap is maintenance \u0026 community, 67 points."
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  "links": {
    "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json",
    "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/buffer-vs-metricool",
    "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/buffer-vs-metricool.json",
    "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt",
    "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/buffer-vs-metricool.md",
    "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/buffer-vs-metricool.min.md"
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  "markdown": "Buffer API + MCP has a score of 62.3 (B) against Metricool API + MCP's 38.7 (E). Both do social post. The largest gap is maintenance \u0026 community, 67 points.\n\n- Buffer API + MCP: grade B, 62.3/100, rank #220 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/buffer.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/buffer.json\n- Metricool API + MCP: grade E, 38.7/100, rank #428 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/metricool.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/metricool.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Buffer API + MCP for reliability (+20), schema \u0026 documentation (+30), agent ergonomics (+26), security \u0026 auth (+8), maintenance \u0026 community (+67), transparency \u0026 trust (+14).\n\nPick Metricool API + MCP for nothing in particular (no category where it leads by five points or more).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Buffer API + MCP | Metricool API + MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 55 | 35 | Buffer API + MCP +20 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 86 | 56 | Buffer API + MCP +30 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 65 | 39 | Buffer API + MCP +26 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 56 | 48 | Buffer API + MCP +8 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 30 | even |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 73 | 6 | Buffer API + MCP +67 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 78 | 64 | Buffer API + MCP +14 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -2 | |\n| **Total** | | **62.3 · B** | **38.7 · E** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Buffer API + MCP | Metricool API + MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Buffer | Metricool |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.buffer.com` | `https://app.metricool.com/api` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | none |\n| Tools exposed | 20 | none |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-09-30 | 2025-10-07 |\n| Popularity | 687 npm/wk | 424 PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | 2.5/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Buffer API + MCP.** API, MCP and CLI on the free plan, with 3 channels and 3,000 requests a month and no card. 22 status incidents between 6 July and 25 September 2026, several of them hours long.\n\n**Metricool API + MCP.** Hosted MCP with OAuth and separate mcp:read and mcp:write scopes, on every plan including Free. REST API only on Advanced ($67 a month) and Custom.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Buffer API + MCP\n\n1. Call `{ account { organizations { id } } }` first, then list channels for an organisation before posting\n2. Include `... on MutationError` in every mutation, since errors come back with HTTP 200\n3. On 429, wait Retry-After plus a few seconds of jitter. The 429 itself doesn't cost quota\n4. Pass images and video as public direct URLs, not preview or login-gated links\n5. Use saveToDraft or addToQueue so nothing publishes by accident, because delete_post can't be undone\n\n### Metricool API + MCP\n\n1. Connect the hosted MCP at https://ai.metricool.com/mcp with OAuth, and ask only for mcp:read when the job is reporting\n2. Call admin/simpleProfiles with your userId to list brands and their blogId values\n3. Normalise media through `actions/normalize/image/url` first, or the post goes out without it\n4. Give publicationDate a dateTime and an IANA timezone, in the future\n5. Back off on your own, since no rate limits or Retry-After are documented\n\n## Other comparisons with Buffer API + MCP or Metricool API + MCP\n\n- [Ayrshare API + MCP vs Buffer API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ayrshare-vs-buffer.md)\n- [Ayrshare API + MCP vs Metricool API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ayrshare-vs-metricool.md)\n- [Buffer API + MCP vs Zernio (formerly Late) API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/buffer-vs-late.md)\n- [Buffer API + MCP vs Mixpost API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/buffer-vs-mixpost.md)\n- [Buffer API + MCP vs OneUp API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/buffer-vs-oneup.md)\n- [Buffer API + MCP vs Post Bridge API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/buffer-vs-post-bridge.md)\n- [Buffer API + MCP vs Postiz API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/buffer-vs-postiz.md)\n- [Buffer API + MCP vs Publer API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/buffer-vs-publer.md)\n- [Buffer API + MCP vs Upload-Post API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/buffer-vs-upload-post.md)\n- [Zernio (formerly Late) API + MCP vs Metricool API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/late-vs-metricool.md)\n- [Metricool API + MCP vs Mixpost API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/metricool-vs-mixpost.md)\n- [Metricool API + MCP vs OneUp API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/metricool-vs-oneup.md)\n- [Metricool API + MCP vs Post Bridge API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/metricool-vs-post-bridge.md)\n- [Metricool API + MCP vs Postiz API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/metricool-vs-postiz.md)\n- [Metricool API + MCP vs Publer API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/metricool-vs-publer.md)\n- [Metricool API + MCP vs Upload-Post API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/metricool-vs-upload-post.md)\n",
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