Publish a Facebook post, after you approve

Opens Facebook's composer from "What's on your mind?" on your feed (or "Write something…" in a group) and stops with the phone held, so you see the identity and the audience it will post with. On approval it types the post, sets the audience if asked, and taps Post (via Next on builds that show it) once.

Inputs

Run it

1. Open the composer. Nothing is written.

run_task({
  "phases": [{
    "launch": "com.facebook.katana",
    "goal": "In the Facebook app, on the home feed tap the 'What's on your mind?' field so the post composer opens. Do not tap Create story or Create reel. Do not type and do not tap Post or Next.",
    "pauseWhen": "Facebook's New post composer is open",
    "maxSteps": 8
  }]
})

For a group, add "openUrl": "<group link>" and make the goal: Tap the 'Write something…' field at the top of the group so the composer opens.

Poll get_task_status(task_id, wait_seconds: 30) until paused. The labels show the name it posts as and the audience (Public, Friends, Only me).

2. Show the user the text, the identity and the audience. Wait for a yes.

3. Post it.

resume_task({
  "task_id": "<id>",
  "text": "<text>",
  "allowWrites": true,
  "repeat": 1,
  "countLabel": "^(Post|POST|Share|SHARE)$",
  "goal": "<AUDIENCE> Tap the What's on your mind? text field so it is focused, then type the post into it. Then tap Post at the top right once; if the button reads Next, tap Next once and then Post or Share once on the next screen. Do not tap it twice, and do not add music, people, location or a feeling.",
  "maxSteps": 12
})

For only me replace <AUDIENCE> with Tap the audience selector under your name, choose Only me, and tap Done to return to the composer. Otherwise remove it.

Poll until done. resume_task({ task_id, abandon: true }) leaves with nothing posted.

What comes back

result.phases[0].sent lists the Post tap only when the composer closed and the post appeared (or a group showed "Pending approval", which counts as posted in a moderated group).

Delete it

run_task({
  "allow_writes": true,
  "phases": [{
    "launch": "com.facebook.katana",
    "goal": "In the Facebook app, tap Go to profile at the top left and find the post that begins '<first words>'. Tap the three-dot menu on that post, tap Move to trash (or Delete post), so the confirmation shows. Delete only that post.",
    "allowWrites": true,
    "pauseWhen": "the confirmation to move the post that begins '<first words>' to trash or delete it is showing",
    "maxSteps": 14
  }]
})

Then resume_task({ task_id, allowWrites: true, repeat: 1, countLabel: "^(Move|MOVE|Delete|DELETE)$", goal: "Confirm, once." }). "Move to your trash?" hides the post from everyone at once; Facebook deletes it for good after 30 days, or sooner from the trash.

Notes

• The current composer is a "New post" screen (Music, Tag/collaborate, Location, Feeling/activity) that ends in Next, then SHARE in capitals; the count label covers both spellings. It shows the posting identity at the top. On a page there is no Only me audience: page posts are public.
• Measured 2026-10-06, as a page: the first type found no focused field and said so (verified: false), the operator tapped the field and typed again (verified: true), then Next and SHARE; removed through the Delete it route ("Move to your trash?" → MOVE) and gone from the page's posts. Needs the typing backend from 2026-10-06 on. Leaving a draft: back until "Discard post".
• Only me is the safe way to test: the post reaches no one, and it can be deleted right after.
• The composer's extra controls (AI label, Help me write, Feeling/activity, Background color) are not submit buttons; the goal ignores them.
• Facebook flags rapid repeated posting as automation. Space posts out.