How to connect a Mastodon instance, publish posts, see analytics, and respond to mentions from the inbox.

Overview

Mastodon is Aidelly's 11th supported platform. Because Mastodon is federated, you connect a specific instance (e.g. mastodon.social, fosstodon.org, or your own server) and Aidelly stores the account credentials per workspace.

Publishing, analytics, and inbox replies all work the same as the other platforms — your posts go out through your connected account on the instance you chose, and metrics roll up into the unified analytics view.

What this page is for

Connecting a Mastodon account on any instance
Publishing posts, threads, and media to Mastodon
Reading analytics for your Mastodon account
Replying to mentions and follow-ups from the Aidelly inbox

Before you start

Know which Mastodon instance hosts your account
Have an account on that instance with permission to post via API
Decide whether the account is workspace-shared or personal (Aidelly social connections are workspace-scoped)

Step-by-step tasks

Connect a Mastodon account

Open Workspace Settings → Social Connections.
Click Connect a platform and pick Mastodon.
Enter your instance URL (e.g. mastodon.social).
Authorize Aidelly in the OAuth dialog that opens on that instance.
Confirm the account appears in your connections list.

Publish a post to Mastodon

Open Create Post (or use the calendar).
Toggle Mastodon in the destinations row.
Write your post — Mastodon's character limit applies per instance (default 500).
Add media if you want it; Mastodon supports images, GIFs, and short video.
Schedule or publish now.

Read Mastodon analytics

Open Analytics.
Filter by the Mastodon account.
Review impressions, boosts, favourites, replies, and follower deltas.

Reply to Mastodon mentions

Open Inbox.
Filter by Mastodon.
Click a mention or reply to draft a response in-app.
Send directly or queue for approval if your workspace requires it.

Tips and gotchas

Each Mastodon instance enforces its own character limit. Aidelly reads the instance's API and surfaces the actual limit in the editor.
Mastodon posts that contain a link do not carry the X-style per-post API fee; Mastodon publishing is free for Aidelly.
Replies on Mastodon are public unless the original post is unlisted. Treat inbox responses as public-facing.
Connecting the same Mastodon account in two workspaces still counts as two connections (one per workspace) — Mastodon connections are workspace-scoped.

Posting to Mastodon