CLI reference: Post by hand
5 commands. Every command runs on your own computer; nothing is sent to a social network unless a publishing command is run by the owner with its live switches.
reachweaver share
Section titled “reachweaver share”Easy offline handoff: choose social networks, type a caption and get copy-ready text and checklists; never sends
reachweaver share [-h] [--platform NAME] [--list] [--guide] [--text TEXT | --file FILE] [--note NOTE] [--title TITLE] [--format {text,image,video,carousel,link}] [--attach ATTACH] [--media MEDIA] [--out OUT] [--preview] [--strict] [--no-shorten] [--web] [--open] [--port PORT] [--idea ID]| Option | Description |
|---|---|
--platform NAME |
Social network(s), e.g. instagram,threads or –platform tiktok –platform youtube |
--list |
Show friendly example network names; no network |
--guide |
Ask simple questions in your terminal; no login required |
--text TEXT |
Caption to prepare (one exact text, reviewed separately per platform) |
--file FILE |
Existing local UTF-8 file with the caption, including line breaks |
--note NOTE |
Short idea for human-only groups; never used as ready-made post text |
--title TITLE |
YouTube video title when a YouTube destination is selected |
--format FORMAT |
Override a platform’s inferred format (image/video requires manual media attachment) One of: text, image, video, carousel, link. |
--attach ATTACH |
A local photo/video you will attach yourself in each app; its header is checked offline against each network’s sourced limits (size, duration, aspect ratio…), never uploaded |
--media MEDIA |
Optional advanced media-check manifest for existing validation |
--out OUT |
New output folder (default: a unique private folder under state/) |
--preview |
Check without writing any files |
--strict |
All or nothing: if any network is blocked, write none (default: prepare the others, list the skipped ones with their fix and exit 1) |
--no-shorten |
Keep a caption that is too long for a network as written (a blocking error) instead of shortening it at a word boundary with a SHORTENED flag |
--web |
Start the mobile-friendly browser composer on 127.0.0.1 (manual, offline) |
--open |
With –web, open the local composer in your default browser |
--port PORT |
With –web, local port; 0 chooses a free port (default) |
--idea ID |
With –web, start the composer draft from this open idea’s text (the inbox is not changed); –text works the same way. An unsaved draft is kept and the page offers the text instead |
reachweaver posted
Section titled “reachweaver posted”Record a post you made by hand from its link, with its numbers if you have them, in one step; run it again with new numbers to update them; local, never sends
reachweaver posted [-h] [--likes N] [--replies N] [--reposts N] [--views N] [--text TEXT] [--at WHEN] [--account ACCOUNT] [--platform PLATFORM] [URL]| Option | Description |
|---|---|
URL |
The link of your post (copy it from the app’s share menu) |
--likes N |
Likes you see now: a count, or unknown / suppressed / not_available / delayed / estimated:N |
--replies N, --comments N |
Replies you see now: a count, or unknown / suppressed / not_available / delayed / estimated:N (–comments is the same option) |
--reposts N |
Reposts you see now: a count, or unknown / suppressed / not_available / delayed / estimated:N |
--views N |
Views you see now: a count, or unknown / suppressed / not_available / delayed / estimated:N |
--text TEXT |
The post text (optional; reports show its first words). Again on a post you recorded by hand: corrects its text |
--at WHEN |
When you posted it: now, today, yesterday, YYYY-MM-DD, ‘YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM’ (your computer’s time zone) or ISO 8601 with a timezone. Without it a terminal asks (Enter = today); a script gets now. Again on a post you recorded by hand: corrects its date |
--account ACCOUNT |
Your account id, when several accounts on that network could have posted it; again on a post you recorded by hand: corrects it |
--platform PLATFORM |
The network, when the link’s address does not say (e.g. your own Mastodon server that is not in your accounts file) |
reachweaver manual-export
Section titled “reachweaver manual-export”Offline creator-ready package for Threads/Instagram/Facebook Pages/YouTube/TikTok, or a generic package for any other manual_only distribution-registry destination; never sends
reachweaver manual-export [-h] --platform PLATFORM --variant VARIANT [--media MEDIA] [--account-meta ACCOUNT_META] --out OUT [--json]| Option | Description |
|---|---|
--platform PLATFORM |
threads, instagram, facebook, youtube or tiktok (sourced package), or any other manual_only id in the distribution registry such as dev, x, product_hunt or hacker_news (generic package; human-only destinations get a notes form, never post text). Chinese platforms such as weibo, xiaohongshu, douyin, bilibili and wechat add sourced limits, topics and the AI/ad declarations (docs/CHINA.md) |
--variant VARIANT |
Variant JSON: text, format, link_url, platform_options; talking_points for human-only destinations |
--media MEDIA |
Media manifest JSON validated with media-check rules |
--account-meta ACCOUNT_META |
PUBLIC account metadata JSON (handle, account_type); no secrets |
--out OUT |
NEW output folder (0700, files 0600); refuses existing output |
--json |
Print the full machine-readable package |
reachweaver manual-export-batch
Section titled “reachweaver manual-export-batch”Offline: preflight 1-25 manual-export items as a whole, then write one package folder each with SHA-256 of the exact text; never sends or schedules
reachweaver manual-export-batch [-h] --file FILE --out OUT [--json]| Option | Description |
|---|---|
--file FILE |
Batch JSON: schema_version 1 and items of platform, variant, optional account_meta and at (advisory time with offset); human-only destinations refused |
--out OUT |
NEW output folder (0700, files 0600); one blocking error anywhere writes nothing |
--json |
Print the batch manifest as JSON |
reachweaver delivery-options
Section titled “reachweaver delivery-options”Offline delivery route per distribution-registry channel (official API adapter, manual package, human-only notes or unsupported); never connects, posts or schedules
reachweaver delivery-options [-h] [--platform PLATFORM] [--json]| Option | Description |
|---|---|
--platform PLATFORM |
One distribution-registry channel id (default: every channel) |
--json |
Machine-readable routes |
