Put your blog on autopilot
Turn on auto-articles and ProjectHQ plans topics, writes the articles and publishes them on a schedule you choose.
With auto-articles on, ProjectHQ keeps your blog going on its own. It picks topics from real search data, writes each article a few days before its date and publishes it on schedule. You choose how often it publishes and whether each article goes live by itself or waits for your approval.
Auto-articles work for blogs, not documentation.
Turn on auto-articles
- Open Publications and pick your blog.
- Click Enable on the Auto-articles switch above the article list. On a blog with no articles yet, you can click Plan articles with AI instead.
- Check the summary. Each row has a Change link:
01 What we write about
- Your business: what you do and who you write for. Every topic is planned around it. If ProjectHQ hasn't finished reading your site yet, wait a moment, or click Describe it yourself.
- Topics: how many topics to plan first (Topics to start with), optional Themes to focus on, and the Keyword strategy (see below). Leave the themes empty and the AI picks the ones likely to earn the most traffic.
02 How it looks and sounds
- Images: the style of the hero image, section images and diagrams. See Images in your articles.
- Voice and byline: your Brand voice, the Default author who signs the articles, and Instructions for every article. See Authors and bylines.
03 When and how it publishes
- Schedule: One article every so many days, the date the First one publishes, how far ahead articles are written (Prepare articles ahead) and Keep publishing forever.
- When an article is finished: what happens to each finished article (see below).
- Click Plan … articles.
ProjectHQ checks real search data for every topic, which usually takes about a minute. The calendar then fills in and the first article starts being written right away. Follow along on the calendar.
Keyword strategy
| Strategy | What it targets |
|---|---|
| Long-tail only | Specific searches with little competition, the kind you can rank for in weeks. Shorter articles. |
| Balanced (default) | Mostly searches you can realistically rank for, plus the occasional more competitive one. |
| Authority | The competitive, high-traffic searches your rivals rank for, covered by longer guides. Slower to win, worth more when you do. |
A new strategy applies to topics planned from then on. Articles already on the calendar keep their keywords.
When an article is finished
| Fully automatic | Auto-publish when ready (recommended) | Review everything | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good article | Publishes | Publishes | Held for you |
| Low quality score | Publishes anyway | Holds for you | Held for you |
| Needs a real screenshot | Uses a stock or AI image | Holds for you | Held for you |
| Out of credits | Pauses + alerts you | Pauses + alerts you | Pauses + alerts you |
With Auto-publish when ready, you also set a Minimum quality score (70 out of 100 by default). Articles that score below it wait for your review instead of going live.
An article that's held shows Review to publish in the article list, and you get a notification. Open it, check it as described in Edit and review an article, and publish it yourself.
Prepare articles ahead
| Option | When each article is written |
|---|---|
| Just in time (default) | A couple of days before it goes live, with the freshest research. |
| A week ahead | Next week's articles are ready by the weekend, with time to fix them. |
| A month ahead | Everything coming up is already written, so you can review a whole month in one go. |
This changes when articles are written, not when they're published.
Keep publishing
With Keep publishing forever on, ProjectHQ plans fresh topics whenever the queue runs low, so your blog never goes quiet. It also refreshes older articles that are close to the top of Google and could do better. These appear on the calendar marked ↻. Turn it off and auto-articles stop once the planned topics are published.
See how it's going
The Auto-articles button above the article list shows the current state. Hover over it for details:
| State | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Planning | Researching topics and filling the calendar. Writing starts when it's done. |
| On | Writing and publishing on schedule. |
| Publishing only | You're out of article credits, so nothing new is being written. Articles that are already written still publish on time. |
| Paused | Nothing is written or published until you resume. |
| Complete | Every planned topic has been published. |
Use Pause / Resume to stop and restart, or Edit settings to change the setup.
Change the settings later
Go to Settings → your blog → Auto-articles. There you can:
- Pause or resume.
- Switch the Publishing behavior and change the Minimum quality score.
- Steer upcoming topics with Topic focus and change the Keyword strategy.
- Change the Publishing cadence, how far ahead articles are prepared, and Keep publishing forever.
If a change moves scheduled articles, ProjectHQ first shows which dates move and which stay. Confirm with Apply new cadence or Apply changes. Then click Save changes.
To stop for good, click Delete content plan. Topics that haven't been written are removed. Articles that are already written or published stay in your library.
Article credits
Each article that auto-articles writes uses one article credit from your plan. When you run out, writing pauses and you're notified. Articles that are already written still go live on their dates. Writing resumes on its own when your credits renew. See Plans, trial and limits.