Post to Google Business Profile from Codex
Codex can post updates on Google Business Profile through ClipSpeed. Add the ClipSpeed server with one command, sign in, and then ask Codex to post updates, pick the time, and apply Google Business Profile's settings, without leaving the terminal and IDE. Google Business Profile is on the roadmap on ClipSpeed's rail; this page describes how it works and says so.
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How to post Google Business Profile from Codex
One command writes the server into Codex's config. Start codex, sign in to ClipSpeed when it asks, and the tools are available. Connect Google Business Profile in ClipSpeed, then describe the post. Setup takes about a minute.
# One-time setup (OAuth, no API key)
codex mcp add clipspeed --url https://api.clipspeed.ai/mcp
# Then ask Codex:
> Post this week's update to the Business Profile Monday 9am with the photo
Codex: Preview — nothing booked yet. Google Business Profile — text. Book it?Codex stores MCP servers in ~/.codex/config.toml under [mcp_servers.clipspeed]. You can also paste the block by hand.
- Run codex mcp add clipspeed --url https://api.clipspeed.ai/mcp in your terminal.
- Start codex. On first use of a ClipSpeed tool it opens the OAuth sign-in; approve it.
- Ask it to list your channels to confirm.
- Connect Google Business Profile in the ClipSpeed app, or ask Codex for a connect link: it is private, valid for ten minutes, and Google Business Profile signs you in itself.
Developer reference: the Codex MCP page.
What can Codex do on Google Business Profile?
On Google Business Profile, Codex can post updates, offers and events with a photo and a call-to-action to your Business Profile. Every booking runs through the same rules as the ClipSpeed app.
Text and Image posts
Google Business Profile takes text and image through ClipSpeed. Image: JPG or PNG, at least 720×720.
1,500 characters, checked at booking
Google Business Profile's own arithmetic. Too long is refused with the real count, never trimmed at send time. Titles cap at 58.
Exact time or refused
Name the minute and Codex books it, or you are told why not and offered the next open slot. A booked Google Business Profile post is never moved behind your back.
Preview before anything posts
preview: true runs the whole booking and writes nothing. Codex shows the plan, with each slot and the day's remaining cap, and books only on your yes.
Clips cut in the same session
Submit a video or stream link, get captioned 9:16 clips with a viral score, and post the best moment's hook on Google Business Profile with a link to the clip. No download, no re-upload.
Pacing and numbers
Planned: Text posts on Google Business Profile are at least 240 minutes apart, up to 2 a day. After a post goes out, Codex can read back views and engagement where Google Business Profile provides them.
How does Codex post to Google Business Profile through ClipSpeed?
You describe what you want in plain language and Codex makes the ClipSpeed calls. A typical conversation has three beats.
Find your Google Business Profile channel
Ask Codex whether Google Business Profile is connected. It calls list_channels and reads platform_settings, so it also knows what Google Business Profile accepts and the limits before you write a word.
Compose within the rules
Describe the post. Codex drafts within Google Business Profile's limits; mention a clip or a file and it attaches it.
Schedule or publish
Name a time, or say now. The slot is booked exactly or refused with the next open one, and the reply carries the id you can cancel or edit by.
Google Business Profile settings reference
These are the schedule_post fields that apply to Google Business Profile. Mention any of them in plain language and Codex sets them; the server checks them at booking. Fields marked planned land with the Google Business Profile release.
| Field | Type | Required | What it does on Google Business Profile |
|---|---|---|---|
platforms | string[] | Yes | Include "google-business". Up to ten platforms per call; each books its own slot. |
text | string | Yes | Up to 1,500 characters. |
title | string | For events and offers | Up to 58 characters. |
cta | learn_more | book | order | shop | sign_up | call | Planned | The button and its link. |
media_url | string | No | A photo at least 720×720. |
scheduled_at | ISO 8601 | No | Exact or refused with the next open slot. |
preview | boolean | No | Plan only. |
Common Google Business Profile configurations
Ask Codex for any of these and it applies the matching settings.
Weekly update
Offer with a button
Event
Preview
Example prompts for Google Business Profile in Codex
Type these into the terminal and IDE, or pass one to nightly.sh in a script. Codex calls ClipSpeed and confirms before publishing.
Post Google Business Profile with a scheduled time
Post this week's update to the Business Profile Monday 9am with the photo. Keep the text under 1,500 characters. Preview first.
Cut the clips, then post the hook
Clip this link, keep the top moment by viral score, and write a Google Business Profile post from the best moment's transcript, scheduled for tomorrow 9am. Show me the plan before booking.
From a script with Codex
codex exec "Summarise the changes since the last git tag as one Google Business Profile post under 1,500 characters. Schedule it via ClipSpeed for today at 10am; preview first and book if nothing is refused."
Google Business Profile limits and gotchas to know
Google Business Profile enforces a few rules that Codex and ClipSpeed respect automatically, but knowing them helps you phrase requests.
- 1,500 characters per post and a 58-character title on events and offers.
- Google removes posts that look like ads for third parties; posts should be about your business.
- Google Business Profile is on ClipSpeed's roadmap, not the next rail. Bookings are refused plainly until it posts.
- Photos should be at least 720×720.
- Pacing is tight on purpose: two posts a day.
| Rule | Google Business Profile |
|---|---|
| Accepts | Text, Image |
| Text limit | 1,500 characters |
| Title | 58 characters, optional |
| Links in the caption | A call-to-action link is a separate field |
| Pacing | Planned: Text posts on Google Business Profile are at least 240 minutes apart, up to 2 a day. |
| Formats | Image: JPG or PNG, at least 720×720. Aspect: 4:3 or 1:1 |
| Status | On the roadmap; described here, not yet bookable |
What Postiz-style schedulers cannot do
Cut the clips first
Codex does not need finished video to start. Hand it a YouTube link, a podcast, a stream VOD or a local export. ClipSpeed finds the moments, cuts them to 9:16 with word-by-word captions, scores each one 0 to 100 for shareability, and returns them in the same conversation. Codex picks by score, writes the post from the transcript, and books the best moments as links on Google Business Profile. Three tool calls, one approval, no download and no re-upload.
- Clips arrive with a title written from the hook, a transcript and a viral score, so the agent can choose and caption without watching the footage.
- Live streams can be clipped while they are still on air; the agent books the highlights for the next morning before the stream ends.
- Every clip is already hosted, so
schedule_posttakes its id directly. Nothing moves through your laptop.
submit_to_clipspeedPaste the link. ClipSpeed starts the job and returns a project id.check_clipsPoll with the project id. Back come the finished 9:16 clips with titles, transcripts, viral scores and preview links.schedule_postPass the clip id, the platforms, a caption and a time. Codex shows the plan with preview: true, you say yes, it books.generate_image or generate_videoDescribe the shot. ClipSpeed runs it on the model that fits (Seedance, Kling, Veo, Nano Banana Pro, GPT Image and others) and quotes the credits first.wait_for_generationReturns the hosted result link and a preview the agent can show you.schedule_post with media_urlThe result link goes straight into the booking on Google Business Profile. The caption, the time and the file are approved together.The other half nobody else has
Generate the image, then post it
A product shot for Instagram, a 16:9 announcement graphic for X, a six-second opener before a clip: Codex can make an image with ClipSpeed's image and video models and book the result in the same reply. There is no separate design tool, no export, no upload page. The generated file is hosted, so media_url is the only thing the booking needs.
- The price in credits is quoted before anything renders, within the per-generation and daily caps you set in Settings.
- Results are previewed in the conversation, so you approve the picture and the post at once.
- Images post as JPG, PNG or WebP up to 25 MB; links are kept clickable.
What is Codex?
Codex is OpenAI's coding agent. It runs in the terminal (codex), inside IDEs, and in the cloud, reads your codebase, runs commands and calls MCP tools. With ClipSpeed added as an MCP server, Codex can clip a video, generate images and video, and schedule posts, interactively or from a script with codex exec.
How ClipSpeed works with Codex
- codex mcp add writes the server into config.toml; Codex discovers the tools at start
- It reads
platform_settingsbefore writing so limits are met schedule_postis exact or refused with the next open slot; nothing moved quietlypreview: truereturns the plan with nothing bookedcodex exectakes one prompt and exits, for cron and CI
Codex vs ChatGPT: Codex (terminal, ide, cloud), ChatGPT (chatgpt.com). This page is about Codex; the Codex guide compares them.
# Written by: codex mcp add clipspeed --url https://api.clipspeed.ai/mcp
[mcp_servers.clipspeed]
url = "https://api.clipspeed.ai/mcp"
# For a runner with no browser, authenticate with an API key instead:
# bearer_token_env_var = "CLIPSPEED_API_KEY"
# Verify
$ codex "List my connected ClipSpeed channels"# What the agent reads at connect time (tool descriptions, abridged)
list_channels Connected platforms, what each accepts, limits, your time zone
connect_channel A private 10-minute link to connect one platform
platform_settings Limits, title rules, link handling, pacing per platform
schedule_post clip_id | text | media_url → platforms[], scheduled_at, preview
list_scheduled_posts Scheduled, sending, posted, failed — with post links
update_scheduled_post Edit copy while still scheduled (the time never moves)
cancel_scheduled_post Cancel; undoable 72 h in the app
post_analytics Views, likes, comments, shares where the platform gives them
submit_to_clipspeed Start clipping a video or stream link → projectId
check_clips Finished 9:16 clips with titles, transcripts, viral scores
generate_image / generate_video / wait_for_generation
# Google Business Profile: text/image · text 1,500 · title 58Post to Google Business Profile and other platforms from Codex
One request can book the same content to Google Business Profile and other channels, each keeping its own settings and its own slot. Every platform below has its own Codex guide.
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Google Business Profile and Codex: frequently asked questions
How do I post to Google Business Profile from Codex?
Run codex mcp add clipspeed --url https://api.clipspeed.ai/mcp in your terminal. Start codex. On first use of a ClipSpeed tool it opens the OAuth sign-in; approve it. Connect Google Business Profile in ClipSpeed (or ask Codex for a connect link; it is private and valid for ten minutes), then describe the post in plain language. Codex reads the Google Business Profile rules, drafts within them, shows the plan and books on your yes. Google Business Profile is on the roadmap; until the badge changes, the booking is refused with a plain message.
What can Codex post to Google Business Profile through ClipSpeed?
Post updates, offers and events with a photo and a call-to-action to your Business Profile. Google Business Profile takes text and image posts. Text is limited to 1,500 characters. A title is capped at 58 characters.
Which Google Business Profile settings can Codex control?
The fields in the settings reference above: text, title, cta, media_url, scheduled_at, preview. Mention any of them in plain language ("unlisted", "tomorrow at 9", "preview first") and Codex sets the matching field before it books.
Do I need a Google Business Profile API key or developer account?
No. You connect Google Business Profile to ClipSpeed once through Google Business Profile's own sign-in, and Codex talks to ClipSpeed over OAuth. No Google Business Profile developer key, bearer token or password is pasted anywhere.
How many Google Business Profile posts a day can Codex schedule?
Planned: Text posts on Google Business Profile are at least 240 minutes apart, up to 2 a day. When a time is taken, the booking is refused with the next open slot rather than moved. Ask for preview to see a day's plan and the remaining cap before anything is booked.
Can Codex post to Google Business Profile from a script or a cron job?
Yes. Codex's headless mode (nightly.sh) runs one prompt and exits, and the ClipSpeed server registered on that machine does the booking. On a runner with no browser, authenticate with a ClipSpeed API key header. Keep preview on so the run reports a plan before it books.
Is posting to Google Business Profile from Codex different from ChatGPT?
The booking is identical: the same rules, the same calendar, the same refusals. What differs is where you work. Codex: terminal, vs code and other ides, codex cloud. ChatGPT: chatgpt.com, conversation first; confirms each write.