# Turn a folder of files into a batch of posts > Source: https://tareno.co/agents/use-cases/batches-from-files-and-folders > Language: en > Share a spreadsheet, a deck, field notes or a transcript with Claude Cowork and get a batch of drafts for Pinterest, Threads, Mastodon, Bluesky, X or Facebook. Privacy first, approval in Tareno. ## Short answer **Can an AI agent turn a folder of files into a batch of social media posts?** Yes. Claude Cowork works on files you share in a task, so a spreadsheet, a slide deck, field notes, a transcript or a paper becomes a batch of drafts saved through Tareno. Remove personal data before sharing, let it report rows or slides that are incomplete, and approve each request yourself. A great deal of content already exists as files: a product sheet, a deck from last week's talk, a ranger's field notes, a webinar transcript. Writing a post from each by hand is tedious, and the tedium is what stops it from happening. A file-based agent reads the whole set, reports what is missing and writes consistent drafts. Because the input is whatever you put in the folder, the first rule is about the folder: take out names, addresses and anything cleared for nobody. The guides below show six versions across six networks. ## The same job in four industries - **Retail:** A ceramics shop maps a spreadsheet of thirty-two products to Pinterest boards and gets one pin draft per complete row. - **Coaching:** A coach turns a webinar's question list and transcript into answer posts that quote her own sentences. - **Conservation:** A reserve's field notes become three weekly posts with image descriptions and without the location of vulnerable nests. - **Research:** A lab turns three new papers into three posts, each with the figure and the authors' own limitation. ## How it works 1. Clean the input: remove names and personal data, complete the missing columns, name the files clearly. 2. Ask for a readiness report first: complete rows, gaps, items that do not fit a network's limits. 3. Have the agent write from the file only, and flag any statement it cannot source from the material. 4. Save drafts, check them against the originals, and spread the requests over days instead of posting a batch at once. ## Guides that put it to work - [Can Claude Cowork turn a product spreadsheet into a batch of Pinterest pins?](https://tareno.co/agents/claude-cowork/pinterest): One pin per product row, mapped to a board. - [Can Claude Cowork turn a webinar's questions and answers into Threads posts?](https://tareno.co/agents/claude-cowork/threads): Webinar questions answered in the coach's own words. - [Can Claude Cowork turn a nature reserve's field notes into weekly Mastodon posts?](https://tareno.co/agents/claude-cowork/mastodon): Field notes turned into weekly posts without sensitive locations. - [Can Claude Cowork turn a folder of papers into one X post per finding?](https://tareno.co/agents/claude-cowork/x): Papers turned into one post each, with a figure and a limitation. - [Can Claude Cowork turn a talk's slide deck into a Bluesky recap thread?](https://tareno.co/agents/claude-cowork/bluesky): A talk's slide deck turned into a recap thread. - [Can Claude Cowork turn a week of customer messages into Facebook Page posts?](https://tareno.co/agents/claude-cowork/facebook): A week of customer messages answered in public posts. ## What to watch out for - Shared folders are not private by default. Decide what may enter a task before it starts. - A batch of thirty posts on one day competes with itself. Spread the requests. - Prices and stock change faster than posts age. Link to the page that holds them. ## Questions ### What should be removed from files before sharing? Names, addresses, order numbers, employer details and anything covered by a duty of confidentiality. Do it before the task starts, because the privacy of the people in your files is your responsibility. ### Does the agent invent missing values? It should not. The guides tell it to report incomplete rows and to refuse to guess an attribute such as a glaze or a species. If it fills a gap, treat that as a defect and report it back. ### How many drafts can a batch contain? As many as the files justify, but a rhythm of a few per week serves followers better than a burst. Ask the agent to propose a schedule, and approve each request separately in Tareno. ### Can the same folder feed several networks? Yes, but each network needs its own text and its own limits. Ask for a draft per network and name the account for each, so that nothing is saved to the wrong place. ## Related - [Claude Cowork × Tareno](https://tareno.co/agents/claude-cowork) - [Media library](https://tareno.co/features/media-library) - [Approval workflows](https://tareno.co/features/approval-workflows) - [Read the replies to a post and turn them into a decision](https://tareno.co/agents/use-cases/read-replies-and-triage) - [Check a claim against its source before it becomes a post](https://tareno.co/agents/use-cases/check-facts-before-posting) - [Publish photos and slides with image descriptions that are checked](https://tareno.co/agents/use-cases/photos-with-image-descriptions) Approval model: Tareno saves drafts directly. Scheduling, publishing, edits to scheduled posts and deletions become pending actions that a person approves in the Tareno dashboard; no agent can approve them.