# Make.com Automation Guide

Source: https://help.ligosocial.com/articles/make-com-automation-guide

Make.com is a visual automation tool: you drag modules onto a canvas and connect them into a scenario. The LigoSocial app for Make lets those scenarios publish, schedule and draft LinkedIn posts in your voice, or start when you publish or schedule a post in LigoSocial. Make is a good fit when you want routers, filters and multi-step logic so only the right items become LinkedIn posts.

In Make the app may still appear under its earlier name, LiGo. It is the same app and account.

## What you can automate

**Triggers** (start a scenario from LigoSocial):

- New LinkedIn post published: fires when a post goes live through LigoSocial.
- New LinkedIn post scheduled: fires when a post is added to your schedule.

**Actions** (LigoSocial does something inside your scenario):

- Publish a LinkedIn post right away.
- Schedule a LinkedIn post for a date, time and time zone.
- Create drafts from an idea: turn a rough idea into three post variants saved to your drafts.
- Repurpose content: turn an article, email or transcript into three LinkedIn post variants.
- Generate post ideas for your profile.
- Find posts: fetch your drafts, scheduled or archived posts, or posts with a given label.

Publishing works on every LigoSocial plan. Triggers, scheduling and the other actions are available on plans that include them; see **Billing** in the app.

## Key terms

- **Scenario**: the whole automation you build in Make.
- **Module**: one step in a scenario, such as a trigger, an action or a filter.
- **Trigger**: the event that starts the scenario, such as a new blog post or a new row in a sheet.
- **Action**: the work a module does, such as LigoSocial repurposing content.
- **Mapping**: taking data from an earlier module (for example the text of an email) and placing it in a field of a later one (for example the idea for your drafts).

## Step 1: Generate your API key

1. In the LigoSocial web app, click **Settings & Support** at the bottom of the sidebar, then **Settings**, then **Integrations**. Or open https://app.ligosocial.com/settings#integrations.

   ![Settings, Integrations, with Connect Accounts and the LiGo Integrations tiles including Make.com](https://cdn.kamaan.io/kamaan/sites/6a635ec0d7ff039d80923865/images/make-com-automation-guide-settings-integrations-aacdad8c.webp)
2. Check that LinkedIn shows **Connected as** under **Connect Accounts**. Scenarios cannot post without it.
3. Scroll to **API Key Management** and click **Generate API Key**. Only the account owner or an admin can do this.

   ![API Key Management card with the Generate API Key button](https://cdn.kamaan.io/kamaan/sites/6a635ec0d7ff039d80923865/images/make-com-automation-guide-settings-integrations-api-f6d2fcc3.webp)
4. Copy the key right away and keep it somewhere safe.

The full key is shown only once. Later the card shows **Key saved** with the first few characters. If you need the key again, click **Generate New Key (Replaces Old)**. The old key stops working, so update every connection that used it (Make, Zapier, Pabbly Connect, Claude and so on).

## Step 2: Accept the Make invitation

The LigoSocial app for Make is shared by invitation. [Open the Make invitation](https://www.make.com/en/hq/app-invitation/6612a2f2bb4c375f6840f6a2e5bff762) while signed in to Make and accept it. This installs the app in your Make organization.

## Step 3: Connect LigoSocial in a scenario

1. In Make, click **Create a new scenario**.
2. Click the plus button, search for LigoSocial (or LiGo) and pick a trigger or action.
3. When the module asks for a connection, click **Add**, paste your API key and save.
4. Map the fields the module needs, then add the rest of your modules.

## Example scenarios

### New blog post to LinkedIn variants in Slack

![Make scenario: WordPress Watch Posts, LiGo Repurpose Content, Slack Send a Message](https://cdn.kamaan.io/kamaan/sites/6a635ec0d7ff039d80923865/images/makecom-automation-guide-7831090d.webp)

1. WordPress: Watch Posts.
2. LigoSocial: Repurpose content, mapping the post content.
3. Slack: Send a Message with the variants, so your team can pick one.

### Notion page marked "Ready to Post" to LinkedIn

![Make scenario: Notion Watch Events, a Ready to Post filter, Notion Get Page Content, LiGo Publish LinkedIn Post](https://cdn.kamaan.io/kamaan/sites/6a635ec0d7ff039d80923865/images/makecom-automation-guide-c837e210.webp)

1. Notion: Watch Events.
2. Filter: status equals **Ready to Post**.
3. Notion: Get Page Content.
4. LigoSocial: Publish LinkedIn post (or Schedule LinkedIn post, or Create drafts from an idea if you want a review step).

### Back up every scheduled post to Google Drive

![Make scenario: LiGo New LinkedIn Post Scheduled trigger, then a Google Drive module](https://cdn.kamaan.io/kamaan/sites/6a635ec0d7ff039d80923865/images/makecom-automation-guide-76437035.webp)

1. LigoSocial: New LinkedIn post scheduled.
2. Google Drive: save the post text to a folder (or use Google Sheets to add a row).

### Weekly review tasks in ClickUp

1. Schedule the scenario to run every Monday.
2. LigoSocial: Find posts, filtered to drafts or a client label.
3. ClickUp: Create a Task for each post, so someone reviews it.

## Test before you switch it on

- Right-click a module and choose **Run this module only** to test it with sample data. This runs for real: testing a publish module publishes a real post on LinkedIn. Test with a drafts action first.
- Make sure the trigger has data to send. For example, if a scenario pulls drafts, have at least one draft in LigoSocial.
- Check the scenario's execution history to confirm the data was mapped correctly and no errors came back.

## Troubleshooting

**401 or 403 errors.**
The key is wrong, has been replaced, or the action is not included in your plan. Paste the key again without extra spaces. If you generated a new key in LigoSocial, update the connection in Make. If the message mentions your plan, see **Billing** in the app.

**I can't find the app in Make.**
Accept the invitation in Step 2 while signed in to the same Make organization, then search again for LigoSocial or LiGo.

**Scheduling fails with a date or time error.**
Format the date as YYYY-MM-DD and include the time zone. Make's date functions can do this in the mapping.

**The post did not appear on LinkedIn.**
Open **Settings** > **Integrations** and check the LinkedIn connection. If it is expiring or has expired, click **Refresh Connection**.

**The trigger never fires.**
Publish or schedule a test post in LigoSocial so the trigger has an event to pick up.

## Keep your key safe

- Treat the API key like a password. Do not put it in screenshots, shared documents or public code.
- If it may have leaked, click **Generate New Key (Replaces Old)** at once and update your connections.
- Give scenarios clear names, for example "WordPress to LinkedIn variants", so they are easy to find and fix.

## Common questions

**How do I disconnect LigoSocial from Make?**
In Make, open **Connections** in the left menu, find the LigoSocial (or LiGo) connection and delete it. To block access completely, also generate a new key in LigoSocial.

**Make or Zapier?**
Make is better when you need routers, filters and multi-step logic. Zapier is quicker to start with. Both use the same LigoSocial actions and API key.

**Where are the developer docs?**
The LigoSocial API reference is at https://ligosocial.com/api-documentation, and the Make overview page is https://ligosocial.com/integrations/make.

## Contact support

Use **Contact Support** under **Settings & Support** in the sidebar, or the round **Contact Support** button at the bottom right of the screen (on a computer). You can also email hi@ligosocial.com. Include the scenario name, the module that failed, the error message and the time it happened. Never send your API key.

## Related articles

- [Zapier integration: automate LinkedIn tasks with LigoSocial](https://help.ligosocial.com/articles/zapier-integration-automate-linkedin-tasks-with-ligo)
- [Automation with Pabbly Connect](https://help.ligosocial.com/articles/automation-with-pabbly-connect)
- [How to repurpose content](https://help.ligosocial.com/articles/how-to-repurpose-content)