Can the assistant post the replies for me?

No. FishOut drafts and stops. Automated posting is how accounts get banned on Reddit and HN, and a reply from a real person reads differently.

Which plan do drafts need?

Plus and up. Plus includes 300 drafts a month, Pro 1,500 and Business 3,000.

What does the Draft check look at?

Whether the draft says who you are, keeps to your link policy, and makes no claim you cannot back up. The checks come back with each draft.

Playbook · Once a day, late morning

The five posts worth replying to today, with drafts

FishOut already marks each post Reply now, Reply carefully, Watch or Skip. This playbook has your assistant take the Reply now pile, pick five, say why, and get a draft for each — checked for disclosure and links — for you to post from your own account.

Start free Connect your assistant

[01] THE PROMPT/ COPY IT

Paste this

Fill in the {{braces}}. Run below: ChatGPT.

prompt

From FishOut, list today’s mentions with the Reply call reply_now, best first. Pick the {{5}} where a reply from us would genuinely help the author, and say why in one line each. Then request a reply draft for each in a {{helpful}} tone and show me the drafts with their checks. I will post them myself — never post anything.

[02] WHAT IT CALLS/ 4 TOOLS

Tools and arguments

2 of 4 read only.

ToolWhat it does hereArguments

list_mentionsread-only
Reply now only, best first — FishOut’s own call on what is worth answering.
filter: {"replyCalls":["reply_now"],"from":"<today>","sort":"best"}, limit: 15
request_reply_draftwrite
A draft in your Voice, with the Draft check: disclosure, links, claims. From Plus.
tone: "helpful"
list_reply_draftsread-only
Reads the drafts back with their checks once they are written.
—
update_mentionasks first
Marks a mention replied once you have posted — only when you say so.
status: "replied"

[03] A RUN/ FIXTURE

What comes back

Fixture data.

ChatGPT · developer modefishout · mcp

Top five to reply to today, with drafts.

list_mentionsread-onlyarguments

{
  "filter": {
    "replyCalls": [
      "reply_now"
    ],
    "from": "2026-10-20T00:00:00Z",
    "sort": "best"
  },
  "limit": 15
}

request_reply_draftwritearguments

{
  "mentionId": "mnt_…",
  "tone": "helpful"
}

list_reply_draftsread-onlyarguments

{
  "mentionId": "mnt_…"
}

Ask HNpinecrest2h

Ask HN: How do small teams keep up with mentions across sites?

Reply nowAsking for recommendations

lumen-tools/clidiscussion #406h

Is there a webhook payload example anywhere?

Reply nowQuestion

Five picked; here are the first two. Ask HN (2h): a direct question, no vendor replies — draft leads with the answer, discloses, no link; all checks pass. GitHub (6h): a docs gap, draft includes the payload; checks pass. Three more below.

[04] GUARDRAILS/ LIMITS

It never posts

FishOut has no posting tool, and the prompt says so twice. You copy the draft and post it from your own account.

Reply carefully is not Reply now

Posts marked Reply carefully are left out on purpose: they are where a vendor reply most easily backfires.

Respect the platform

HN and Reddit punish links in a first reply; GitHub rewards a technical answer. The Draft check flags both.

[05] SCHEDULE IT/ CRON

A prompt runs once

Once a day, late morning: Codex, OpenClaw or Hermes Agent.

Hermes Agent · cron expression

hermes cron create "0 11 * * 1-5" \
  "From FishOut, list today’s mentions with the Reply call reply_now, best first"

Or let FishOut do the scheduled part

FishOut makes the Reply call on every post and writes the drafts. The prompt adds the shortlist and the “why”, and keeps you in the loop for each one.

[06] NO ASSISTANT/ RULES