Brand DNA
Autopilot
How autopilot picks and writes your calendar's topics, the How often options, and how to pause it.
The Autopilot block on Brand DNA is what turns your calendar from a plan you click through yourself into one that writes — and optionally publishes — on its own.
Generate articles automatically
The main switch. Off: your calendar fills with planned topics, but nothing is written until you open a day and press Generate Now. On: Clodix writes the topic whose scheduled day has come, on its own, within your monthly credit allowance.
When autopilot runs, and which topic it picks
Autopilot checks your calendar once a day, in the morning (UTC). It looks at your content plan for the first topic whose scheduled date has already arrived — today's date or earlier — and writes that one.
If a day was missed (for example the site had no credit that morning), the overdue topic stays due and is picked up on the next run — nothing is skipped silently.
If your plan runs out of topics for the day, Clodix adds fresh ones to keep going rather than going quiet; you don't need to do anything for that to happen.
How often
Sets the upper bound on top of the schedule above — how often autopilot is allowed to generate at most:
| Option | Behavior |
|---|---|
| Every day | Up to one article a day |
| Every other day | At most one article every two days |
| 5 times a week | At most 5 articles in a trailing 7-day window |
| 4 times a week | At most 4 articles in a trailing 7-day window |
| 3 times a week | At most 3 articles in a trailing 7-day window |
| 2 times a week | At most 2 articles in a trailing 7-day window |
| Once a week | At most 1 article in a trailing 7-day window |
Changing this doesn't move anything on your calendar — it only changes how fast autopilot is allowed to work through the topics already scheduled there.
Weekdays only
A switch. When it's on, no articles are written or published on Saturday or Sunday — any topic that lands on a weekend moves automatically to the nearest weekday. Turning it on shows how many topics it just moved, so the change on your calendar is never a surprise.
Publish articles automatically
A switch. When it's on, each article autopilot finishes goes live on your site on its planned day, with no review step — it's published the moment it's written. When it's off, finished articles sit as drafts for you to review and publish yourself from the editor.
Running out of credits
If your site doesn't have enough credit balance left for an article, autopilot skips that day — it doesn't queue the job and it doesn't retry until there's credit again. You'll get an email when your balance runs low or out. Once you top up or your monthly allowance renews, autopilot picks the overdue topic up on its next run. See Credits for allowances and buying more.
How to pause autopilot
Turn off Generate articles automatically. Your calendar and its scheduled topics stay exactly as they are — nothing is deleted — and no new articles are written until you turn it back on. To keep publishing automatic but stop the writing, you'd instead turn off auto-generate and keep writing articles yourself by clicking Generate Now on a planned day.
FAQ
Autopilot is on but nothing is being written. Why?
Check three things, in order: does your calendar have a topic scheduled for today or earlier (a future-dated plan simply waits its turn); does your site have enough credit balance left (see Credits); and if Weekdays only is on, is today a Saturday or Sunday.
Can I let autopilot write but still review before it publishes?
Yes — leave Generate articles automatically on and Publish articles automatically off. Articles are written on schedule but stay as drafts until you publish them yourself.
Will autopilot ever write the same topic twice?
No — if a scheduled topic duplicates something already on your site, autopilot skips it and replaces it with a fresh topic on the same day instead of generating a near-duplicate article.
Does "Every day" mean I'll get an article literally every single day?
Only on the days your calendar has a topic scheduled. "How often" is a ceiling, not a guarantee — during the spaced-out part of your plan, "Every day" behaves the same as the calendar's own gaps.