autocrew

AutoCrew

One-person content studio powered by AI — from trending topics to published posts.

English | 中文

AutoCrew is an AI-powered content operations pipeline for Chinese social media. It handles the entire workflow — research trending topics, write platform-native drafts, review for sensitivity and AI-sounding language, and publish to Xiaohongshu, Douyin, WeChat, and more.

Works standalone as a CLI, or as a plugin for Claude Code and OpenClaw.

You:       Find me topics for this week
AutoCrew:  (searches trending lists + scores by your niche → recommends 5 topics)

You:       Write #2 as a Xiaohongshu post
AutoCrew:  (generates draft in your voice → checks for sensitive words → outputs title options + hashtags)

You:       Too AI-sounding, make it more conversational
AutoCrew:  (de-AI pass → remembers your preference → applies automatically next time)

You:       Publish
AutoCrew:  (6-point pre-publish check → publishes)

Quick Start

npm install -g autocrew
autocrew init
autocrew research

That's it. init creates your local data directory (~/.autocrew/), and research finds trending topics based on public sources (Zhihu, Weibo, industry keywords).

Features

Research

• Trending topic discovery from public sources (Zhihu Hot List, Weibo Trending, industry keywords)
• Topic scoring based on your niche and audience
• Intel pipeline for monitoring inspiration sources

Write

• Style-calibrated drafts — 4-stage deep calibration learns your voice
• Hook-Body-CTA-Title structure optimized for Chinese social media
• Multi-platform rewrites (same topic, platform-native format)

Review

• Sensitive word scanning (built-in + platform-specific throttled terms)
• De-AI-ification (去 AI 味) — removes robotic patterns from Chinese text
• Quality scoring: information density, hook strength, CTA clarity

Publish

• Multi-platform: Xiaohongshu, Douyin, WeChat Video, WeChat Articles, Bilibili
• 6-point pre-publish checklist
• Cover image generation and A/B/C review

Learn

• Auto-captures your edits as feedback
• After 5 similar corrections, distills them into writing rules
• Rules are applied automatically in future drafts

Web Dashboard

• Built-in web UI for visual content management
• Script editor with timeline-based video production
• Jianying (剪映) export for video editing

How It Works

AutoCrew runs entirely on your machine. All content, drafts, and creator profiles are stored locally in ~/.autocrew/. No data is uploaded anywhere.

The core is a standalone Node.js CLI with 20+ tools and 15+ skills. A thin plugin layer lets it work as a Claude Code MCP server or OpenClaw extension — but it doesn't depend on either.

~/.autocrew/
├── creator-profile.json    # Your niche, audience, writing rules
├── STYLE.md                # Writing voice profile
├── topics/                 # Topic library
├── contents/               # Content projects
│   └── content-xxx/
│       ├── meta.json       # Metadata + status + asset index
│       ├── draft.md        # Current draft
│       ├── timeline.json   # Video timeline (if generated)
│       └── versions/       # Version history
└── learnings/              # Edit history + distilled rules

Use with Claude Code

Add AutoCrew as an MCP server in your Claude Code settings:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "autocrew": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["tsx", "/path/to/AutoCrew/mcp/server.ts"]
    }
  }
}

Then just talk to Claude naturally — "find me topics", "write this as a post", "make it less AI-sounding".

Use with OpenClaw

openclaw plugins install autocrew

Works out of the box. All skills and tools are available in OpenClaw conversations.

CLI Reference

Command	Description
autocrew init	Initialize data directory and creator profile
autocrew status	Pipeline overview
autocrew research	Discover trending topics
autocrew topics	List saved topics
autocrew start <topic>	Start a new content project
autocrew contents	List content items
autocrew humanize <id>	De-AI pass on a draft
autocrew adapt <id> <platform>	Platform-native rewrite
autocrew review <id>	Content review (sensitivity + quality)
autocrew pre-publish <id>	6-point pre-publish checklist
autocrew profile	Show creator profile
autocrew learn <id> --signal edit --feedback "too formal"	Capture feedback
autocrew intel	Manage inspiration sources

Run autocrew --help for the full command list.

Free vs Pro

Feature	Free	Pro
Topic research	Public search (Zhihu/Weibo)	+ Competitor crawling + platform hot lists
Content writing	Full workflow	Full workflow
De-AI-ification	Yes	Yes
Sensitive word scan	Yes	Yes
Platform rewrite	Xiaohongshu + Douyin	+ WeChat + Bilibili
Cover generation	3:4	+ 16:9 + 4:3
Publishing	Xiaohongshu + Douyin	All platforms
Style calibration	Yes	Yes
Learning loop	Yes	Yes
Competitor monitoring	No	Yes
Video ASR extraction	No	Yes
Analytics reports	No	Yes

Development

git clone https://github.com/alextangson/AutoCrew.git
cd AutoCrew
npm install
npm test        # 341 tests

Start the web dashboard in dev mode:

cd web && npm run dev

See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.

License

MIT © alextangson