mastodon.md

Mastodon Account Setup

This guide walks through connecting your Mastodon account to POSSE Party so it can publish posts on your behalf.

What POSSE Party Needs From You

• Base URL for your Mastodon instance, for example https://mastodon.social
• Access Token that authorizes POSSE Party to publish posts to your account via the Mastodon API

How to Set Up Your Account

1. Create a new application in Mastodon
2. Add Mastodon to POSSE Party

1. Create a New Application in Mastodon

1. In your Mastodon account's settings, click Development from the sidebar to open your application settings. Then click New application.

2. Provide a name and the URL to your POSSE Party instance

3. Scroll to Scopes and—leaving profile checked—check write:statuses as well. Click Submit

4. Once created, click the name of your application (it doesn't look like it, but it's a link)

5. Copy your Access token and take note of it

2. Add Mastodon to POSSE Party

1. In POSSE Party, go to Accounts and click Add Account. Give the account a label and select Mastodon as the platform.

2. Under Credentials for Mastodon, enter:

   • Base URL to your Mastodon instance URL (e.g., https://mastodon.social)
   • Access token

Once saved, POSSE Party will be able to publish crossposts to your Mastodon account using your site's feed and account settings.