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Autopilot

Autopilot & schedule

Decide whether articles publish automatically, and configure how often.

Autopilot is the engine that runs IndexPine continuously in the background. When it is on, IndexPine checks in daily and, once your site's configured interval has elapsed, picks the next keyword in your queue, runs the full research and writing pipeline, and publishes the article to your CMS — without any input from you.

Turning Autopilot on and off

The Autopilot toggle is the most prominent control in your dashboard sidebar. Toggle it off at any time to pause all automatic publishing. No article will be published until you toggle it back on.

Publishing frequency

Under Settings → Site, choose how often IndexPine publishes: every day, every 3 days, every week, every 2 weeks, or a custom interval in days. This is per-site — different sites on your account can run different cadences. The default is every 5 days.

Why daily isn't the default
Publishing a new article every single day can look like an unnatural pattern to search engines, especially on newer or smaller domains — it can hurt SEO rather than help it. A slower, steadier cadence (every 5–7 days is a reasonable starting point) tends to look more organic. Adjust it based on how your site responds.

Autopilot and the self-healing engine

The self-healing engine is separate from Autopilot's publishing schedule and does not run on its own — you trigger it on demand from the Self-Healing tab. A republish from self-healing does not consume or reset your Autopilot publishing interval.