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@@ -220,6 +220,20 @@ Please take note that they will show your timeline in a 'Mastodon fashion'
 post display with the most active threads at the top that the web interface of
 post display with the most active threads at the top that the web interface of
 .Nm
 .Nm
 provides.
 provides.
+.Ss Implementing post bots
+.Nm
+makes very easy to post messages in a non-interactive manner. This example
+posts a string:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+uptime | snac note $SNAC_BASEDIR $SNAC_USER -
+.Ed
+.Pp
+You can setup a line like this from a
+.Xr crontab 5
+or similar. Take note that you need a) command-line access to the same machine
+that hosts the
+.Nm
+instance, and b) write permissions to the storage directories and files.
 .Sh ENVIRONMENT
 .Sh ENVIRONMENT
 .Bl -tag -width Ds
 .Bl -tag -width Ds
 .It Ev DEBUG
 .It Ev DEBUG