# Creating a news bot

> Give it a source’s category page; the bot finds new stories at the interval you set, optionally rewrites them with AI and publishes them on your site.

*Help Center / News bots and AI · Updated: 2026-10-14 · 5 min read*

- **Available to:** All users
- **Plans:** All plans

**Video:** https://cdn.ulakom.com/ulakom-video/bot-olusturma%20(1).mp4

News bots scan the sources you set at regular intervals and publish the new content they find on your site. At most one new post is published per run. Bots are managed on the **Bots** page in the left menu.

## Bot types

When you click **+ Add new bot**, you choose the bot type:

- **Website:** Give the address of any site’s **category page**. The bot opens the story links on that page and publishes one new story per run. No RSS needed.
- **Create from scratch with AI:** Give a keyword list; on each run the bot writes an original post for the next keyword. See [AI bot](https://ulakom.com/md/en/help/bots/ai-bot.md).
- **Facebook:** Turns posts from a public Facebook page or group into articles. See [Facebook bots](https://ulakom.com/md/en/help/bots/facebook-bots.md).
- **Google Maps:** Pulls business details from Google Maps into your site’s [Business Directory](https://ulakom.com/md/en/help/local/company-directory.md).
- **Twitter / X:** Coming soon.

## Step 1: Name, source and scan interval

1. **Name:** A name you’ll recognise the bot by (e.g. Technology News).
2. **Source category URL:** Enter the address of the **category/list page**, not a single story (e.g. a site’s “Politics” page). The bot opens the article links on that page.
3. **Scan interval:** Choose a number and unit (Minutes, Hours, Days). For example “1 Day” means once a day, “6 Hours” every six hours.

## Step 2: Source protection

With **Auto-pause on empty scans (Source protection)** on, if the source has no new content for the number of days you set (e.g. 3 days), the bot pauses itself and emails you, so no credits are wasted.

## Step 3: Where and how to publish

- **Platform to share:** Website only / Website and social media / Social media only.
- **Site:** The site the posts will be published on.
- **Author:** **Site default author** or someone from your team. Posts are published under this user.
- **Default category:** The category posts go into.
- **Post status:** **Publish** (straight to live), **Draft** or **Pending review**.

## Step 4: AI and images

- **Rewrite with AI before publishing:** The fetched content is rewritten with the model you choose. You can keep the title and content separately or rewrite them with your own instructions. Costs are charged to your credit balance by actual usage.
- **Images:** Feature image, AI-generated feature images and what to do when the source has no image (skip the article, use the default image, publish without an image).
- **Placeholder feature image filter:** Recognises covers like the source site’s “no image” picture by file name and skips the post or replaces the image.

For filters, find-and-replace, keyword links and other options see [advanced bot settings](https://ulakom.com/md/en/help/bots/bot-advanced.md).

> **Tip:** Write “Help me create this bot step by step” or “Keep the cost as low as possible” to the **AI assistant** at the top right of the form; it fills in the settings for you.

## Step 5: Check the cost and save

The estimated credit cost per post and per day appears at the bottom of the form (e.g. “~0.003 credits / post · ~0.003 credits / day”). Click **Create bot**. To try it right away, click **Run now** on its card.

## The bot card

- The bot’s name, status (**Active** / **Paused**), source address and “Daily · Next run: …”.
- **Edit** (pencil), **Copy bot**, **Run now**, **Pause / Resume** and **Delete** buttons.
- **Recent runs:** The result of each run (e.g. “Completed · 1 item sent”).

## Bot status and messages

| Message | Meaning |
| --- | --- |
| Completed (no new content) | The source has no new story the bot hasn’t processed |
| No new article links found on the category page | The address isn’t a category page or the page structure has changed |
| Source site blocked by a firewall or bot protection | The source blocks automated access; try another source |
| All keywords used | The AI bot’s list is used up; add new keywords and resume |

> **Tip:** Publishing the same story twice is prevented automatically. We recommend starting your first bot in **Draft** status and switching to **Publish** after reviewing a few posts.

## Related articles

- [Advanced bot settings](https://ulakom.com/md/en/help/bots/bot-advanced.md)
- [AI bot: automatic posts from keywords](https://ulakom.com/md/en/help/bots/ai-bot.md)
- [Facebook page and group bots](https://ulakom.com/md/en/help/bots/facebook-bots.md)
- [Credit balance, auto top-up and storage](https://ulakom.com/md/en/help/account/credits-storage.md)

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