Content calendar template
A content calendar with 5 columns, from Ideas to Published. Each post is one card, with its brief, draft link, images and checklist on it, and the publish date as its due date.
Free for 3 projects, forever. No credit card.
What we learned from 100 support emails
How to run a 15-minute standup
November product update
Year in review
Launch announcement
The 5 columns
What each one is for. Rename, reorder or add columns whenever the work needs it.
- Ideas
- Anything worth writing about. Cheap to add, easy to archive.
- Writing
- Someone owns it and is drafting.
- Editing
- Drafted, being edited or checked.
- Scheduled
- Finished, with a date. The due date is the publish date.
- Publishedcounts as done
- Live. Counts as done.
How to plan content with it
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Step 1
Fill Ideas freely
Anyone on the board can add an idea. It's a list, not a commitment.
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Step 2
Assign a writer and a date when an idea is picked
Move the card to Writing, assign it and set the due date to the day it should go out. The date puts it in Focus as it gets close.
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Step 3
Use a checklist for the steps every post needs
Draft, images, links checked, meta description, scheduled. The card shows how much is left.
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Step 4
Mark key dates with milestones
A launch or a campaign start sits beside the board, so posts can be lined up around it.
With your AI agents
An agent can turn a list of topics into cards, write a first draft from a card's brief, and tell you which posts are due this week and not yet edited.
Agents connect over MCP or the REST API, on every plan, and act as you.
agentbulk_create_cards("Content", 8 ideas from topics.md)
agentget_card_prompt("How to run a 15-minute standup")
agentget_focus()
Keep it working
- Write the house style in the board brief. Agents read it with the board, and Copy as prompt includes it.
- Set a WIP limit on Editing. A pile of drafts waiting for an editor is the usual bottleneck.
- Tag posts by channel, like Blog, Newsletter or Social.
Questions
About this template
Is the content calendar template free?
Yes. It's on the Free plan, with 3 projects and unlimited cards, forever. No credit card.
Is there a calendar view?
No. craaft shows posts as cards in columns, with the publish date as the due date. Focus lists what's due today and this week across every board.
Can it post to social media for me?
No. craaft tracks the work. Publishing happens wherever you publish.
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Free for 3 projects, with no credit card to enter. Every board exports as JSON or CSV whenever you want to leave.