Getting Started with Vigil: Quick Start Guide

Quick Answer: Vigil is your AI-powered social media assistant that creates content strategies, schedules posts, and manages your entire social media presence. Get started in just 5 minutes.

What You'll Learn

• How to create your first workspace
• Setting up your brand profile
• Generating your first content strategy
• Creating a content calendar
• Scheduling your first posts

Step 1: Create Your Workspace

A workspace is your central hub for managing a brand or business. You can create multiple workspaces for different brands.

1. Click "New Workspace" from the sidebar
2. Enter your brand/business name
3. Choose your industry
4. Click "Create"

Step 2: Set Up Your Brand Profile

Your brand profile is essential for Vigil-generated content that matches your voice and style.

What to Include:

• Website URL: Vigil analyzes your site to understand your brand
• Business Description: A brief overview of what you do
• Target Audience: Who you're trying to reach
• Brand Voice: Tone and style preferences
• Competitor URLs (optional): Help Vigil understand your market

Tip: The more detailed your brand profile, the better Vigil's content suggestions will be.

Step 3: Generate Your Content Strategy

With your brand profile set up, Vigil can create a data-driven content strategy.

1. Open the Vigil AI Assistant (chat icon)
2. Say: "Generate a content strategy"
3. Review the suggested:
   • Content pillars
   • Posting frequency
   • Best posting times
   • Target platforms
4. Click "Approve Strategy" when ready
5. If no strategy is active, approval auto-activates this strategy
6. If another strategy is active, this one stays approved until you activate it

Learn more about content strategies →

Step 4: Create Your First Content Calendar

Calendars organize your content across days, weeks, or months.

1. Make sure your strategy is approved first (draft strategies cannot generate calendars)
2. In Vigil chat, say: "Create a 7-day content calendar"
3. Vigil will generate posts based on your strategy
4. Review the scheduled posts
5. Edit any posts you want to customize
6. Ensure your strategy is active for posts to go live (auto-activated if no other strategy was active at approval)

Learn more about content calendars →

Step 5: Review and Publish

Navigate to the Content page to:

• View all scheduled posts
• Edit content before publishing
• See your calendar view
• Track published posts

Next Steps

✅ Explore the Calendar view to visualize your content
✅ Check Analytics to track performance
✅ Invite team members to collaborate
✅ Set up social platform connections for auto-publishing

Common First-Time Questions

Q: Can I edit AI-generated content?
A: Yes! All generated content is editable. Click any post to customize it.

Q: How do I connect my social accounts?
A: Go to Settings → Connected Accounts and authenticate your platforms.

Q: Can I schedule posts manually?
A: Absolutely. Go to Content → Create New Post to schedule manually.

Summary

Getting started with Vigil takes just 5 minutes:

1. Create a workspace
2. Set up your brand profile
3. Generate a content strategy
4. Create a content calendar
5. Review and publish

Welcome to smarter social media management! 🚀