Adding things to your calendar

The Calendar holds five kinds of items: posts, drafts, ideas, holidays and notes. Here's how to add each one.

Adding a social media post

You have four ways in.

From the Calendar

1. Click + on a date and choose New post, or click New post at the top of the Calendar.
2. The Post editor opens. Build the post, then schedule it.

From the chat

Ask Mavic to schedule a post it made:

Schedule this for Friday at 9am.

Mavic shows a confirmation with the channel and time, and schedules the post only after you approve. If the date or time is unclear, it asks, using your workspace's timezone. See The chat: complete guide.

From a finished post

Open the post Mavic made (click it in the chat, or in the chat's Assets view):

1. Click Schedule. For an image, click Add to calendar.
2. Pick the date and time.
3. Confirm.

The post is on your calendar. Drag it to another date any time.

From a draft

Open the draft on the Calendar or in your Library, then schedule it with a date and time.

Adding an idea

Ideas Mavic gives you in chat appear in the Calendar's Ideas panel.

1. Click Ideas at the top of the Calendar.
2. Drag an idea onto a date. It becomes a draft for that day.

When you're ready, click the idea and choose Create content. The post you make takes over the idea's slot, so it doesn't appear twice.

Adding a public or social holiday

1. Click Holidays at the top of the Calendar.
2. Select a country. You'll see its holidays for the month you're viewing.
3. Drag a holiday onto a date, usually the same day, or earlier for a teaser.

Then click the holiday on the calendar and choose Create idea. Mavic suggests three content ideas for it, taking your brand and audience into account.

You can also ask in chat: "What holidays are coming up in Singapore next month?" Then reply "add these to my calendar" and Mavic adds them.

Tell Mavic where your brand is based by setting your Home market in Brand DNA → Brand Book → Overview → Brand Information.

Adding a note

For internal reminders that aren't posts:

1. Click + on a date and choose New note, or click New note at the top of the Calendar.
2. Type the note.
3. Click Save note.

Notes are visible only to your team; they never publish. To turn one into a post, click it and choose Create post from Note.

Moving items

Everything on the calendar can be dragged:

1. Click and hold the item.
2. Drag it to a new date.
3. Release.

You can also open a post and choose Re-schedule to pick a new date and time.

Cancelling a scheduled post

Click the post on the calendar and choose Cancel schedule. The post goes back to your drafts so you can edit it and schedule it again later.

Tips

• Keep more ideas than you'll publish. It's easier to drag and cull than to come up with ideas every week.
• Block out heavy weeks early. Holidays, launches, conferences: get the anchors in first.
• Use notes for context. A note like "Prep for Black Friday: assets due Nov 14" keeps your team aligned.

Related articles

• Calendar overview
• Getting ideas with Mavic
• Creating social media posts
• The chat: complete guide

Updated: November 2026

Updated on: 01/11/2026