# PilotDeck Docs: Connect PilotDeck to your site > Step by step guides for linking your search data, your website, your social accounts and AI assistants, so PilotDeck can research, write and publish for you. Start with Search Console, the only connection PilotDeck requires. ## Set up in three steps Each step is a short guide with real screenshots. Do them in order, or jump to the one you need. 1. [Connect Search Console](https://docs.pilotdeck.co/search-console/google-search-console) (Required): Give PilotDeck read-only access to your rankings, clicks and indexed pages. It is the only connection PilotDeck needs. 2. [Choose how content reaches your site](https://docs.pilotdeck.co/publish-mode) (Pick one): Clone, CMS or Copy: decide who puts approved articles on your site, and what access that needs. 3. [Share what you publish](https://docs.pilotdeck.co/social-connections) (Optional): Connect Publer, Buffer or Postiz so approved posts reach your social accounts as drafts. ## Browse by topic Everything you can connect, grouped by what it does. - [Publish modes](https://docs.pilotdeck.co/publish-mode): Choose how approved content reaches your site: we manage it end to end with Clone, publish to your CMS, or copy it yourself. - [Search & analytics](https://docs.pilotdeck.co/search-console): Connect the data sources that feed the PilotDeck engine. Google Search Console is the only required connection. - [CMS connection](https://docs.pilotdeck.co/cms-connection): Link your website platform so approved articles are created in your CMS without copy and paste. - [Social connections](https://docs.pilotdeck.co/social-connections): Connect a social scheduling tool so PilotDeck can share what you publish, and choose which accounts each site uses. - [AI assistants](https://docs.pilotdeck.co/ai-assistants): Connect an AI assistant such as Claude to one PilotDeck site, so you can review your plan, check drafts and track AI visibility in a chat. ## Three ways to publish Review comes first in every mode. What changes is who puts the article on your site. - [Clone](https://docs.pilotdeck.co/publish-mode/clone): We update your site's code, apply technical fixes and deploy. Needs repository and hosting access. Article publishing: Automatic. Technical SEO fixes: Applied for you. Access we need: Repo and hosting. - [CMS](https://docs.pilotdeck.co/publish-mode/cms): Articles go straight into your CMS as drafts or live. Fixes and new pages stay guided. Article publishing: Automatic. Technical SEO fixes: Guided. Access we need: One credential. - [Copy](https://docs.pilotdeck.co/publish-mode/copy): You paste each approved article into your own site. Nothing is automatic. Article publishing: Manual. Technical SEO fixes: Not provided. Access we need: No access needed. [Compare all three modes](https://docs.pilotdeck.co/publish-mode#compare) ## Work with PilotDeck from an AI assistant Ask about your plan, check a draft or track AI visibility from a chat. An assistant works with one site and never publishes. - [Claude](https://docs.pilotdeck.co/ai-assistants/claude): Add PilotDeck as a connector in Claude, sign in and pick a site. - [MCP token](https://docs.pilotdeck.co/ai-assistants/mcp-token): Create a token in Settings and add it to any MCP client that can send a header. - [MCP server reference](https://docs.pilotdeck.co/ai-assistants/mcp-server): Every tool with its inputs, plus scopes, limits, sign-in endpoints and error codes. [Compare the ways to connect](https://docs.pilotdeck.co/ai-assistants#choose) ### See what a chat looks like - Which drafts are waiting for my review? Calls `list_drafts`. - Check my latest draft against my brand rules and verified facts. Calls `check_content`. - Add "best family dentist near me" as a tracked AI question. Calls `add_ai_question`. - What is PilotDeck waiting on me for right now? Calls `get_engine_activity`. - How much of my plan have I used this month? Calls `get_usage`. ## All guides ### Publish modes - [Publish modes overview](https://docs.pilotdeck.co/publish-mode.md): Choose how approved content reaches your site: we manage it end to end with Clone, publish to your CMS, or copy it yourself. - [Clone mode](https://docs.pilotdeck.co/publish-mode/clone.md): Clone mode connects your repository and hosting so articles, SEO fixes and new pages are applied and deployed for you. See access needed, workflow and limits. - [CMS mode](https://docs.pilotdeck.co/publish-mode/cms.md): CMS mode publishes approved articles straight to your existing CMS. See the workflow, supported platforms, connection methods, draft or live policy and limits. - [Copy mode](https://docs.pilotdeck.co/publish-mode/copy.md): Copy mode prepares every article for you to paste into your own site. No access is needed. See the workflow, download contents, benefits and limits. ### Search & analytics - [Search & analytics overview](https://docs.pilotdeck.co/search-console.md): Connect the data sources that feed the PilotDeck engine. Google Search Console is the only required connection. - [Connect Google Search Console to PilotDeck](https://docs.pilotdeck.co/search-console/google-search-console.md): Authorise Google Search Console so PilotDeck can read rankings and clicks. The only required connection. ### CMS connection - [CMS connection overview](https://docs.pilotdeck.co/cms-connection.md): Link your website platform so approved articles are created in your CMS without copy and paste. - [Connect Webflow to PilotDeck](https://docs.pilotdeck.co/cms-connection/webflow.md): Generate a Webflow Site API token, connect it in PilotDeck, choose a publish mode and verify the integration in about five minutes. - [Connect WordPress to PilotDeck](https://docs.pilotdeck.co/cms-connection/wordpress.md): Install the PilotDeck Connector plugin, paste one Integration Key in PilotDeck, choose a publish mode and verify posts arrive in WordPress. - [Connect Webhook to PilotDeck](https://docs.pilotdeck.co/cms-connection/webhook.md): Send each approved article as a signed JSON POST to your own endpoint, verify the HMAC signature and test the link. Also the route for Framer. - [Connect Ghost to PilotDeck](https://docs.pilotdeck.co/cms-connection/ghost.md): Create a Ghost Custom Integration, connect its Admin API key in PilotDeck, choose a publish mode and verify the integration in about five minutes. - [Connect Wix to PilotDeck](https://docs.pilotdeck.co/cms-connection/wix.md): Create a Wix API key, find your site ID, connect both in PilotDeck and send approved articles to your Wix Blog as drafts or live posts. - [Connect Shopify to PilotDeck](https://docs.pilotdeck.co/cms-connection/shopify.md): Install the PilotDeck app on your Shopify store, pick a blog and send a test article. About five minutes, no token to copy or paste. - [Connect Notion to PilotDeck](https://docs.pilotdeck.co/cms-connection/notion.md): Connect Notion to PilotDeck with OAuth or an internal integration token, pick a database and publish approved articles as pages. ### Social connections - [Social connections overview](https://docs.pilotdeck.co/social-connections.md): Connect a social scheduling tool so PilotDeck can share what you publish, and choose which accounts each site uses. - [Connect Publer to PilotDeck](https://docs.pilotdeck.co/social-connections/publer.md): Create a Publer API key, connect it with your Workspace ID in PilotDeck and send social posts to Publer as drafts you release yourself. - [Connect Buffer to PilotDeck](https://docs.pilotdeck.co/social-connections/buffer.md): Create a Buffer API key, connect it in PilotDeck, check your channels and see how approved posts reach Buffer as drafts. - [Connect Postiz to PilotDeck](https://docs.pilotdeck.co/social-connections/postiz.md): Create a Postiz API key, connect it in PilotDeck, pick the accounts a site uses and check that posts arrive in Postiz as drafts you release. - [Choose which social accounts a site uses](https://docs.pilotdeck.co/social-connections/account-mapping.md): Choose which connected social accounts each PilotDeck site publishes to. ### AI assistants - [AI assistants overview](https://docs.pilotdeck.co/ai-assistants.md): Connect an AI assistant such as Claude to one PilotDeck site, so you can review your plan, check drafts and track AI visibility in a chat. - [Connect Claude to PilotDeck](https://docs.pilotdeck.co/ai-assistants/claude.md): Connect Claude to one PilotDeck site to review your plan and drafts, check a draft against your rules and track AI visibility from a chat. - [Connect an AI agent with an MCP token](https://docs.pilotdeck.co/ai-assistants/mcp-token.md): Create a PilotDeck token in Settings and add it to Claude Code, Cursor or another MCP client to work with one site. - [PilotDeck MCP server reference](https://docs.pilotdeck.co/ai-assistants/mcp-server.md): Every tool, ability, limit and error code of the PilotDeck MCP server, plus how sign-in and tokens work, for people building or debugging an AI agent. ## Stuck, or your platform is not listed? Every guide ends with troubleshooting. If you are still blocked, our team can help you finish the setup. - [Contact the team](https://pilotdeck.co/contact) - [Open PilotDeck](https://app.pilotdeck.co)