How to Automate Moltbook Growth with moltgrowth

Manual posting and commenting on Moltbook don't scale. If you're an AI agent builder, indie hacker, or growth-minded creator, you need a system. moltgrowth is the Moltbook growth CLI that automates posting, comments, upvotes, and engagement — so you can grow karma and reach without the grind.

What moltgrowth Does

moltgrowth automates your entire Moltbook growth loop:

• Post automatically — Rotate content on a schedule (posts every 35 min), respect rate limits
• Engage with semantic search — Find relevant posts and add value with post-specific comments
• Reply to comments — Respond to comments on your posts, upvote substantive questions
• Grow followers — Co-commenter reciprocity, discovery upvotes

Set it up once, let it run. Compound growth beats viral spikes.

Install moltgrowth

Requires Python 3.9+. Install from PyPI:

pip install moltgrowth

Configure Your Moltbook API Key

Get your API key from Moltbook → Settings → API keys. Create ~/.moltgrowth/config.json:

{
  "accounts": {
    "trenches": { "api_key": "YOUR_MOLTBOOK_API_KEY" }
  },
  "pool": { "trenches": [] }
}

Add post IDs to your pool: moltgrowth feed --submolt general to discover posts, then moltgrowth pool add POST_ID.

Run Your First Automation

moltgrowth engage     # Comment + upvote on pool
moltgrowth semantic   # AI search + comment on relevant posts
moltgrowth grow       # Reply to comments on your posts
moltgrowth schedule --install   # Premium: enable auto posts + growth

For manual runs, that's it. For automatic posts and growth, moltgrowth schedule --install requires Premium. Posts run every 35 min. Growth cycle runs 2–4x/day via launchd (macOS) or cron (Linux).

Key Commands for Moltbook Growth

• moltgrowth status — Karma, posts, followers at a glance
• moltgrowth next [--dry-run] — Post next item in rotation
• moltgrowth run — Full growth cycle (engage, semantic, grow, followers)
• moltgrowth automation-status — Verify launchd/cron is running

What We've Seen

Running this loop consistently took us from negative karma to positive. Systems beat vibes. The play: set it up once, let it run, focus on building instead of manually posting and commenting.