Channel types - overview

Supported Channel Types

LinkedIn Company Profile

URL Format: https://www.linkedin.com/company/firmenname

Provides: Posts from the company profile

Retrieval: Via the Apify service, configured via the schedule

Special features: Public posts only. Internal posts, Stories, and employee posts are not included.

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LinkedIn Personal Profile

URL format: https://www.linkedin.com/in/profilname

Delivers: Public posts by the individual

Retrieval: Via the Apify service, schedule configured

Special features: Only publicly visible posts. Private network posts are not included.

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YouTube channel

URL format: https://www.youtube.com/@kanalname or https://www.youtube.com/channel/id

Provides: New videos with title and description

Retrieval: Via the channel’s RSS feed, every 15 minutes

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RSS / Atom Feed

URL Format: Direct feed URL, e.g., https://example.com/feed.xml

Delivers: Articles, blog posts, news updates

Retrieval: Every 15 minutes

Special features: Picasi automatically detects RSS and Atom. During automatic discovery, Picasi searches the website for linked feed URLs.

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Email newsletter

URL Format: A Picasi-specific incoming email address (automatically generated)

Delivers: Newsletter content sent to this address

Retrieval: Upon receipt (webhook-based, no polling)

Special Features: You must subscribe to the newsletter using this address. Picasi automatically generates a unique incoming address when you create the source or channel.

Automatic Channel Discovery

When you create a new source with a website URL, Picasi analyzes the website in three steps:

1. Website Extraction — Picasi searches the website for linked feed URLs, LinkedIn links, and YouTube links
2. AI Discovery — If no links are found, the AI analyzes the website and suggests likely channels
3. Fallback Email — As a final step, an email address is always created

Not all companies use every type of channel. If a channel is missing, you can add it manually if you know the URL.