> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.ocoya.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Threads

> Connect a Threads profile, what you can post, and how long captions become threads.

Threads connects directly, not through Instagram — even though the two share an account. You connect one Threads profile at a time.

## Connect Threads

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Channels">
    Select **Channels** in the left sidebar, then **Connect channel**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose Threads">
    Pick **Threads** from the **Add a connection** panel.

    <Frame caption="Threads in the Add a connection panel.">
      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/ocoya/AXU_TbAvrsHP8A-m/images/screenshots/channels-connect-drawer.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=AXU_TbAvrsHP8A-m&q=85&s=fb49d994bcc630972a670a1277c36d2c" alt="Add a connection panel listing every channel Ocoya connects to, each with its category and an arrow to continue" width="864" height="2648" data-path="images/screenshots/channels-connect-drawer.png" />
    </Frame>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Approve all three permissions">
    Threads asks for permission to read your profile, publish content and manage replies. **Approve all three.** The replies permission is what lets Ocoya publish threads — without it, any caption over 500 characters fails at publishing time.
  </Step>
</Steps>

There's no profile-selection screen. Threads returns a single profile, and it appears on your Channels page once approved.

## What you can post

| Post type     | Supported             |
| ------------- | --------------------- |
| Text post     | Yes — no image needed |
| Single image  | Yes                   |
| Carousel      | Yes — up to 10 images |
| Video         | Yes — one per post    |
| GIF           | Yes — one per post    |
| Reel or story | No                    |

## Threads' limits

|                 | Limit                                |
| --------------- | ------------------------------------ |
| Post text       | 500 characters per post, 5,000 total |
| Hashtags        | No fixed limit                       |
| Images per post | 10, maximum 8 MB each                |
| Video per post  | 1, maximum 100 MB                    |

## Long captions become threads

Above 500 characters Ocoya splits your caption into a chain of replies rather than refusing it. Ocoya warns you while you write, and the post still publishes. Above 5,000 characters it's refused outright.

See [Long posts and threads](/help/long-posts-and-threads) for how the splitting works.

## Common problems

**"Threading requires the threads\_manage\_replies permission."** You approved the first two permissions but not the third. Reconnect the profile and approve all of them — see [Reconnect a channel](/help/reconnect-a-channel).

**"My Instagram account is connected but Threads isn't."** They're separate connections in Ocoya, even on the same login. Connect Threads on its own.

## Related

<Columns cols={2}>
  <Card title="Long posts and threads" icon="list" href="/help/long-posts-and-threads">
    When a caption is split into a chain of replies.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Character and media limits" icon="ruler" href="/help/channel-limits">
    Every network's limits in one table.
  </Card>
</Columns>