Data Ingestion
Data Ingestion is how outside data gets into TheContentForge. Alongside manual performance exports, it brings in newsletter feeds, brand accounts you want to track, and your product knowledge - plus tools to tidy up imported rows. The freshness and completeness of what's ingested directly determines the quality of the Dashboard and Patterns.
Who can use it
Editor and Admin only. Members don't see this page.
What you upload
Per-platform analytics exports covering at least the last 7 days:
X - post-level analytics export
Instagram - Insights export
Facebook - Page Insights export
Use the platform's native export; TheContentForge handles parsing.
The Monday workflow
The sidebar highlights Data Ingestion with a "MON" badge every Monday. The recommended cadence:
Monday morning: pull the previous 7 days of analytics from each platform
Upload each file in Data Ingestion
Confirm the row counts and date range match what you exported
Open the Dashboard to verify the new data has landed
Workflow
Open Data Ingestion
Select the platform and the file
Upload; the platform processes and validates the file
Review the import summary (row count, date range, any rejected rows)
If something looks off, re-export and re-upload; duplicates are deduped on import
How it fits with My Account > Social Connections
Data Ingestion is for manual analytics exports. My Account > Social Connections can also fetch analytics for tracked connected profiles. Both paths help keep Dashboard and Patterns current.
Knowledge Base tab
The Ingestion page also hosts the Knowledge Base tab, where editors and admins ingest your product docs (a GitBook, sitemap, PDF, or Markdown) for the in-app reader, Ask your Knowledge Base, and as generation context. It's a separate system from analytics ingestion - see Knowledge Base for the full guide.
RSS Feeds tab
Add the newsletters and blogs you want to keep an eye on by pasting their RSS feed URLs. TheContentForge polls each feed and pulls in new items, so fresh source material is ready when you sit down to create - no manual copy-and-paste.
Brand Accounts tab
Register the brand handles you want to track. Once an account is added, its activity feeds into your analysis so you can benchmark against competitors and keep tabs on the accounts that matter to you.
Reconciliation Queue tab
When imported rows can't be matched automatically - a renamed account, a near-duplicate, or an ambiguous entry - they land in the Reconciliation Queue. Review each item and confirm, merge, or discard it so your data stays clean and duplicate-free.
Algorithm Sources tab
Manage the signals behind platform-algorithm guidance from this tab. It's documented in full under Algorithm Watch.
Tips
Always export with the longest date range your tool allows for the period; partial files cause gaps in Patterns
Don't skip a week. Gaps degrade trend analysis disproportionately
If you forget a week, just upload it when you remember; the system will fill in
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