docs: media thumbnail as Instagram Reel cover

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Documents the optional thumbnail on media objects (uploaded JPEG/PNG path used as the video cover, i.e. the Instagram Reel cover) in PROVIDER_SETTINGS.md (Instagram section), FEATURES.md and SKILL.md. Media objects with a thumbnail need the --json form of posts:create; no CLI code change.

Backend: gitroomhq/postiz-app#1855. Sibling docs: gitroomhq/postiz-docs#238.

Merge only after postiz-app#1855 is deployed.

Tested end to end with the CLI against a connected Instagram channel: -m video without thumbnail and --json video with thumbnail both published; the custom cover rendered on the Reel.

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• Documentation
  • Clarified that uploaded JPEG or PNG images can be used as video thumbnails or Instagram Reel covers.
  • Documented the required JSON format and --json option for specifying thumbnail metadata.
  • Noted that Instagram automatically selects a video frame when no custom thumbnail is provided.

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The documentation describes uploaded JPEG/PNG thumbnails for video covers, including Instagram Reel covers. It explains the JSON media-object format, the --json requirement, and Instagram’s automatic frame selection when no thumbnail is provided.

Changes

Instagram Reel thumbnail documentation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Document thumbnail configuration FEATURES.md, PROVIDER_SETTINGS.md, SKILL.md	The documentation describes thumbnail paths, JSON media objects, the --json requirement, and fallback behavior for Instagram Reel covers.

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~2 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to ecb16

The PR documents Instagram Reel thumbnail support, but one runnable scheduled-post example uses a past timestamp and may be rejected when copied; update that example before merging. No broader merge-blocking risk remains.

Suggested reviewers: nevo-david

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In `@SKILL.md`:
- Around line 356-359: Replace the thumbnail example command with an executable
postiz posts:create --json flow using a JSON file containing the video path,
thumbnail path, and an Instagram integration ID; remove the obsolete
non-Instagram -m/-i example and ensure the payload is forwarded unchanged.

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In `@SKILL.md`:
- Line 362: Update the runnable schedule payload’s date value near the type
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avoiding the expired fixed 2024-12-31T12:00:00Z value while preserving the
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