# bluesky-post

Publishes and schedules Bluesky posts from your agent through the Publora MCP server. Text, images and video, with the 300-character cap handled for you.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 59
- Author: publora
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/publora/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/bluesky-post/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/bluesky-post

## What it does

The skill wires your agent to a set of Publora tools. `create_post` writes a post, `get_upload_url` and `complete_media` attach media, `list_connections` returns your connected account IDs, and `post_stats` plus `profile_stats` read engagement numbers. Hashtags and URLs get turned into clickable facets by Publora, and byte offsets come out right for emoji and other multi-byte characters. You just type the post.

Setup starts on publora.com: create an account, generate an app password in Bluesky under Settings > App Passwords, connect the handle there, and add the server at `https://mcp.publora.com/mcp`. Agents with OAuth support (Claude, Cursor) sign in and skip the API key; the rest send `Authorization: Bearer sk_YOUR_API_KEY`. When the MCP server is down or erroring, the REST API at `https://api.publora.com/api/v1` takes over, and it authenticates with an `x-publora-key` header instead.

Know the edges before you schedule anything. Alt text has no path through this API even though Bluesky itself supports it. Four images is the ceiling per post, video runs to 3 minutes, and 25 videos a day is the cap. A `scheduledTime` five minutes or more in the past comes back as `SCHEDULED_TIME_IN_PAST`, so an immediate post should carry the current time plus a minute. Mastodon is a different skill, social-post.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add publora/skills --skill bluesky-post -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/bluesky-post/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/bluesky-post/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add publora/skills --skill bluesky-post -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/bluesky-post/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add publora/skills --skill bluesky-post -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/bluesky-post/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install publora/skills bluesky-post
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/bluesky-post/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add publora/skills --skill bluesky-post -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/publora/skills --path skills/bluesky-post
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/bluesky-post/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add publora/skills --skill bluesky-post -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/publora/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/bluesky-post/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- publish a Bluesky post from the agent
- queue a post for a later time
- attach images or video to a post
- check reposts and replies on a published post
- fix a typo in a scheduled post without recreating it

## Example prompts
- Post this to Bluesky: "New API docs are live at https://docs.example.com #devtools #api"
- Schedule a Bluesky post for tomorrow at 10:00 UTC with `cover.png` attached
- Show me the stats for my last Bluesky post

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: bluesky-post
description: Use when the user wants to post or schedule to Bluesky through Publora. Handles the 300-character cap, auto-detected hashtags and links, up to 4 images, and videos. Alt text cannot be set through the API. Needs a Bluesky app password, never the main password. Not for Mastodon (use social-post).
---

# Bluesky Post

Create and schedule posts to Bluesky using the Publora MCP server. Supports text posts with auto-detected hashtags and URLs, images and videos.

## Prerequisites

**Plans:** Works on the free Starter plan. Current limits and pricing: [publora.com/pricing](https://publora.com/pricing).

### Getting Started

1. **Create account** at [publora.com/register](https://publora.com/register) (free)
2. **Generate app password** in Bluesky Settings > App Passwords (NOT your main password)
3. **Connect Bluesky** in [Publora Dashboard](https://app.publora.com/dashboard) using your handle + app password
4. **Get an API key** at [app.publora.com/dashboard/api](https://app.publora.com/dashboard/api), only if your agent cannot sign in with OAuth or you will use the REST API fallback below
5. **Connect your agent** to the MCP server at `https://mcp.publora.com/mcp`:
   - **Upgrading a manual connection without `/mcp`:** Claude treats `https://mcp.publora.com` as a different server from the bundled one. Change that existing connection to `https://mcp.publora.com/mcp` in its current scope, preserving its authentication and chosen account; sign in again if requested. Alternatively, verify the bundled connection uses the intended account, then remove only the old manual entry. Do not add a second entry or delete credentials automatically.
   - **Publora tools already available** (the `publora-skills` plugin or the Publora connector in Claude): nothing to set up. Claude asks you to sign in to Publora the first time a tool runs.
   - **Agents that support OAuth** (Claude Code, Cursor, and the Claude and ChatGPT apps): add the server by URL and sign in, no API key needed. In Claude Code, add it and then run `/mcp` to sign in:

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user publora https://mcp.publora.com/mcp
```

   - **Agents without OAuth:** send the API key as `Authorization: Bearer sk_YOUR_API_KEY`:

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user publora https://mcp.publora.com/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer sk_YOUR_API_KEY"
```
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