Bluesky
Complete Bluesky CLI: post, reply, like, repost, follow, block, mute, search, threads, images. Everything you need to engage on Bluesky from the terminal.
Complete Bluesky CLI: post, reply, like, repost, follow, block, mute, search, threads, images. Everything you need to engage on Bluesky from the terminal.
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Full-featured CLI for Bluesky/AT Protocol.
First: Check if logged in
bsky whoami
Common tasks:
bsky post "text"bsky timelinebsky like <url>bsky follow @handleIf user isn't logged in (
bsky whoami shows "Not logged in"), guide them through setup:
Tell the user:
Go to bsky.app → click your avatar → Settings → Privacy and Security → App Passwords → Add App Password. Name it "OpenClaw" and copy the password (like
). You'll only see it once!xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx
Once they have the app password, run:
bsky login --handle THEIR_HANDLE.bsky.social --password THEIR_APP_PASSWORD
Example:
bsky login --handle alice.bsky.social --password abcd-1234-efgh-5678
Security: Password is used once to get a session token, then immediately discarded. Never stored on disk. Session auto-refreshes.
| Action | Command |
|---|---|
| View timeline | or |
| Post | |
| Post with image | |
| Reply | |
| Quote-post | |
| View thread | |
| Create thread | or |
| Like | |
| Repost | |
| Follow | |
| Block | |
| Mute | |
| Search | |
| Notifications | or |
| Delete post | |
bsky timeline # 10 posts bsky timeline -n 20 # 20 posts bsky timeline --json # JSON output
bsky post "Hello world!" # Basic post bsky post "Check this!" --image pic.jpg --alt "A photo" # With image bsky post "Test" --dry-run # Preview only
bsky reply <post-url> "Your reply" bsky quote <post-url> "Your take on this"
bsky thread <post-url> # View conversation bsky thread <url> --depth 10 # More replies bsky thread <url> --json # JSON output
bsky create-thread "First post" "Second post" "Third post" # Create a thread bsky ct "Post 1" "Post 2" "Post 3" # Short alias bsky create-thread "Hello!" "More thoughts" --dry-run # Preview only bsky create-thread "Look!" "Nice" --image pic.jpg --alt "A photo" # Image on first post
bsky like <post-url> # ❤️ Like bsky unlike <post-url> # Remove like bsky repost <post-url> # 🔁 Repost (aliases: boost, rt) bsky unrepost <post-url> # Remove repost
bsky follow @someone # Follow user bsky unfollow @someone # Unfollow user bsky profile @someone # View profile bsky profile --json # JSON output
bsky block @someone # 🚫 Block user bsky unblock @someone # Unblock bsky mute @someone # 🔇 Mute user bsky unmute @someone # Unmute
bsky search "query" # Search posts bsky search "topic" -n 20 # More results bsky notifications # Recent notifications bsky n -n 30 # More notifications
bsky delete <post-url> # Delete your post bsky delete <post-id> # By ID
Add
--json to read commands for structured output:
bsky timeline --json bsky search "topic" --json bsky notifications --json bsky profile @someone --json bsky thread <url> --json
| Error | Fix |
|---|---|
| "Session expired" | Run again |
| "Not logged in" | Run |
| "Post is X chars (max 300)" | Shorten text |
| "Image too large" | Use image under 1MB |
<url> parameters accept either https://bsky.app/... URLs or at:// URIs.bsky.social if no domain specified--alt for accessibility (Bluesky requirement)No automatic installation available. Please visit the source repository for installation instructions.
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