Bluesky
Publish posts with up to 4 pictures, clickable links, mentions and hashtags, and replies to Bluesky, with an app password.
Staqly publishes to a Bluesky account (or an account on any AT Protocol server, a PDS) with an app password. There is nothing for whoever runs staqly to register. A published target links to the post on bsky.app.
Make an app password
In Bluesky, open Settings → Privacy and security → App passwords → Add App Password, name it
(for example staqly) and copy the password (abcd-efgh-ijkl-mnop). Leave Allow access to your
direct messages off. Never use your account password: staqly refuses it.
Connect the account
In Channels → Add channel → Bluesky, enter:
| Field | What |
|---|---|
| Handle | your handle without the @ (janedoe.bsky.social, or your own domain), or your DID |
| App password | the app password from the previous step |
| Server | https://bsky.social (the default); change it only if your account lives on its own PDS |
The channel shows your display name, @handle and picture. Staqly keeps the app password sealed and
signs in with it for every publish, so there is no sign-in to renew. Deleting the app password in
Bluesky disconnects staqly.
Limits
| Text | 300 characters |
| Media | up to 4 pictures (JPEG, PNG, WebP or GIF), 1 MB each; no video |
Links, @handle mentions and #hashtags in the text become clickable. A mention of a handle that
doesn't exist stays plain text. Pictures go out without alt text, and links without a preview card.
Settings per post
None.
Replies
A post's thread goes out as replies, each under the one before, all in the same thread.
When publishing fails
| Bluesky says | Staqly does |
|---|---|
| The app password was deleted or is wrong, the account is suspended | Marks the channel Needs reconnect and fails the target; make a new app password and reconnect |
| Rate limit, Bluesky unavailable or unreachable | Retries through the job queue (after 1, 5, then 15 minutes) |
| A refused post (too long, a picture too large) | Fails the target with Bluesky's reason |
Each post gets a record key made from the post and the channel, and every attempt first looks for that record. So when an answer is lost, the next attempt finds the post Bluesky already made instead of posting it twice.
Bluesky limits sign-ins (about 30 every 5 minutes and 300 a day per account). Staqly signs in once per post and once per reply, so a channel with many long threads can reach it; staqly then retries later.