Action: Create Post

Bluesky Operation

The Create Post action lets you compose and publish a new post with text, images, or links.

Example User Story

I want to announce our team’s latest milestone, so I use the Create Post action in Bluesky to share the news with our followers.

Fields

Field Name	Field Type	Required
text	String	Yes
replyTo	String	No
embed	Object	No

Related Connections

Bluesky

Related Automations

Example link

Code (Apache v2.0): Operation

{
  "handle": "create-post",
  "state": "inDev",
  "meta": {
    "short": "Create Post",
    "description": "Create a new post on Bluesky."
  },
  "input": [
    {
      "name": "text",
      "type": "String",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The text content of the post."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "replyTo",
      "type": "String",
      "required": false,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The URI of the post being replied to."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "embed",
      "type": "Object",
      "required": false,
      "meta": {
        "description": "Embedded content, such as images or external links."
      }
    }
  ],
  "output": [
    {
      "name": "uri",
      "type": "String",
      "selector": ["uri"],
      "meta": {
        "description": "The URI of the created post."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "cid",
      "type": "String",
      "selector": ["cid"],
      "meta": {
        "description": "The CID (Content Identifier) of the created post."
      }
    }
  ],
  "steps": [
    {
      "type": "http",
      "http": {
        "method": "POST",
        "path": "/xrpc/com.atproto.repo.createRecord",
        "headers": {
          "Content-Type": "application/json"
        },
        "bodyTemplate": {
          "value": "{\"collection\":\"app.bsky.feed.post\",\"repo\":\"{{did}}\",\"record\":{\"text\":\"{{text}}\",\"reply\":{{if replyTo}}\"{\"root\":{\"uri\":\"{{replyTo}}\"}}\"{{else}}null{{end}},\"embed\":{{if embed}}{{embed}}{{else}}null{{end}},\"createdAt\":\"{{now}}\"}}",
          "placeholders": [
            {
              "name": "authToken",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "Authentication token for Bluesky API.",
              "required": true
            },
            {
              "name": "did",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "Decentralized Identifier (DID) of the user.",
              "required": true
            },
            {
              "name": "text",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "The text content of the post.",
              "required": true
            },
            {
              "name": "replyTo",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "The URI of the post being replied to.",
              "required": false
            },
            {
              "name": "embed",
              "type": "Object",
              "description": "Embedded content, such as images or external links.",
              "required": false
            },
            {
              "name": "now",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "Current timestamp in ISO 8601 format.",
              "required": true,
              "default": "{{now}}"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}