Integrations / Bluesky

Bluesky integration
for VeloCMS

Publish a post on VeloCMS and a link card appears on Bluesky automatically, built directly on the AT Protocol — no bridging service, no manual posting.

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What this integration does

The Bluesky Cross-Post connector listens for the post:afterPublish hook. It authenticates against your Bluesky handle and app password via the AT Protocol's createSession endpoint, then creates an app.bsky.feed.post record with a clickable link facet pointing at the canonical post URL and an external embed card carrying the post title and excerpt as its description. There is no bridging service in between — VeloCMS talks to the AT Protocol directly. If the handle or app password is not configured, or authentication fails, the crosspost is skipped and logged; it never blocks the post from publishing.

Auto-post on publish

Every published post creates an AT Protocol record on Bluesky automatically — no manual posting.

Rich link card

The post title and excerpt render as a clickable external embed, not a bare URL, matching Bluesky's native link previews.

App password, not your login

Authenticate with a scoped Bluesky app password, stored encrypted — never your primary account credentials.

Where to find it in admin

  1. 1
    Admin → Plugins → Bluesky. Enter your Bluesky handle and generate an app password from your Bluesky account settings — paste it in, not your main password.
  2. 2
    Save. The next post you publish posts to Bluesky automatically, with a link card and excerpt.

Use cases

A tech writer building an audience on Bluesky crossposts every article automatically, with the same rich preview readers would get from a manual share. A publication migrating its community off legacy social platforms uses the connector to keep Bluesky in sync with its blog without a second workflow. A solo creator testing where their audience actually engages runs Bluesky alongside Mastodon and LinkedIn crossposting, all from the same publish action.

Also see the Mastodon integration and LinkedIn integration.

Publish once, land on Bluesky too.

14-day free trial. Connect Bluesky and every future post crossposts automatically.

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