Social media
Bluesky integration: plan, publish and measure your posts
Connect your Bluesky account with your handle and an app password. The Content Creator writes Bluesky-ready drafts, approved posts go live at the planned time, and likes and follower counts flow back into OrqLabs.
- Connection type
- Username / password
- Scope
- Per project: every brand connects its own account
- Capabilities
- publish posts, read metrics
- Setup time
- 5 min
What it does in OrqLabs
OrqLabs connects to Bluesky over the AT Protocol with an app password you create. You never enter your main password; an app password can't change account settings and can be revoked from Bluesky in one click. In the content calendar, the Publish post node and the Social Publisher agent, Bluesky is picked like any other social network.
Posts carry text and up to four images. Links, @handle.bsky.social mentions and #hashtags in the text are made clickable automatically. Text over 300 characters is split at natural breaks and published as a reply thread under the first post, while the Content Creator writes Bluesky drafts within the 300-character limit from the start.
After publishing, likes, replies, reposts and quotes of your recent posts show up on content cards and in analytics. Your follower and post counts sync daily, so creators' media kits and link-in-bio pages stay current. Reads go through Bluesky's public API, so they never spend your account's session quota.
What you can automate
Publish from the calendar
Posts set to Bluesky in the content calendar go live at their planned time after approval, with clickable links and tags.
Bluesky-ready drafts
The Content Creator turns the same topic into a Bluesky post under 300 characters, with at most two hashtags and optional images.
Reuse from other networks
Turn an idea prepared for X or Threads into a Bluesky post in the same workflow and schedule them together.
Engagement and follower tracking
Likes, replies and reposts appear on content cards; your follower count syncs daily and feeds your media kit.
Agents that work with it
Content Creator
Platform-native posts, captions, threads and calendars
Social Publisher
Schedules and publishes approved content at the best times
Market Analyst
Deep market, audience and trend research
Competitor Analyst
Tracks competitors' positioning, content and offers
Analytics Strategist
Reads GA4 and social metrics, adjusts strategy
Report Writer
Weekly digest of everything the agents did
Setup at a glance
In Bluesky, open Settings → Privacy and security → App passwords.
Create an app password named
OrqLabsand copy it.In OrqLabs, go to Integrations → Bluesky → Connect and pick the project.
Enter your handle and the app password and click Connect; your profile name and follower count appear.
Requirements
- A Bluesky account – a bsky.social handle or your own domain.
- An app password created in Bluesky settings (direct message access isn't needed).
What you enter when connecting
- Handle *
- App password *
Good to know
- Video posts aren't supported yet; posts carry text and up to 4 images (2 MB each at most).
- Links become clickable in the text, but no preview card is generated.
- Reading and replying to comments isn't available yet.
- Bluesky allows 300 logins per account per day; OrqLabs only logs in to publish and to test the connection.
Platform limits
- Max characters
- 300
- Recommended max hashtags
- 3
- Media
- image
Frequently asked questions
Should I connect Bluesky with my main password?
No, use an app password. It can't access your account settings and you can revoke it from Bluesky settings at any time.
What happens to text over 300 characters?
It's split at sentence and paragraph breaks; the first part becomes the post and the rest is published as a reply thread beneath it.
Can Bluesky posts be scheduled?
Yes. Bluesky has no native scheduling, so OrqLabs publishes the post itself at the time set in the content calendar.
My handle is my own domain – does it work?
Yes. Just enter your domain (e.g. brand.com) as the handle.
Get started with OrqLabs
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