Bluesky CLI
Interact with Bluesky/AT Protocol from the command line.
Setup
First-time setup requires an app password from Bluesky:
- •Go to bsky.app → Settings → Privacy and Security → App Passwords
- •Create a new app password
- •Run:
bsky login --handle yourhandle.bsky.social --password xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx
Credentials are stored in ~/.config/bsky/config.json.
Commands
bash
# Authentication bsky login --handle user.bsky.social --password xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx bsky whoami # Timeline bsky timeline # Show home feed (10 posts) bsky timeline -n 20 # Show 20 posts bsky tl # Alias # Posting bsky post "Hello world!" # Create a post bsky p "Short post" # Alias # Delete bsky delete <post_id> # Delete a post by ID or URL bsky rm <url> # Alias # Profiles bsky profile # Your profile bsky profile @someone.bsky.social # Search bsky search "query" # Search posts bsky search "offsec" -n 20 # Notifications bsky notifications # Likes, reposts, follows, mentions bsky notif -n 30 # Alias with count
Output Format
Timeline and search results show:
code
@handle · Jan 25 14:30 Post text (truncated to 200 chars) ❤️ likes 🔁 reposts 💬 replies 🔗 https://bsky.app/profile/handle/post/id
Installation
The skill uses a Python virtual environment. On first run:
bash
cd {baseDir}/scripts
python3 -m venv venv
./venv/bin/pip install atproto
Then run commands via:
bash
{baseDir}/scripts/venv/bin/python {baseDir}/scripts/bsky.py [command]
Or use the wrapper script:
bash
{baseDir}/scripts/bsky [command]