Follow a Bluesky account and ZombyIO posts in your server when it posts, with the text and the picture. This guide sets it up and explains what is announced and what is not.
Takes about 2 minutesFree, Premium raises limits
What you will end up with
When an account you follow posts on Bluesky, ZombyIO sends your message with a card showing the account, the text and the picture. Each post is announced once.
bluesky
ZombyIOAppToday at 14:32
@News Mia Bakes just posted on Bluesky!
https://bsky.app/profile/mia.bsky.social/post/3n22yg6lg2k2f
Mia Bakes (@mia.bsky.social)
New recipe is up: three-ingredient cookies. Link in the thread.
Bluesky
Where to find it
Open the dashboard, pick your server and choose Bluesky notifications in the sidebar (on a phone: under Features in the bar at the bottom). That is two clicks from your server list. You can also press Ctrl K anywhere in the dashboard and type the name.
In the dashboard, pick your server and choose Bluesky notifications in the sidebar. The feature is already switched on for a new server. Nothing is posted until you have added an account and picked a channel for it.
zomby.io/dashboard/…/blueskyBluesky notificationsEnabledSet it upAdd a Bluesky accountType the handle or paste the profile address. We look it up straight away.Pick where the posts goOne channel per account, with its own ping if you want one.Switch the feature onNothing is posted in your server until this is on.
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Step 2: Add a Bluesky account
Under Add a Bluesky account, type the handle or paste the profile address, then press Look it up. mia.bsky.social, @mia.bsky.social, a handle on its own domain and bsky.app/profile/… all work. A name without a dot is read as a .bsky.social handle.
The page answers with the account’s name and its newest post, so you can tell it found the right one.
Tip
An account keeps working when it changes its handle. ZombyIO follows the account itself, not the name.
zomby.io/dashboard/…/blueskyBluesky accountmia.bsky.socialLook it upFound Mia Bakes
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Step 3: Pick the channel and an optional ping
Each account gets a card under Accounts you follow. In Posts go to, pick the channel for its announcements. An account without a channel stays silent. Under Ping this role you can pick a role to mention.
Important
ZombyIO needs to see the channel, send messages and embed links there, or the post never appears. See roles and permissions.
zomby.io/dashboard/…/blueskyAccounts you followEach one has its own channel, its own ping and, if you want, its own wording.Posts go to#blueskyPing this role@NewsAnnounce this account
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Step 4: Choose the wording and the look
Under What the announcement says, pick a starting point or write your own text. {author} is the account’s name, {text} the post shortened to one line, {url} the link and {mention} the role being pinged.
A card of our own adds a card with the account, the text and the picture in your colour. Just the link leaves the preview to Discord.
zomby.io/dashboard/…/blueskyWhat the announcement saysUsed for every account, unless one of them has wording of its own.How should the post look?A card of our ownThe text and the picture of the post, in your colour.Just the linkDiscord shows its own preview of the Bluesky post.Message for a new post{mention} **{author}** just posted on Bluesky!
{url}
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Step 5: Save and wait for the next post
Press Save. The first announcement comes the next time the account posts, usually within a few minutes. Posts made before you added the account are not announced.
Tip
Replies, reposts of other people, the pinned post and posts marked as adult content are never announced.
bluesky
ZombyIOAppToday at 14:32
@News Mia Bakes just posted on Bluesky!
https://bsky.app/profile/mia.bsky.social/post/3n22yg6lg2k2f
Mia Bakes (@mia.bsky.social)
New recipe is up: three-ingredient cookies. Link in the thread.
Bluesky
Free and Premium
Premium costs €6 a month per server and is shared by every admin of that server. It raises limits, it does not unlock the feature.
Free and Premium
What
Free
Premium
Bluesky accounts
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50
Something not working?
The problems people run into most often, and how to fix each one.
An account posted, but nothing appeared
Check these in order:
The account has no channel in Posts go to.
The feature switch or Announce this account is off, or the page was not saved.
The next look at the account has not happened yet. That usually takes a few minutes.
The post came several minutes late
ZombyIO finds posts by looking at each account regularly, usually every few minutes. When ZombyIO as a whole follows very many accounts, quiet accounts are looked at less often than busy ones.
An account says “Not visible”
Bluesky no longer shows the account: it was deleted, deactivated or taken down. ZombyIO keeps looking, so if it comes back the badge turns to Watching by itself.
The lookup cannot find the account
Check the spelling of the handle, including the part after the dot. Accounts that hide themselves from people who are not logged in cannot be followed.
I cannot add another account
The free plan follows 2 accounts and Premium 50. After removing an account, press Save before adding a new one.
Ask in the ZombyIO support server. Bring your support ID, your server’s support ID and a sentence about what you expected to happen, and someone will look at it with you.
