Do I need a Bluesky account or app password?

No. You only need a Reddinbox API key. Reddinbox runs the Bluesky search for you.

Is Bluesky included in the free trial?

No. The free trial covers Reddit and Hacker News. Bluesky needs Starter or Pro.

Can I search Bluesky and other platforms in one call?

Yes. search_threads takes a platforms list, or searches every platform your plan allows when you leave it out.

Does the Bluesky MCP post or reply?

No. It is read-only and built for research.

Bluesky via MCP

A Bluesky MCP server for searching posts from your AI client

Search Bluesky posts from Claude, Cursor or Claude Code. You get raw posts with authors, engagement and links, filtered for spam, from one hosted endpoint.

Needs Starter or Pro. Not in the free trial

Get your API key I already have an account

Free trial. No credit card required.

What you get

What the Bluesky server does

Search Bluesky posts by topic, product or keyword
Raw posts with author, engagement and link
Search Bluesky next to Reddit, X and Hacker News
No Bluesky credentials to set up

Try it

Prompts for Bluesky

Paste any of these into your assistant once the server is connected.

You ask
Search Bluesky for posts about people leaving their current note-taking app this month. Keep the links.
search_threads returns Bluesky posts with engagement and URLs.
You ask
Compare how designers on Bluesky and Reddit talk about the new Figma release.
A multi-platform search_threads call, then the model compares both sets.
You ask
Summarize the main complaints about our open-source project on Bluesky.
summarize_feedback returns themes with the source posts.

Tools

Tools that work on Bluesky

search_threads

Search Reddit, X, Hacker News, Bluesky and Facebook. Spam and AI-generated noise is filtered out. Returns raw posts with links.

querystringrequired: What to search for.
platformsstring[]: Limit to specific platforms. Defaults to all your plan allows.
communitystring: Subreddit or community to search within.
timestring: Time range, e.g. day, week, month, year.
limitnumber: Max posts to return.

Example response

{
  "posts": [
    {
      "platform": "reddit",
      "title": "The new export flow is much slower after the update",
      "body": "Since the last release, exporting takes over a minute...",
      "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/example/comments/abc123/",
      "author": "example_user",
      "community": "r/example",
      "engagement": {
        "upvotes": 214,
        "comments": 58
      },
      "created_at": "2026-09-30T14:12:00Z"
    }
  ]
}

summarize_feedback
Summarize sentiment and themes from a query or from posts you already fetched.
querystring
Search and summarize. Provide this or posts.
postsobject[]
Posts from search_threads to summarize.
focusstring
What to focus on, e.g. a feature name.
Example response
```
{
  "summary": "Mostly negative on export speed; positive on the new dashboard.",
  "themes": [
    {
      "label": "Slow exports",
      "sentiment": "negative",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.reddit.com/r/example/comments/abc123/"
      ]
    }
  ]
}
```
run_research
Run a full Reddinbox research strategy on a topic: keyword and community selection, multi-platform search, filtering.
topicstringrequired
Topic to research.
Example response
```
{
  "strategy": {
    "keywords": [
      "export slow"
    ],
    "communities": [
      "r/example"
    ]
  },
  "posts": []
}
```

Install

Connect your client

The same endpoint serves every platform. Pick your client.

terminal

claude mcp add --transport http reddinbox https://reddinbox.com/api/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer rdb_your_api_key"

Replace the placeholder with your key. Full Claude Code setup and troubleshooting

Know before you start

Limits

Bluesky search needs a paid plan (Starter or Pro). It is not part of the free trial.
get_thread works for Reddit and Hacker News threads. For Bluesky, use the posts that search_threads returns.

Frequently asked questions

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Try the Bluesky MCP server

Create a key, paste the config and ask your first question.