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How to connect Bluesky with an app password

Connect Bluesky with your handle and an app password from Bluesky's settings. No sign-in window opens, and it takes about two minutes.

Watch it done in 55 seconds here, or on YouTube. The steps below follow the same order as the video.

Before you start

  • A Bluesky account you can sign in to, so you can create an app password in its settings.
  1. Click Settings at the bottom of the sidebar, then Integrations. The networks you can connect are listed under Schedule social posts.

    The Settings dialog open on Integrations, with the Integrations tab outlined.
  2. Click the Bluesky tile, which reads Connect. Its card says Bluesky connects with your handle and an app password. No separate sign-in window opens.

    The Bluesky card open in Integrations, with its Connect Bluesky button outlined.
  3. The Connect Bluesky dialog opens inside Munshi. It asks for two things: your Handle and an App password.

    The Connect Bluesky dialog with an empty Handle field and an empty App password field.
  4. An app password is a separate password for one app, not your account password. The dialog's Create an app password link opens Bluesky's App passwords page in a new tab. Create one there and copy it.

    The note under the fields of the Connect Bluesky dialog, with the Create an app password link outlined.
  5. Type the handle you use on Bluesky, such as northloom.bsky.social. If you type the @ in front of it, Munshi leaves it off.

    The Handle field of the Connect Bluesky dialog with northloom.bsky.social typed in.
  6. Paste the app password into App password. Connect Account stays greyed out until both fields are filled in.

    The App password field filled in, shown as dots, with the Connect Account button below it.
  7. Munshi checks the handle and the app password with Bluesky. If they work, the dialog closes and Munshi says Connected as your handle. If not, the reason shows in the dialog and nothing is saved.

    The Bluesky card after connecting, with a Connected as northloom.bsky.social message.
  8. The Bluesky tile now shows your handle with a green dot. The count beside Schedule social posts goes up by one.

    The Schedule social posts tiles with Bluesky showing @northloom.bsky.social and a green dot.

Where you are now

Bluesky is connected. Drafts you approve can publish to it. Munshi starts bringing in the account's past posts in the background.

If something goes wrong

Connect Account stays greyed out

Fill in both the handle and the app password, and the button turns on.

“Could not connect. Check the handle and app password.”

Check that the handle is the full one, such as you.bsky.social. Check that you pasted an app password, not your account password. If the app password was revoked in Bluesky, create a new one.

“That Bluesky account is already connected to another workspace.”

Disconnect it in the workspace that has it, then connect it here. An account belongs to one workspace at a time, including your own other workspaces.

Try it on your own brand this week.

Munshi Social, the AI content marketing engine for small teams, plans, writes, publishes, and tracks your blog and socials. The guide above shows the real app, not a mock-up.

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