{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/atproto/main/json-schema/atproto-post-schema.json",
  "title": "Bluesky Post (app.bsky.feed.post)",
  "description": "A post record in the Bluesky microblogging application, stored in the user's AT Protocol repository under the app.bsky.feed.post collection. Supports rich text, embeds, replies, and language tagging.",
  "type": "object",
  "required": ["$type", "text", "createdAt"],
  "properties": {
    "$type": {
      "type": "string",
      "const": "app.bsky.feed.post",
      "description": "Lexicon type identifier"
    },
    "text": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The primary post content. May be an empty string, if there are embeds.",
      "maxLength": 3000
    },
    "facets": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Annotations of text (mentions, URLs, hashtags, etc.)",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": ["index", "features"],
        "properties": {
          "index": {
            "type": "object",
            "required": ["byteStart", "byteEnd"],
            "properties": {
              "byteStart": { "type": "integer", "minimum": 0 },
              "byteEnd": { "type": "integer", "minimum": 0 }
            }
          },
          "features": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "object",
              "required": ["$type"],
              "properties": {
                "$type": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "enum": [
                    "app.bsky.richtext.facet#mention",
                    "app.bsky.richtext.facet#link",
                    "app.bsky.richtext.facet#tag"
                  ]
                },
                "did": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "DID of the mentioned user (for mention facets)"
                },
                "uri": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "format": "uri",
                  "description": "URL for link facets"
                },
                "tag": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "Hashtag text without # prefix"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "reply": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Reply reference, linking this post to the parent and root of a thread",
      "required": ["root", "parent"],
      "properties": {
        "root": {
          "type": "object",
          "required": ["uri", "cid"],
          "properties": {
            "uri": { "type": "string", "description": "AT-URI of the root post" },
            "cid": { "type": "string", "description": "CID of the root post" }
          }
        },
        "parent": {
          "type": "object",
          "required": ["uri", "cid"],
          "properties": {
            "uri": { "type": "string", "description": "AT-URI of the parent post" },
            "cid": { "type": "string", "description": "CID of the parent post" }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "embed": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Embedded content. One of: images, external link, record, or record with media.",
      "required": ["$type"],
      "properties": {
        "$type": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "app.bsky.embed.images",
            "app.bsky.embed.external",
            "app.bsky.embed.record",
            "app.bsky.embed.recordWithMedia",
            "app.bsky.embed.video"
          ]
        }
      },
      "additionalProperties": true
    },
    "langs": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Indicates human language of post content. BCP-47 language tags.",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "maxItems": 3
    },
    "labels": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Self-label values for this post. Effectively content warnings.",
      "required": ["$type", "values"],
      "properties": {
        "$type": {
          "type": "string",
          "const": "com.atproto.label.defs#selfLabels"
        },
        "values": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "required": ["val"],
            "properties": {
              "val": { "type": "string", "maxLength": 128 }
            }
          },
          "maxItems": 10
        }
      }
    },
    "tags": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Additional hashtags, beyond those in the 'text', up to 8 tags. Does not include the '#' prefix.",
      "items": {
        "type": "string",
        "maxLength": 640
      },
      "maxItems": 8
    },
    "createdAt": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time",
      "description": "Client-declared timestamp when this post was originally created."
    }
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "$type": "app.bsky.feed.post",
      "text": "Hello from the AT Protocol! #atproto",
      "createdAt": "2026-06-12T00:00:00.000Z",
      "langs": ["en"],
      "facets": [
        {
          "index": { "byteStart": 28, "byteEnd": 36 },
          "features": [
            {
              "$type": "app.bsky.richtext.facet#tag",
              "tag": "atproto"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}