Contrails

Contrails is an ATProto Feed Generator backed by Cloudflare Workers and Bluesky Search.

Fork or copy the repository and edit CONFIG.md to define your feed generator.

Deploy right from GitHub Actions to Cloudflare Workers.

The current release is 0.2.0.

Requirements

• Bluesky Social account
• GitHub account (Sign up or Login)
• Cloudflare account (Sign up or Login)
• A moderate-to-high tolerance for adventure

Installation & Configuration: The Short Version

1. Create a Cloudflare Worker
2. Create a Cloudflare API Token (the Edit Workers template is fine)
3. Create a Bluesky App Password
4. Fork this repository
5. In your fork's Settings > Secrets and variables > Actions, set the following:

• Variable: BLUESKY_HANDLE
• Variable: CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID
• Variable: CLOUDFLARE_WORKER_NAME
• Secret: BLUESKY_APP_PASSWORD
• Secret: CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN

6. Edit CONFIG.md in your fork
7. Go to Actions > 1. Check Requirements, select Run Workflow, refresh and wait for completion
8. Go to Actions > 2. Deploy to Cloudflare, select Run Workflow, refresh and wait for completion
9. Go to Actions > 3. Publish Feed Generator, select Run Workflow, refresh and wait for completion
10. Visit the BLUESKY_HANDLE profile, e.g. https://bsky.app/profile/jcsalterego.bsky.social and then the Feeds tab

The longer (and incomplete) instructions can be found in INSTALL.md.

Upgrading

The first step before any major upgrade is to make a copy of your markdown config file. Your best bet is to save it in a separate directory such as backup_configs/, or you will have to remember to set isEnabled to false so it doesn't get picked up as a live config!

In the event you'd like to pull in the latest changes into a fork of Contrails, GitHub has great documentation here: GitHub Docs: Syncing a fork

Changelog

0.2.0

• Pagination
• Safe Mode

0.1.0

• New search term type: Users

0.0.4

• New search term type: Pinned posts

0.0.3

• Multiple feed support
• Ignore blockquotes in CONFIG.md (to allow comments).

0.0.2

• Delete Feed Generator workflow

0.0.1

• Initial Release

Etymology

Ed. Note: Bluesky Search is now called Palomar.

Publishing Diagram

flowchart LR
    subgraph Bluesky
        PDS["PDS"]
    end
    subgraph GitHub
        subgraph MD_Config["CONFIG.md"]
            searchTerms
        end
        subgraph CloudflareDeploy["Cloudflare Deploy"]
            Worker_JS
            CloudflareApiToken("CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN")
            CloudflareAccountID("CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID")
            CloudflareWorkerName("CLOUDFLARE_WORKER_NAME")
        end
        subgraph BlueskyDeploy["Bluesky Deploy"]
            PublishFeedGenerator
            BlueskyHandle("BLUESKY_HANDLE")
            BlueskyAppPassword("BLUESKY_APP_PASSWORD")
        end
        MD_Config --> Worker_JS["worker.js"]
        MD_Config --> PublishFeedGenerator["publishFeedGenerator.ts"]
    end
    subgraph "Cloudflare Worker"
        CloudflareWorker[worker.js]
    end
    CloudflareDeploy -->|Deploy to Cloudflare| CloudflareWorker
    BlueskyDeploy -->|Publish Feed Generator| PDS

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Query Diagram

sequenceDiagram
    actor CoffeeTeaLover
    participant Bluesky
    participant Cloudflare as Cloudflare Worker
    participant Bluesky Search
    CoffeeTeaLover->>+Bluesky: get Coffee&Tea custom feed
    Bluesky->>+Cloudflare: get Coffee&Tea custom feed
    Cloudflare->>+Bluesky Search: search "coffee" and "tea"
    Bluesky Search->>+Cloudflare: posts matching "coffee" and "tea"
    Cloudflare->>+Bluesky: IDs of posts matching "coffee" and "tea"
    Bluesky->>+CoffeeTeaLover: posts for Coffee&Tea custom feed

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LICENSE

2-Clause BSD