Overview
Bluesky Link Preview Service is a link preview bot from Bluesky used for link unfurling, rich-card generation, social previews, messaging previews, and page metadata fetching.
Its primary user-agent pattern is Bluesky; related patterns include Bluesky/; a representative HTTP user-agent is Bluesky/.
Bluesky Link Preview Service is Unverified at the identity-evidence level. The listed identity remains useful for detection, but this record does not currently contain authoritative evidence sufficient to authenticate the identity claim.
Robots.txt behavior is not currently confirmed.
Bluesky Link Preview Service should be reviewed against site policy, source evidence, crawl rate, and requested paths before a permanent allow or block rule is created.
Identity
- User-Agent Pattern
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Bluesky - Aliases
- Bluesky/
- HTTP Agent Examples
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Bluesky/ - Robots Token
- Bluesky
- Identity Type
- Observed
- Evidence Method
- Treat `Bluesky` as an identity signal only. Confirm it with current operator documentation, cryptographic verification, forward-confirmed reverse DNS, source-network ownership, or other authoritative evidence before trusting the claimed identity.
Classification
- Type
- Preview
- Kind
- Preview
- Family
- Bluesky
- Purpose
- Preview
Behavior and handling
- Common Use
- Bluesky Link Preview Service is used for link unfurling, rich-card generation, social previews, messaging previews, and page metadata fetching.
- Detection Notes
- Bluesky Link Preview Service traffic is primarily detected by the `Bluesky` user-agent pattern; related patterns include `Bluesky/`; a representative HTTP user-agent is `Bluesky/`. Compare source IPs, reverse DNS, request paths, and crawl cadence with Bluesky infrastructure before trusting the traffic.
- Respects robots.txt
- Unknown
- Spoofing Risk
- Bluesky Link Preview Service has medium spoofing risk because user-agent strings can be copied; pair the match with DNS, IP, behavior, or operator evidence.
- Risk
- Neutral
- Recommended Handling
- Depends
Rules and controls
- Robots.txt Snippet
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# robots.txt behavior is unconfirmed. Do not rely on this rule without verification.
Relationships
- Operator
- Bluesky Checked 2026-08-07
Relationships without an Evidence link are normalized from the canonical directory record. They should not be interpreted as independent proof of physical presence or request origin.