Post to Mastodon when you go live

What your followers see

The starter text is:

I am live: Speedrunning Celeste until the PB falls (Celeste) https://www.twitch.tv/yourchannel

with a picture of your stream, and Mastodon adds its own preview card for the link. Change the text to anything you like; Insert… adds values such as your title, category and channel link.

• Your server's limit. Most allow 500 characters, some more; once you are connected, the step's preview uses your server's own number. Every link counts as 23 characters however long it is.
• One picture, converted to a JPEG no larger than 1920 by 1080 pixels. If your server doesn't take pictures, set Picture to None.
• Public posts. Every post is public, and Bloopbot posts without editing or deleting: do that on Mastodon.

The flow

The Socials pack's Post to Mastodon when you go live is four steps you can open and change:

1. Stream starts or ends, set to Live.
2. Variable is: this stream hasn't been announced on Mastodon yet.
3. Post to Mastodon, with the text, the picture and a live preview of the post.
4. Set a variable: remember this stream once your server confirms the post.

So a short disconnect doesn't post twice, and your next stream gets a fresh post. A Post to Mastodon step works after any trigger, so a milestone or a command can post too.

Set it up

1. Open Connections, choose Mastodon, type your server, for example mastodon.social, and press Connect Mastodon. Approve Bloopbot on your server.
2. On Flows, press Add and add the Socials pack. Its flows install paused.
3. Open Post to Mastodon when you go live and press Send test post to see the real post on your profile.
4. Switch the flow on.

Mastodon access doesn't run out. If you take it away on Mastodon, the card on Connections shows Needs reconnecting.

The same pack posts to Bluesky, X, Threads, Instagram and Facebook. See every network at once.