Auto-DM Bluesky followers who reply with a keyword

It watches replies to your post and automatically sends a direct message with your resource to anyone who uses the keyword.

How the work actually flows

It branches. Exactly one path is taken; runs once per keyword-matching replies.

Pattern: Exclusive Choice (4) · Multiple Instances without Synchronization (12)

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Starts itAn outside serviceRuns once per itemOne path onlyResultPayoff
Build size
Advanced

A larger build with multiple systems, AI reasoning, and custom rules.

Business functions
General Automation
Connects
Bluesky

The problem it solves

When you offer a free resource in exchange for a reply, manually finding every reply and messaging each person one by one doesn't scale. People wait too long for their resource, and it's easy to miss replies or message someone twice.

Who it fits

Creators and community managers who give away resources like guides or links in exchange for engagement on Bluesky.

How it works

  1. On a regular schedule, the automation checks replies on your chosen post
  2. It filters for replies containing your trigger keyword
  3. It confirms the person is following you before continuing
  4. It sends them a direct message with your resource and likes their reply to confirm
  5. It remembers who has already been messaged so no one gets contacted twice
What you get

Followers who get your resource automatically

Anyone who replies to your post with the keyword automatically gets a direct message with your resource, once they follow you.

What you get

Automatic direct messages delivering your resource to qualifying followers, with no duplicates.

What you need

A Bluesky account.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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