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AT Protocol (at-protocol)

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The AT Protocol (atproto) is an open, federated networking protocol for social applications, originally developed by Bluesky Social PBC and the Bluesky team. It defines a decentralized architecture where user identity and data are portable across providers, anchored in DIDs, signed records, and content-addressed storage. The protocol is composed of independently operable services — Personal Data Servers (PDS), Relays (firehose aggregators), and AppViews (read-side indexers) — that communicate using XRPC and exchange records described by Lexicon schemas. Bluesky (bsky.app) is the reference application built on AT Protocol, but the protocol is designed for any social or social-adjacent application that wants user-owned identity, portable data, and an open federation model. Official and community SDKs exist for TypeScript, Go, Python, Rust, Dart, Swift, C#/.NET, Ruby, PHP, and more, and the full lexicon, network topology, and reference implementations are open source.

APIs.json: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/at-protocol/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

Scope

  • Type: Index
  • Position: Provider
  • Access: Public

Tags

  • AT Protocol
  • atproto
  • Bluesky
  • Federation
  • Decentralized Social
  • Social Networking
  • DID
  • Lexicon
  • XRPC
  • PDS
  • Relay
  • AppView
  • Open Protocol

Timestamps

  • Created: 2026-05-23
  • Modified: 2026-05-29

APIs

AT Protocol XRPC API

XRPC is the AT Protocol's HTTP-based remote procedure call layer. All protocol interactions — querying records, writing records, subscribing to streams, resolving identity, moderating content — are exposed as XRPC methods defined in Lexicon schemas. PDS, Relay, and AppView services all speak XRPC, so the same client library can be pointed at different network roles. The HTTP surface uses /xrpc/{nsid} paths and JSON request/response bodies (with optional CBOR for record content).

Tags

  • XRPC
  • RPC
  • HTTP
  • JSON
  • Protocol Surface

Properties

AT Protocol Lexicon Schemas

Lexicon is the schema definition language for AT Protocol. Every record type, XRPC method, and event subscription on the network is described by a Lexicon document, which acts as both contract and code generation source for client libraries. Bluesky publishes the app.bsky.* and com.atproto.* lexicons that power the reference Bluesky application; third parties define their own NSIDs to ship independent applications on the same network.

Tags

  • Lexicon
  • Schema
  • NSID
  • Record Types

Properties

Personal Data Server (PDS) API

The PDS hosts a user's repository of signed records and exposes the com.atproto.* XRPC methods for account creation, authentication, record CRUD, blob upload, and repository sync. A PDS is the home server for an actor; users can migrate their account (and full record history) between PDS hosts while keeping the same DID.

Tags

  • PDS
  • Personal Data Server
  • Repository
  • Sync
  • Self-Hosting

Properties

AT Protocol Relay & Firehose

The Relay aggregates the com.atproto.sync.subscribeRepos firehose across PDS hosts and re-broadcasts the combined event stream over WebSocket. AppViews and indexers subscribe to a Relay to get a near-real-time view of every public record written on the network without polling individual PDS instances.

Tags

  • Relay
  • Firehose
  • WebSocket
  • Streaming
  • Sync

Properties

Bluesky AppView API

The Bluesky AppView indexes the firehose and exposes the app.bsky.* XRPC methods that the Bluesky client (and any compatible client) uses to render timelines, threads, profiles, notifications, search, and graph data. It is the reference AppView for the app.bsky lexicon family and the primary read API for Bluesky applications.

Tags

  • AppView
  • Bluesky
  • Timeline
  • Feed
  • Graph
  • Notifications

Properties

AT Protocol Identity (DID & Handles)

Identity in AT Protocol is anchored in DIDs (did:plc or did:web), with human-readable handles resolved through DNS TXT records or well-known HTTP endpoints. The protocol specifies how DIDs map to PDS endpoints, signing keys, and rotation, allowing users to keep a stable identity while changing handles or migrating providers.

Tags

  • Identity
  • DID
  • did:plc
  • Handles
  • DNS

Properties

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Maintainers

FN: Kin Lane Email: kin@apievangelist.com

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AT Protocol — independent third-party profile of a public API surface, by API Evangelist. The AT Protocol (atproto) is an open, federated networking protocol for social applications, originally developed by Bluesky Social PBC and the Bluesky team. It defines a decentralized architecture where user identity and data are portable across providers, an

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