blowhorn post

Publish pending posts or amplify existing content across supported platforms.

blowhorn post

Publish pending posts or amplify existing content across supported platforms. GitHub is the one platform 'blowhorn post' cannot publish to: it is amplify-only, so '--platform github' needs an issue or pull-request URL (from --amplify or a github row's 'Amplify' column) and refuses without one. That amplification adds all five uplifting reactions -- +1, laugh, hooray, heart, rocket -- to the target from every selected profile under its own GH_TOKEN, over the REST API with no browser, and re-running it adds none of them twice.

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blowhorn post [OPTIONS]

Flag	Type	Default	Description
`--ignore-risk`	boolean	`false`	Run this once even if your Risk Profile would hold it (a daily cap, quiet hours, outreach turned off or a pause after a sign-in challenge). Only this run; your Risk Profile stays as it is
`--target`	string		Ad-hoc target that overrides the row's values for this run. Slack: '#channel', '@user', a Slack channel link, or a Slack message link (posts as a thread reply); a link also picks that workspace's credentials. Other platforms: generally leave unset and use the row's 'Comment on' column for replies.
`--message`	string		Send this text as one ad-hoc Slack message instead of posting from the content queue: no row is read or marked done. Needs --platform slack, one profile named with --profile (not all, not a list) and --target ('#channel', '@user', a Slack channel link, or a Slack message link for a thread reply -- anything else is refused, never sent to #general); a profile from .blowhorn.yaml or BLOWHORN_PROFILE does not count as named. A link also picks the workspace's credentials. Refused with --check-queue or --amplify. --dry-run says what would be sent and sends nothing.
`--amplify`	string		URL of existing content to amplify instead of publishing something new. Overrides the row's 'Amplify' column for this run. LinkedIn repost, X retweet/quote, Reddit upvote, Bluesky repost, GitHub reactions. On GitHub it names an issue or pull request and blowhorn adds all five uplifting reactions to it (+1, laugh, hooray, heart, rocket) from every selected profile under that profile's own GH_TOKEN; re-running adds none of them twice. --platform github REQUIRES a target -- this flag, or a github row's 'Amplify' column -- because it amplifies only and cannot publish a new GitHub post; it refuses the run rather than doing nothing. Ignored for Slack -- use --target instead; Slack's 'Amplify' column selects the channel/DM/thread target, not an amplified source.
`--check-queue`	boolean	`false`	Show pending posts from the content queue without publishing anything. Honors --platform / --profile / --exclude for filtering.
`--platform`	string		Platform scope for 'blowhorn post'. One of: bluesky, github, hn, linkedin, reddit, slack, x, all ('all' means every platform listed here)
`--slack-auth`	string		Which Slack credential may send, for one run: 'session' (your captured signed-in web session; the message is yours, with no app attached), 'user-token' (an xoxp- app token for you) or 'bot-token' (an xoxb- bot token), or a comma-delimited list of them tried in order (e.g. 'session,user-token,bot-token'). One value is directive: that credential or a refusal naming why. A token may show the Slack app's attribution. This flag, then BLOWHORN_SLACK_AUTH, then defaults.slack.auth_mode in .blowhorn.yaml, then the built-in, selects it; any other value is refused before anything runs. Dry runs and results name the credential that ran and whether it was a fallback
`--pace`	string		Pace of the random delays between 'blowhorn post' actions (page loads, typing, clicks, API calls): a preset name (fast/normal/slow) or a numeric multiplier (e.g. 0.5, 2.0). Resolved as CLI flag, then BLOWHORN_PACE, then defaults.pace in .blowhorn.yaml (normal when none is set); an unrecognized value is rejected before anything runs

Also takes the shared flags: --config, --log-dir, --profile, --exclude, --headless, --chrome-launch, --headed, --dry-run, --verbose.

Examples:

terminal

$ blowhorn post --profile lee
$ blowhorn post --check-queue --profile all
$ blowhorn post --profile lee --dry-run
$ blowhorn post --profile all --exclude lee
$ blowhorn post --platform linkedin --profile lee --headless
$ blowhorn post --profile lee -v
$ blowhorn post --profile lee --pace slow
$ blowhorn post --platform linkedin --profile lee
$ blowhorn post --platform x --profile lee
$ blowhorn post --platform x --amplify "https://x.com/user/status/123"
$ blowhorn post --platform reddit --profile lee
$ blowhorn post --platform reddit --amplify "https://www.reddit.com/r/k8s/comments/abc/post/"
$ blowhorn post --platform hn --profile lee
$ blowhorn post --platform hn --profile lee --dry-run
$ blowhorn post --platform slack --target "#announcements"
$ blowhorn post --platform slack --profile lee --target "#announcements" --message "Maintenance is complete"
$ blowhorn post --platform slack --target "@alice"
$ blowhorn post --platform slack --target "https://acme.slack.com/archives/C0123/p1776000000000100"
$ blowhorn post --platform slack --profile lee
$ blowhorn post --platform bluesky --profile lee
$ blowhorn post --platform github --profile all --amplify "https://github.com/layer5io/meshery/issues/1234"
$ blowhorn post --platform github --profile all --amplify "https://github.com/meshery/meshery/pull/21625"
$ blowhorn post --platform github --profile lee --amplify "https://github.com/layer5io/layer5/issues/42"
$ blowhorn post --platform github --profile lee,kate,rian --amplify "https://github.com/layer5io/layer5/issues/42"
$ blowhorn post --platform github --profile all --exclude lee --amplify "https://github.com/layer5io/layer5/issues/42"
$ blowhorn post --platform github --profile all --amplify "https://github.com/layer5io/layer5/issues/42" --dry-run
$ blowhorn post --platform github --profile lee --amplify "https://github.com/layer5io/layer5/issues/42" --dry-run -v
$ blowhorn post --platform github --profile lee

Output: text.

Last modified October 18, 2026

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