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Mastodon ACTION

Post Status

Publish a status with the given parameters. See the documentation
  • Action
  • Writes data
  • API key
  • SDK
  • MCP

IMPLEMENTATION

Call this tool

Connect a user's Mastodon account once, then configure and run Post Status from your backend or agent.

import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const result = await pd.actions.run({
  id: "mastodon-post-status",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    mastodon: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    status: "Status",
    inReplyToId: "In Reply To ID",
  },
})

console.log(result)

SCHEMA

Inputs

Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.

Post Status inputs
Property Type Description
status Status string
The text content of the status.
Required
inReplyToId In Reply To ID string
ID of the status being replied to, if the status is a reply.
Optional
sensitive Sensitive boolean
Mark the status and attached media as sensitive. The default is false.
Optional
spoilerText Spoiler Text string
Text to be shown as a warning or subject before the actual content. Statuses are generally collapsed behind this field.
Optional
visibility Visibility string
Set the visibility of the posted status to public, unlisted, private, or direct.
Optional
scheduledAt Scheduled At string
ISO 8601 DateTime at which to schedule a status. Must be at least 5 minutes in the future.
Optional
shouldSplit Split to multiple messages boolean

If the status content is longer than 500 characters, it will be split, respecting words, and posted as a reply of of the first status.

This action will return the array of submitted posts.

Optional

REFERENCE

Tool details

Behavior hints are published with the component in the Pipedream registry and surface as MCP tool annotations, so an agent can reason about a tool before it calls it.

Registry key
mastodon-post-status
Version
0.0.6
App
Mastodon
Authentication
API key
Read-only
No
Destructive
No
Open world
Yes