diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 2812877..584db33 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -43,3 +43,107 @@ jobs:
           marketplace-pat: ${{ secrets.VS_PAT }}
           publish-manifest-path: ./resources/extension.manifest.json
           vsix-path: ./artifact/CodingWithCalvin.OpenInNotepadPlusPlus.vsix
+
+      - name: 5. Post to BlueSky
+        if: success()
+        run: |
+          VERSION="${{ steps.artifact_manifest.outputs.version }}"
+          RELEASE_URL="https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/releases/tag/$VERSION"
+          MARKETPLACE_URL="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=CodingWithCalvin.VS-OpenInNotepadPlusPlus"
+
+          # Authenticate with BlueSky
+          echo "Authenticating with BlueSky..."
+          AUTH_RESPONSE=$(curl -s -X POST https://bsky.social/xrpc/com.atproto.server.createSession \
+            -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+            -d "{\"identifier\": \"${{ secrets.BLUESKY_USERNAME }}\", \"password\": \"${{ secrets.BLUESKY_APP_PASSWORD }}\"}")
+
+          ACCESS_TOKEN=$(echo "$AUTH_RESPONSE" | jq -r '.accessJwt')
+          DID=$(echo "$AUTH_RESPONSE" | jq -r '.did')
+
+          if [ -z "$ACCESS_TOKEN" ] || [ "$ACCESS_TOKEN" == "null" ]; then
+            echo "Error: Failed to authenticate with BlueSky"
+            echo "Response: $AUTH_RESPONSE"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          echo "✓ Authenticated as $DID"
+
+          # Create post text
+          POST_TEXT="🚀 Open in Notepad++ v${VERSION} for #VisualStudio has been released!"
+          POST_TEXT="${POST_TEXT}"$'\n\n'"Check out the release notes here!"
+          POST_TEXT="${POST_TEXT}"$'\n\n'"Marketplace: ${MARKETPLACE_URL}"
+
+          echo "Post text: $POST_TEXT"
+
+          # Get current timestamp in ISO 8601 format
+          TIMESTAMP=$(date -u +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
+
+          # Calculate facets (byte positions for hashtags and links)
+          echo "Calculating facets for links and hashtags..."
+          export POST_TEXT
+          export RELEASE_URL
+          FACETS=$(python3 -c "
+          import json, re, os
+          text = os.environ['POST_TEXT']
+          release_url = os.environ['RELEASE_URL']
+          facets = []
+          # Add hashtag facets
+          for m in re.finditer(r'#(\w+)', text):
+              facets.append({
+                  'index': {'byteStart': len(text[:m.start()].encode('utf-8')), 'byteEnd': len(text[:m.start()+len(m.group(0))].encode('utf-8'))},
+                  'features': [{'\$type': 'app.bsky.richtext.facet#tag', 'tag': m.group(1)}]
+              })
+          # Add link facets for URLs
+          for m in re.finditer(r'https?://[^\s]+', text):
+              facets.append({
+                  'index': {'byteStart': len(text[:m.start()].encode('utf-8')), 'byteEnd': len(text[:m.start()+len(m.group())].encode('utf-8'))},
+                  'features': [{'\$type': 'app.bsky.richtext.facet#link', 'uri': m.group()}]
+              })
+          # Add link facet for 'Check out the release notes here!'
+          release_text = 'Check out the release notes here!'
+          idx = text.find(release_text)
+          if idx >= 0:
+              facets.append({
+                  'index': {'byteStart': len(text[:idx].encode('utf-8')), 'byteEnd': len(text[:idx+len(release_text)].encode('utf-8'))},
+                  'features': [{'\$type': 'app.bsky.richtext.facet#link', 'uri': release_url}]
+              })
+          print(json.dumps(facets))
+          ")
+
+          echo "Facets: $FACETS"
+
+          # Create the post using jq to properly escape JSON
+          echo "Creating BlueSky post..."
+          POST_RESPONSE=$(jq -n \
+            --arg did "$DID" \
+            --arg text "$POST_TEXT" \
+            --arg timestamp "$TIMESTAMP" \
+            --argjson facets "$FACETS" \
+            '{
+              repo: $did,
+              collection: "app.bsky.feed.post",
+              record: {
+                text: $text,
+                facets: $facets,
+                createdAt: $timestamp,
+                "$type": "app.bsky.feed.post"
+              }
+            }' | curl -s -X POST https://bsky.social/xrpc/com.atproto.repo.createRecord \
+            -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+            -H "Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN" \
+            -d @-)
+
+          POST_URI=$(echo "$POST_RESPONSE" | jq -r '.uri')
+
+          if [ -z "$POST_URI" ] || [ "$POST_URI" == "null" ]; then
+            echo "Error: Failed to create BlueSky post"
+            echo "Response: $POST_RESPONSE"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          # Extract the post ID from the URI
+          POST_ID=$(echo "$POST_URI" | sed 's|.*/||')
+          POST_URL="https://bsky.app/profile/${{ secrets.BLUESKY_USERNAME }}/post/$POST_ID"
+
+          echo "✓ Posted to BlueSky: $POST_URL"
+        shell: bash