🐻 (Bear) Blog Automation for fischr.org

Hey and welcome 👋🏼 This is the powerhouse behind my Bear Blog-powered website fischr.org. Whenever I publish a new article, this repository automatically

• posts the article to Mastodon and Bluesky, with an individual template based on the content
• backs up everything as Markdown files with images right here in this repo
• pings search engines for faster indexing
• and archives URLs to the Internet Archive for long-term preservation.

Project Structure

├── config.yaml              # Central configuration
├── mappings.json            # Article → Social post URL mappings (auto-generated)
├── bots/
│   ├── social_bot/          # Social media posting bot
│   │   └── config.json      # Feed & template config
│   └── backup_bot/          # Bear Blog backup bot
├── blog-backup/             # Archived posts (auto-generated)
└── docs/                    # Documentation

Features

🤖 Social Media Posting

Automatically posts new blog articles to Mastodon and Bluesky with customizable templates, rich text formatting, and image support.

How it works:

• Monitors your RSS feed for new articles
• Formats posts using templates with placeholders ({title}, {content}, {link})
• Posts to your configured social media accounts
• Tracks posted articles to prevent duplicates

Configuration:

• Set up feeds and templates in bots/social_bot/config.json
• Configure Mastodon instance in config.yaml
• Add credentials as GitHub Secrets (BSKY_HANDLE, BSKY_PW, MASTO_TOKEN)

→ Full Documentation

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💾 Automatic Backup

Creates a complete backup of your Bear Blog as Markdown files with images, stored directly in this repository.

What gets backed up:

• All published posts as Markdown files
• All images from your posts
• Post metadata (title, date, slug, etc.)

Configuration:

• Set your blog URL in config.yaml
• Backups are saved to blog-backup/ directory

→ Full Documentation

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🔍 Search Engine Ping

Notifies search engines (Google, Bing, etc.) immediately when you publish new content for faster indexing.

How it works:

• Uses IndexNow protocol to ping search engines
• Submits new article URLs after posting to social media
• No configuration needed (optional: add INDEXNOW_KEY secret for tracking)

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📚 Web Archive Integration

Automatically submits new articles to the Internet Archive for permanent preservation.

Why archive:

• 📚 Permanent preservation even if your site goes down
• 📖 Historical record of your content at publication time
• 🔗 Citable archived versions for researchers
• 💾 Additional backup layer beyond your blog

Configuration:

web_archive:
  enabled: true  # Set to false to disable

How it works:

• After posting to social media, the URL is submitted to web.archive.org
• Creates a permanent snapshot of your content
• Runs asynchronously (doesn't block posting)
• No authentication required

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Setup your own (Bear) Blog Automation

Want to use this for your blog? Here's the path:

1. Fork this repo
2. Configure Social Bot → Set up feeds, templates & secrets (see above or full docs)
3. Configure Backup Bot → Set up automatic backups (see above or full docs) (optional)
4. Set up Cloudflare Worker → Enable instant triggering (<1 minute delay) (docs) (optional)

Author & License

• Made by René Fischer to automate fischr.org.
• License: WTFPL — Do what you want. I couldn't care less :)