A single bullet in an outline. Parentage is expressed only by a child pointing up at its parent; there is no children array.
tid
Timestamp-based ID
Properties
completedAt
string
datetime
Optional
Presence means completed; there is no separate boolean. Only meaningful for todo layout.
createdAt
string
datetime
Required
When the bullet was created.
display
string
Optional
Whether this bullet's children are shown when a reader has no preference of their own. Treat an absent value as "expanded". A reader's own choice always wins; this is what a client shows before they have made one. An open set, so values added by later versions do not fail validation.
expanded, collapsedembed
union
Optional
Something this bullet stands for: an external page as a card, or a record elsewhere in the network. An open union — a variant this build does not know renders as a generic card rather than failing. The Bluesky defs are referenced rather than vendored, exactly as facets are, because the value of a quoted record is that other software recognises it as one. A record embed pins a CID, unlike a mirror's original: a quotation means the thing as it was, and one that silently rewrote itself would be a lie.
facets
array
of
ref
app.bsky.richtext.facet
Optional
Rich text annotations over text.
layout
string
Optional
How the bullet renders. Defaults to bullet. An open set, so values added by later versions do not fail validation.
bullet, todo, h1, h2, h3, codeBlock, quoteBlockparent
string
at-uri
Optional
The parent node. Absent means top level. A bare AT-URI rather than a strongRef, because a strongRef pins a CID and the parent's CID changes on every edit to its text.
sortKey
string
Required
Fractional index ordering this node among its siblings. Kept separate from the record key because record keys are TIDs, which sort by creation time and cannot change without recreating the record and breaking every inbound reference.
maxLength: 512 bytestext
string
Required
The bullet's content.
maxLength: 10000 bytesmaxGraphemes: 2000 graphemesView raw schema
{
"key": "tid",
"type": "record",
"record": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"text",
"sortKey",
"createdAt"
],
"properties": {
"text": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 10000,
"description": "The bullet's content.",
"maxGraphemes": 2000
},
"embed": {
"refs": [
"app.bsky.embed.external",
"app.bsky.embed.record"
],
"type": "union",
"description": "Something this bullet stands for: an external page as a card, or a record elsewhere in the network. An open union — a variant this build does not know renders as a generic card rather than failing. The Bluesky defs are referenced rather than vendored, exactly as facets are, because the value of a quoted record is that other software recognises it as one. A record embed pins a CID, unlike a mirror's original: a quotation means the thing as it was, and one that silently rewrote itself would be a lie."
},
"facets": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"ref": "app.bsky.richtext.facet",
"type": "ref"
},
"description": "Rich text annotations over text."
},
"layout": {
"type": "string",
"description": "How the bullet renders. Defaults to bullet. An open set, so values added by later versions do not fail validation.",
"knownValues": [
"bullet",
"todo",
"h1",
"h2",
"h3",
"codeBlock",
"quoteBlock"
]
},
"parent": {
"type": "string",
"format": "at-uri",
"description": "The parent node. Absent means top level. A bare AT-URI rather than a strongRef, because a strongRef pins a CID and the parent's CID changes on every edit to its text."
},
"display": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Whether this bullet's children are shown when a reader has no preference of their own. Treat an absent value as \"expanded\". A reader's own choice always wins; this is what a client shows before they have made one. An open set, so values added by later versions do not fail validation.",
"knownValues": [
"expanded",
"collapsed"
]
},
"sortKey": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 512,
"description": "Fractional index ordering this node among its siblings. Kept separate from the record key because record keys are TIDs, which sort by creation time and cannot change without recreating the record and breaking every inbound reference."
},
"createdAt": {
"type": "string",
"format": "datetime",
"description": "When the bullet was created."
},
"completedAt": {
"type": "string",
"format": "datetime",
"description": "Presence means completed; there is no separate boolean. Only meaningful for todo layout."
}
}
},
"description": "A single bullet in an outline. Parentage is expressed only by a child pointing up at its parent; there is no children array."
}