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+name: release-announcements
+# Automatic release toot and tweet anouncements
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  toot:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: get topics and convert to hashtags
+        id: get_topics
+        run: |
+          echo "topics=$(curl -s https://nf-co.re/pipelines.json | jq -r '.remote_workflows[] | select(.full_name == "${{ github.repository }}") | .topics[]' | awk '{print "#"$0}' | tr '\n' ' ')" | sed 's/-//g' >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - uses: rzr/fediverse-action@master
+        with:
+          access-token: ${{ secrets.MASTODON_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
+          host: "mstdn.science" # custom host if not "mastodon.social" (default)
+          # GitHub event payload
+          # https://docs.github.com/en/developers/webhooks-and-events/webhooks/webhook-events-and-payloads#release
+          message: |
+            Pipeline release! ${{ github.repository }} v${{ github.event.release.tag_name }} - ${{ github.event.release.name }}!
+
+            Please see the changelog: ${{ github.event.release.html_url }}
+
+            ${{ steps.get_topics.outputs.topics }} #nfcore #openscience #nextflow #bioinformatics
+
+  bsky-post:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: zentered/bluesky-post-action@80dbe0a7697de18c15ad22f4619919ceb5ccf597 # v0.1.0
+        with:
+          post: |
+            Pipeline release! ${{ github.repository }} v${{ github.event.release.tag_name }} - ${{ github.event.release.name }}!
+
+            Please see the changelog: ${{ github.event.release.html_url }}
+        env:
+          BSKY_IDENTIFIER: ${{ secrets.BSKY_IDENTIFIER }}
+          BSKY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.BSKY_PASSWORD }}
+          #