Attie, Bluesky’s AI-powered assistant originally designed to help users craft custom social feeds without any coding knowledge, is now expanding into a more versatile research tool. This week, the company introduced a new feature called Quests, which allows users to ask Attie open-ended questions about information and news circulating across the broader Bluesky social network—what the company calls the Atmosphere. This network includes not only Bluesky itself but also any app built on the underlying AT Protocol. Although Bluesky’s user growth has slowed over the past eight months—the platform doubled its user base to 40 million last October within just a year, but now reports around 45.6 million registered accounts—the company has been focused on developing tools and services to fuel further growth and potentially generate revenue. Attie, first launched in March, is a standalone product that enables users to design their own algorithms, create custom feeds, and eventually even “vibe code” their own applications. While the AI assistant remains free for now, the company has explored the possibility of charging for the service down the line.

Quests adds a new dimension to Attie, allowing users to pose open-ended questions to research what’s happening across this part of the open social web. For example, you could ask Attie to pull up trending topics or help identify the most influential accounts in a specific field or location, the company explained.

“Attie’s AI is a tool that helps you make sense of the internet, helping you fight back against the proliferation of misinformation and noise by giving you the tools to find the truth yourself,” wrote Bluesky’s chief innovation officer Jay Graber, who stepped down as CEO in March and has since been replaced by Toni Schneider, the former founding CEO of Automattic. “Our bet is that tools that help people make sense of the world will prove to be more useful than those that fill it with confusion,” Graber wrote. “We want Attie to reduce the barrier to entry and expertise required to learn how to use the AT Protocol, and to put the tools for customizing your experience in the hands of anyone who wants them.”

Graber also noted that Attie is undergoing a redesign to include accessibility features and a new logo, with more updates planned in the coming months. For now, the revamped Attie experience is in beta, and users will be invited from a waitlist over the next few weeks. While many Bluesky users tend to be skeptical of AI due to economic, political, and environmental concerns, the company has had to balance its community’s preferences with the need to generate revenue to sustain itself and the AT Protocol development it leads. In March, Bluesky announced it had raised $100 million in funding during a round that closed in 2025, providing it with enough runway to experiment with ideas like Attie and how AI can fit into the Atmosphere, as well as other services such as a premium subscription or tools for power users.