Cyd helps people preserve, inspect, and manage the data associated with their social-media accounts.
Bluesky workflow parity: Mobile and desktop Cyd offer the same Bluesky account-management capabilities and preserve the same data semantics, while each may use platform-appropriate interfaces and operating-system integrations. Avoid: UI parity, identical clients
Cyd archive: An export of one social-platform account's saved data. Each platform defines its own archive contents, behavior, compatibility guarantees, and version history, so references to a particular archive must name the platform. Avoid: archive, platform-neutral archive
Cyd Bluesky archive: A Cyd archive governed by the Bluesky archive contract. Version 2 is the first supported Bluesky archive format; the earlier unversioned mobile prototype is not a compatibility surface. Avoid: Cyd archive v2, platform-neutral v2 archive
Bluesky interchange database: The canonical representation of structured Bluesky account data inside a Cyd Bluesky archive. It is independent of each client's private runtime storage. Avoid: interchange database, runtime database, mobile database
Bluesky identity: A Bluesky account identified durably by its DID, even when its handle changes or separate Cyd installations know it by different local identifiers. Avoid: handle, Cyd UUID
Bluesky local account: A client's local representation of a Bluesky identity, identified within Cyd by a UUID and containing that client's Bluesky account settings and Bluesky saved data. Avoid: local account, Bluesky identity
Bluesky archive import: An idempotent recovery merge of a Cyd Bluesky archive into a matching Bluesky local account, preserving the union of Bluesky saved data while collapsing records that share stable Bluesky identifiers. It may restore data previously removed through Bluesky local deletion. Avoid: archive import, replace, synchronize
Bluesky account settings: Local preferences governing how Cyd saves and manages a Bluesky identity. A Cyd Bluesky archive can supply defaults for a new Bluesky local account, but does not silently override an existing Bluesky local account's preferences or schedules. Avoid: account settings, account data, archive state
Bluesky scheduled reminder: A prompt to review and start due Bluesky account-management work. It does not authorize Cyd to perform deletion unattended; clients may use platform-appropriate delivery such as local notifications or server-scheduled push. Avoid: scheduled reminder, scheduled job, automatic deletion
Bluesky connection: A local installation's authorization to act on a Bluesky identity. Bluesky connections are established separately on each client and are never part of a Cyd Bluesky archive. Disconnecting removes authorization without removing the Bluesky local account or its Bluesky saved data. Avoid: connection, account data, imported session, Bluesky local account
Bluesky saved data: The Bluesky records and complete media Cyd has preserved locally, including material that may later disappear from Bluesky. When a record is selected for saving, its full media is part of the Bluesky saved data regardless of the record category. Avoid: saved data, live feed, HTML export
Bluesky saved record: The latest representation of a Bluesky record observed by Cyd at a stable AT URI, together with its observation timestamps and deletion state. It is not a history of every CID revision. Avoid: saved record, record revision, live record
Bluesky browse: Inspection of Bluesky saved data inside Cyd without requiring a Bluesky connection or network access. Avoid: browse, view on Bluesky, live feed
Bluesky context snapshot: The directly referenced author, reply parent, quoted record, external embed, and other captured information required to render a Bluesky saved record faithfully without recursively preserving the surrounding social graph. Avoid: context snapshot, full thread, live lookup
Complete Bluesky backup: Bluesky saved data or a Cyd Bluesky archive containing every expected asset for its selected records. Missing assets are explicit and make the backup incomplete without invalidating the data that was successfully preserved. Avoid: complete backup, valid archive, successful export
Bluesky source deletion: Removal of a record or relationship from Bluesky while retaining its Bluesky saved record and deletion state in Cyd. Avoid: source deletion, Bluesky local deletion
Bluesky local deletion: An explicit removal of Bluesky saved data from Cyd, independent of whether the source still exists on Bluesky. Avoid: local deletion, Bluesky source deletion, stop saving