From d3a79544ce5c28e71fbf457ec6865494be557211 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Astra <astra@zio.sh>
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2026 18:43:10 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Send external embed as link preview, not video URL

---
 main.go | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 4a6a6db..91d58c1 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -410,11 +410,32 @@ func (h *handler) ProcessPost(event *models.Event) error {
 					mediaGroup = append(mediaGroup, mediaAdd)
 				}
 			}
-		} else if po[0].Type == "gif" || po[0].Type == "external" {
+		} else if po[0].Type == "gif" {
 			tenorGif := tgbotapi.NewInputMediaVideo(tgbotapi.FileURL(po[0].URI))
 			tenorGif.Caption = captionText
 			tenorGif.ParseMode = tgbotapi.ModeHTML
 			mediaGroup = append(mediaGroup, &tenorGif)
+		} else if po[0].Type == "external" {
+			m := tgbotapi.NewMessage(cid, captionText)
+			m.ParseMode = tgbotapi.ModeHTML
+			m.LinkPreviewOptions = tgbotapi.LinkPreviewOptions{
+				IsDisabled:       false,
+				URL:              po[0].URI,
+				PreferLargeMedia: true,
+				ShowAboveText:    true,
+			}
+			resp, err := h.tg.Send(m)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Printf("Failed to send external link message: %s\n", err)
+				return err
+			}
+			uri, postCid := getLink(event)
+			h.bsky.Bluesky.CommitTelegramResponse(&bsky.TelegramRecord{
+				ChannelID: resp.Chat.ID,
+				MessageID: []int{resp.MessageID},
+				Link:      &bsky.Link{Cid: postCid, URI: uri},
+			}, event.Commit.RKey)
+			return nil
 		} else {
 			for _, media := range po {
 				switch media.Type {