Publish a Blog Post

Use this skill when the user wants to make a specific blog post live on the site.

When to use this skill

• "publish this post", "make this live"
• "push this to production", "release this article"
• "flip the published flag", "take this draft live"

Workflow

1. Find the post — by slug or title:

   grep -rl "{keyword}" content/blog/
   

2. Show the post content — display the full post for final review:

   • Frontmatter summary (title, tags, date)
   • Full body content

3. Confirm publication — ask the user:

   • "Ready to publish '{title}'?"
   • "This will make it visible at /blog/{slug}"

4. Update frontmatter — set:

   published: true
   publishedAt: '{current ISO datetime}'
   

5. Sync to Sanity — push just this one post:

   node scripts/blog-sync.mjs --push --force
   

6. Verify — check the post appears on the live site:

   curl -s https://namias.tech/blog/{slug} | head -20
   

7. Confirm — tell the user:

   • Post is live at https://namias.tech/blog/{slug}
   • Published at the current datetime
   • Visible on the blog listing page

Before publishing checklist

• Content is final and proofread
• Excerpt is compelling (10-300 chars)
• Tags are relevant (at least 1)
• publishedAt date is correct
• No placeholder text remaining
• Links are valid
• Code blocks have proper syntax highlighting

Batch publishing

To publish multiple posts at once:

1. List the posts to publish
2. Update all frontmatter to published: true
3. Run npm run blog:push --force
4. Report all published posts

Unpublishing

To unpublish a post:

1. Set published: false in frontmatter
2. Sync to Sanity
3. The post will no longer appear on /blog but the Sanity document remains