blog-authoring

Business

Use when creating, editing, previewing, or publishing blog posts through the local working-copy flow, especially when the task involves `content/blog`, `npm run blog:*` commands, or `/blog-preview/...` URLs.

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Neon Blog Authoring

Default editing workflow:

Work in the site repository.
Edit the local working copy under content/blog/.
Run the local site to visually inspect the result.
Publish the snapshot into the configured remote blog-content branch with the provided CLI.

Do not default to editing the remote source-of-truth repository directly unless the user explicitly asks for it.

Required checks

Before changing content, verify the current state:

git branch --show-current
npm run blog:status

If content/blog is missing, initialize it:

npm run blog:bootstrap

If the user explicitly wants to refresh the working copy from remote state:

npm run blog:sync -- --force

Core workflow

1. Edit locally

Edit only:

content/blog/posts/*.md
content/blog/authors/data.json
content/blog/categories/data.json

Then run:

npm run dev

Use the local app to review:

/blog
/blog/<slug>

2. Publish to a branch in `blog`

Use the built-in CLI:

npm run blog:publish-branch -- --branch <branch-name>

Defaults:

if --branch is omitted, the current git branch name is used
the command pushes the current content/blog snapshot into the configured remote content repository
the command prints preview URLs under /blog-preview/...

3. Review branch preview

Open the generated preview URL, for example:

/blog-preview/<slug>?branch=<branch>&secret=<secret>

If the preview returns 404, treat that as “access denied or missing branch/slug”. Do not assume the route is public.

Guardrails

Prefer content/blog in the current repository as the editing surface.
Do not overwrite existing content/blog automatically; only use blog:sync -- --force when the user explicitly wants a refresh.
Do not push to the main source-of-truth remote accidentally. If you must work in a separate source repo directly, inspect git remote -v first and confirm which remote is safe to push to.
When credentials are missing, limit yourself to local editing and local preview; explain exactly which publish/preview actions are blocked.
Do not touch unrelated local files such as src/scripts/compare-sites.js.

References

Load only what you need:

Commands and environment expectations: references/commands.md