creating-articles

Business

Creates new blog posts for the Artsy Engineering blog. Use when the user wants to write, create, or start a new blog post or article.

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Creating Articles

For full documentation, see docs/authoring_articles.md.

Workflow

Step 1: Gather Information

Use AskUserQuestion to ask the user:

Template selection - Ask which template they want to use:
- regular-post - Short, straightforward posts (recommended for most posts)
- long-post - Detailed posts with introduction, body, and conclusion
- epic-post - Narrative-style posts following the monomyth structure
Author name - Ask for their name, then check if they exist in _config.yml under the authors: key.

Step 2: Validate Author

Read _config.yml and search for the author under the authors: section.

If author exists: Use their author key (e.g., orta, db, joey).

If author does not exist: Inform the user they need to add themselves to _config.yml first:

authors:
  authorkey:
    name: Full Name
    github: githubUsername
    twitter: twitterHandle  # optional
    site: https://example.com  # optional

Step 3: Create the Post

Generate filename: YYYY-MM-DD-post-title.markdown (use today's date)
Copy the selected template from Post-Templates/ to _posts/
Update the front matter:
- Set title
- Set date to today
- Set author to the author key
- Set categories (ask user if not provided)

Templates Reference

Template	File	Use Case
Regular	`Post-Templates/YYYY-MM-DD-regular-post.markdown`	Quick posts about a problem and solution
Long	`Post-Templates/YYYY-MM-DD-long-post.markdown`	Detailed technical deep-dives
Epic	`Post-Templates/YYYY-MM-DD-epic-post.markdown`	Narrative journey-style posts