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Produces and merges Related resources cards for TiDB docs pages using the RelatedResources and ResourceCard MDX components. Use when the user asks to add or update a related resource card, resource link, blog card, video card, YouTube card, or TiDB Lab card in English, Simplified Chinese, or Japanese Markdown docs.

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Add Related Resource Cards to TiDB Docs

Overview

A "Related resources" section is a final h2 in a TiDB docs page, containing a <RelatedResources> block with one or more <ResourceCard /> entries. Each card links to a blog post, YouTube video, or TiDB Lab.

This skill produces those cards correctly for English, Simplified Chinese, and Japanese docs, and merges them into the target file.

Component syntax

## Related resources

<RelatedResources>
  <ResourceCard title="..." type="blog|video|lab" link="..." imgSrc="..." author="..." date="YYYY-MM-DD" duration="..." />
</RelatedResources>

Rules:

  • Use one <ResourceCard ... /> per line. Do not wrap attributes.
  • Indent cards by two spaces inside <RelatedResources>.
  • Use double quotes for all attributes and a space before />.
  • Do not add blank lines inside <RelatedResources>.
  • Add one blank line before the heading and one blank line after it when creating the container section.
  • Append as the last H2 unless the user gives another location.

Language heading mapping

Infer language from the target file path and surrounding document language.

LanguageHeadingDuration
English## Related resources8 mins
Simplified Chinese## 相关资源8 分钟
Japanese## 関連リソース {#related-resources}8 分

Japanese headings must include {#related-resources}.

Card attributes

Required for every card: title, type, link, imgSrc.

Optional:

  • author: include only when clearly shown by the source.
  • date: use YYYY-MM-DD; mainly for blogs. Omit for videos/labs unless clearly shown or requested.
  • duration: include for videos and labs when available; omit for blogs.

Do not invent values. If any required attribute cannot be found, stop and ask the user.

Source handling

When the user provides only a URL, first run:

python3 .ai/skills/add-related-resources/scripts/fetch_resource_metadata.py "<url>" --lang en|zh|ja

The script emits a JSON card draft with type, title, link, imgSrc, optional fields, and warnings. Use it as a helper, not as unquestioned truth: review warnings, verify missing fields, and ask the user before fallbacks or substitutions.

If the script cannot fetch a source or returns missing required fields, use the available web, browser, or shell tools to inspect the page manually. Do not invent values.

Blogs

Use the blog host that matches the target document language:

LanguageHost
Englishhttps://www.pingcap.com/blog/<slug>
Simplified Chinesehttps://pingkai.cn/tidbcommunity/blog/<slug>
Japanesehttps://pingcap.co.jp/blog/<slug>

Extract:

  • title: visible page title, preferably H1 or og:title.
  • imgSrc: page og:image.
  • author: visible byline.
  • date: datePublished or visible publish date, normalized to YYYY-MM-DD.

Japanese blog rules:

  • If the JP URL redirects, use the final URL as link.
  • If the JP URL is 404 or missing, ask before falling back to English or substituting another JP post.
  • Do not rewrite static.pingcap.com/... image URLs to static.pingcap.co.jp/...; use the page's actual og:image.

Videos

Supported URLs: youtube.com/watch?v=<ID> and youtu.be/<ID>.

Extract:

  • title: YouTube video title.
  • link: preserve the user-provided canonical video URL unless substituting with confirmation.
  • imgSrc: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/<ID>/hqdefault.jpg.
  • author: channel name.
  • duration: video length rounded to minutes and localized.

Use the same video ID in link and imgSrc. For Japanese docs, prefer a Japanese-language PingCAP Japan video only after confirming substitution with the user.

Labs

Use the lab URL that matches the target document language:

LanguageURL
Englishhttps://labs.tidb.io/labs/<slug>
Simplified Chinesehttps://labs.pingcap.com/labs/<slug>
Japanesehttps://labs.tidb.io/ja/labs/<slug>

Extract:

  • title: localized lab title from the page or embedded page data. Do not translate manually.
  • imgSrc: lab cover image, typically https://lab-static.pingcap.com/....
  • duration: estimated time, localized.

Keep the page's actual image filename, including _en.png images used by localized labs. Do not invent _zh or _ja variants.

Workflow

  1. Identify target file(s), source URL(s), resource type(s), and target language.

  2. Read each target file and find the merge location: an existing Related resources block, or the end of the file if the container section must be created.

  3. For each source URL, run scripts/fetch_resource_metadata.py with the target language.

  4. Review the JSON draft. Ask the user if a required value is unavailable, a localized URL is missing, or a substitution/fallback is needed.

  5. Merge the card into the target file: append to an existing <RelatedResources> block, or create the final localized h2 container and place the card inside it.

  6. Verify formatting with:

    python3 .ai/skills/add-related-resources/scripts/validate_related_resources.py "<target-file>"
    
  7. Fix validation errors and rerun the validator until it prints OK.

Examples

English lab:

## Related resources

<RelatedResources>
  <ResourceCard title="TiDB SQL Tuning Lab 1: Clustered and Non-Clustered Indexes" type="lab" link="https://labs.tidb.io/labs/dba_307_lab_ff0" imgSrc="https://lab-static.pingcap.com/quick-demo/307-01.png" duration="90 mins" />
</RelatedResources>

Chinese lab:

## 相关资源

<RelatedResources>
  <ResourceCard title="管理 TiDB 实验 8: 备份与还原" type="lab" link="https://labs.pingcap.com/labs/dba_303_lab_ff7" imgSrc="https://lab-static.pingcap.com/quick-demo/dba_303_ch09_en.png" duration="60 分钟" />
</RelatedResources>

Japanese mixed cards:

## 関連リソース {#related-resources}

<RelatedResources>
  <ResourceCard title="管理 TiDB 演習 8: バックアップと復元" type="lab" link="https://labs.tidb.io/ja/labs/dba_303_lab_ff7" imgSrc="https://lab-static.pingcap.com/quick-demo/dba_303_ch09_en.png" duration="60 分" />
  <ResourceCard title="3分で分かるNewSQLデータベースのTiDB Cloud" type="video" link="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWrT4Qd1xA0" imgSrc="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kWrT4Qd1xA0/hqdefault.jpg" author="PingCAP Japan" duration="3 分" />
</RelatedResources>

Common mistakes

  • Creating a duplicate container section instead of appending cards to the existing block.
  • Omitting {#related-resources} from Japanese headings.
  • Using type="Blog" or type="YouTube" instead of blog, video, or lab.
  • Using non-ISO dates.
  • Formatting English duration as 8 minutes instead of 8 mins.
  • Omitting the space in Chinese or Japanese durations.
  • Silently falling back to English when a localized source page is missing.
  • Mismatching YouTube IDs between link and imgSrc.