converting-notion-to-docusaurus-blog

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Use when converting a Notion markdown export to a Docusaurus blog post for the dbt docs site, or when given a path to a Notion export folder/file.

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Converting Notion Exports to Docusaurus Blog Posts

Overview

Automates conversion of Notion markdown exports into properly formatted Docusaurus blog posts for docs.getdbt.com. Handles frontmatter generation, image processing, content cleanup, and file organization.

When to Use

User provides a path to a Notion markdown export
User mentions converting Notion content to a blog post
User has exported content from Notion for the dbt developer blog

Workflow

1. Read Notion Export

Parse the markdown file and locate the accompanying image folder (same name as the .md file, without the hash suffix).

2. Extract Metadata

From the Notion export, extract:

Title: The H1 heading
Owner: Maps to author lookup
Remove the metadata block (Status, Owner, Created time) from output

3. Look Up Author

Search website/blog/authors.yml for a matching name from the Owner field.

If not found, prompt user:

Author "[Name]" not found in authors.yml.

How would you like to proceed?
1. Enter details now (name, title, photo URL, LinkedIn)
2. Scaffold empty entry to fill in manually later

Option 2 creates:

firstname_lastname:
  name: Full Name
  title: ""  # TODO
  image_url: /img/blog/authors/firstname-lastname.png  # TODO
  socials:
    linkedin: ""  # TODO
  page: true

4. Prompt for Confirmations

Date: Default to today + 2 days (YYYY-MM-DD)
Slug: Suggest SEO-optimized version (short, keywords only, drop filler words)
Description: Find a compelling sentence from within the article that captures the key value or insight - not just the opening line
Tag: Select the most appropriate tag based on content (see Tag Selection below)
End of content: Confirm where the publishable content ends (remove trailing internal notes)

Slug guidelines: Keep 2-4 words, include primary keywords, drop "introducing", "a", "the", "how to".

"Introducing dbt agent skills" → dbt-agent-skills
"Getting Started with git Branching Strategies" → git-branching-strategies-dbt

Tag selection: Check website/blog/categories.yml for available tags and their descriptions. Select the most appropriate tag based on the post content. Fall back to analytics craft only if no other tag fits.

5. Process Images

For each image in the Notion export folder:

Analyze the image to generate a semantic filename (e.g., skills-mcp-diagram.png not 74cb2aed-fe53-481b-89d0-eefd0054e0c2.png)
Generate alt text for accessibility
Copy to website/static/img/blog/YYYY-MM-DD-slug/

6. Copy Original File

Copy the Notion markdown file to website/blog/YYYY-MM-DD-slug.md first. This establishes the baseline for git diffs.

7. Commit the Raw Baseline

Stage the new blog file and any copied images and create a commit (e.g. chore: import raw Notion export for <slug>) before making any edits. This anchors the baseline in git history so that all subsequent transformations appear as a single, reviewable diff against the import commit.

8. Apply Transformations as Edits

Apply transformation rules (see below) as individual edits to the copied file. This makes changes visible in git diff, allowing review of exactly what was modified.

9. Spellcheck Pass

Run a spellcheck on the content and fix any typos or spelling errors. Be careful to preserve technical terms, product names (dbt, MetricFlow, BigQuery), and intentional stylistic choices.

10. Report Results

Summarize: files created, images processed, spelling corrections made, any TODO items (e.g., incomplete author entry).

Transformation Rules

Frontmatter

Generate YAML frontmatter:

---
title: "Title from H1"
description: "A compelling sentence from the article that captures the key value or insight"
slug: seo-optimized-slug

authors: [author_slug]

tags: [appropriate-tag]
hide_table_of_contents: false

date: YYYY-MM-DD
is_featured: true
---

Images

Notion	Docusaurus
`![alt](Folder/image.png)`	`<Lightbox src="/img/blog/YYYY-MM-DD-slug/semantic-name.png" width="85%" alt="generated alt text" />`
Image with caption on next line	Merge caption into `title` attribute

Content Cleanup

Pattern	Action
H1 title	Remove (comes from frontmatter)
Status/Owner/Created time block	Remove
Trailing sections after conclusion	Remove (internal notes)
Code blocks with language `markdown`	Change to `bash` if shell commands
Notion callouts (`> Note`)	Convert to `:::note` admonitions
URL-encoded paths (`%20`)	Decode
asterisks for emphasis (`emphasised content`)	Replace with underscores (`_emphasised_ content`)
Internal Notion links (`notion.so`, `notion.site`)	Flag for review - replace with public resource links
Absolute docs site links (`https://docs.getdbt.com/...`)	Convert to relative paths (`/docs/...`, `/reference/...`)

Truncate Marker

Insert  after the introduction (1-3 paragraphs, ~150-300 words) and before the first ## heading.

Quick Reference

Notion Export:
  my-post abc123.md
  my-post abc123/
    image.png
    image 1.png

Step 1 - Copy original + images, then commit:
  website/blog/YYYY-MM-DD-slug.md  (raw Notion content)
  website/static/img/blog/YYYY-MM-DD-slug/
    semantic-name.png
    another-semantic-name.png
  → git commit (baseline import)

Step 2 - Apply edits (diffable against baseline commit):
  website/blog/YYYY-MM-DD-slug.md  (transformed)