Create Note - Draft Blog Post

Create a draft blog post from learnings in any project, saved to your blog.

When to Use

• User says /note or wants to document something
• User discovered something interesting while coding
• User solved a tricky problem worth sharing
• User wants to capture context for a future blog post

Configuration

This skill requires BLOG_CONTENT_DIR to be set in your CLAUDE.md:

## Blog Configuration
BLOG_CONTENT_DIR=/path/to/your/blog/content/directory

Example: BLOG_CONTENT_DIR=/Users/you/portfolio/src/content/blog

If not configured: Ask the user where their blog markdown files should be saved before proceeding.

Workflow

Step 0: Check Configuration

First, check if BLOG_CONTENT_DIR is set in the project's or user's CLAUDE.md.

If NOT set, ask the user:

Where should blog posts be saved?

Please provide the absolute path to your blog content directory
(e.g., /Users/you/site/content/blog)

You can also add this to your CLAUDE.md to skip this prompt:
BLOG_CONTENT_DIR=/your/path/here

Store their answer and use it for the rest of the session.

Step 1: Gather Information

Ask the user:

1. What did you learn or want to document? (becomes the title)
2. Can you give a brief description? (1-2 sentences for the description field)
3. Any code snippets or examples to include? (optional)
4. What tags apply? (suggest based on project context)

Step 2: Determine Project Context

Identify the current project to tag the post:

# Get project name from current directory
basename $(pwd)

# Or from git remote
git remote get-url origin 2>/dev/null | sed 's/.*\///' | sed 's/\.git$//'

Step 3: Generate Slug

Convert the title to a URL-friendly slug:

• Lowercase
• Replace spaces with hyphens
• Remove special characters
• Keep it concise (3-5 words ideal)

Example: "How to use Astro Content Collections" -> astro-content-collections

Step 4: Create Blog Post

Create the file at:

{BLOG_CONTENT_DIR}/{slug}.md

Template:

---
title: "{title}"
date: {YYYY-MM-DD}
description: "{description}"
tags: ["{project-name}", ...other-tags]
draft: true
---

{User's content here}

{Any code snippets with proper language fencing}

{Context about why this is interesting/useful}

Step 5: Confirm and Optionally Commit

Show the user:

Created draft: {slug}.md

Title: {title}
Tags: {tags}
Location: {BLOG_CONTENT_DIR}/{slug}.md

Would you like to commit this draft? (y/n)

If yes, commit to the blog repo:

cd {BLOG_CONTENT_DIR}
git add {slug}.md
git commit -m "draft: {title}"

Frontmatter Schema

Required fields:

• title (string) - Post title
• date (date) - YYYY-MM-DD format
• draft (boolean) - Always true for new notes

Optional fields:

• description (string) - Brief summary
• tags (string[]) - Array of tags

Example

User is working on import-magic and says /note:

> What did you learn?
"How to handle ESM vs CommonJS imports dynamically"

> Brief description?
"A technique for detecting and handling both module systems"

> Any code to include?
[user pastes code]

> Tags? (suggesting: import-magic, javascript)
"javascript, esm, commonjs"

Creates {BLOG_CONTENT_DIR}/esm-commonjs-dynamic-imports.md:

---
title: "How to handle ESM vs CommonJS imports dynamically"
date: 2025-12-31
description: "A technique for detecting and handling both module systems"
tags: ["import-magic", "javascript", "esm", "commonjs"]
draft: true
---

[Content here...]

Notes

• Always set draft: true - use /blog from portfolio to publish
• Include the source project as a tag for easy filtering
• Keep the initial draft concise - can flesh out later with /blog