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How to add a blog post

By AI Launchpad · June 27, 2026

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Publishing a new post is intentionally simple: create one Markdown file and the site does the rest. No code changes, no database.

Steps

1. Create a new file in website/src/content/blog/, for example my-new-post.md. The file name becomes the URL (/blog/my-new-post/), so use lowercase words separated by hyphens.

2. Add the frontmatter block at the top (between the --- lines):

   ---
   title: "My new post"
   description: "A one-line summary shown in lists and previews."
   pubDate: 2026-06-28
   author: "Your Name"
   tags: ["news"]
   ---

3. Write your post below the frontmatter using normal Markdown.

4. Commit and push. The site rebuilds and deploys automatically.

Frontmatter fields

Field	Required	Notes
title	yes	Post title.
description	yes	Short summary for lists, SEO, and the RSS feed.
pubDate	yes	Publish date, e.g. 2026-06-28.
author	no	Defaults to “AI Launchpad”.
tags	no	A list, e.g. ["news", "engineering"].
draft	no	Set to true to hide the post from the site.

Previewing locally

cd website
npm install
npm run dev

Then open the URL it prints (usually http://localhost:4321). That’s it — your post is live the moment you push.