# content-collection

This skill guides Astro content collections with typed schemas and query patterns. Use it for blogs, docs, changelogs, and other structured content.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 410 installs · ★ 14
- Author: incluud
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/incluud/astro-agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/content-collection/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-04-23
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## What it does

The skill covers collection design, schema changes, and validation. It helps decide between build-time and live data, define required fields and references, and configure loaders with `glob()` or `file()`. Schemas use `astro/zod`, with optional image validation through `image()`.

For reads, it uses `getCollection()`, `getEntry()`, and `getEntries()`. Dynamic routes can use `entry.id`, while rendered content goes through `render(entry)`. After edits, the workflow includes `npx astro sync` and checking a real entry from each collection. Astro 6 and later require `src/content.config.*`; `src/content/config.*` is the old location.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add incluud/astro-agent-skills --skill content-collection -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/content-collection/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/content-collection/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add incluud/astro-agent-skills --skill content-collection -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/content-collection/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add incluud/astro-agent-skills --skill content-collection -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/content-collection/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install incluud/astro-agent-skills content-collection
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/content-collection/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add incluud/astro-agent-skills --skill content-collection -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/incluud/astro-agent-skills --path skills/content-collection
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/content-collection/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add incluud/astro-agent-skills --skill content-collection -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/incluud/astro-agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/content-collection/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- design typed Astro content collections
- load entries from local folders or data files
- connect entries with `reference()`
- migrate collections to the current Content Layer API
- validate schemas after collection changes

## Example prompts
- Set up blog and author collections in `src/content.config.ts` with typed fields, references, and image validation.
- Migrate this project from the legacy Astro content API and update its entry queries.
- Check every collection after the edit, fix schema errors, then run `npx astro sync`.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: content-collection
description: Set up and evolve Astro content collections with typed schemas and reliable querying patterns.
---

# Astro Content Collections

Use this skill when creating or refactoring structured content in Astro, such as blogs, docs, changelogs, case studies, team data, or other schema-driven content.

If `astro-best-practices` is available, apply it alongside this skill for naming, accessibility, and performance defaults.

## Workflow

### 1. Decide whether the collection is build-time or live

Most content sites should use build-time collections in `src/content.config.*`. Only reach for live collections in `src/live.config.*` when the data truly needs request-time freshness.

Before coding, decide:

- which collections exist
- which fields are required
- which relationships need references
- whether assets such as images should be validated

Favor a schema that reflects how the site queries content, not just how frontmatter currently looks.

### 2. Define collections in `src/content.config.*`

Use the current Content Layer API. For build-time collections:

- define them in `src/content.config.ts` (or `.js` / `.mjs`)
- give every collection a `loader`
- import `z` from `astro/zod`
- do not use `type: 'content'` or `type: 'data'`

Example:

```ts
import { defineCollection, reference } from 'astro:content'
import { glob } from 'astro/loaders'
import { z } from 'astro/zod'

const blog = defineCollection({
  loader: glob({ base: './src/content/blog', pattern: '**/*.{md,mdx}' }),
  schema: ({ image }) => z.object({
    title: z.string(),
    description: z.string(),
    publishDate: z.coerce.date(),
    updatedDate: z.coerce.date().optional(),
    author: reference('authors'),
    cover: image().optional(),
    tags: z.array(z.string()).default([]),
    draft: z.boolean().default(false),
  }),
})

const authors = defineCollection({
  loader: glob({ base: './src/data/authors', pattern: '**/*.json' }),
  schema: z.object({
    name: z.string(),
    email: z.email().optional(),
    avatar: z.url().optional(),
  }),
})

export const collections = { blog, authors }
```

Useful patterns:

- `glob()` for folders of local entries
- `file()` for a single JSON or other data file
- `z.enum(...)` for controlled values
- `z.coerce.date()` for frontmatter dates
- `reference('collection-name')` for relationships
- `schema: ({ image }) => ...` when image validation matters

### 3. Keep the collection shape current

For Astro 6 and newer:

- use `src/content.config.*`, not `src/content/config.*`
- use `entry.id` as the slug-like identifier in URLs and queries
- use `entry.filePath` only when you truly need the source path
- use `getEntry()` instead of legacy `getEntryBySlug()` or `getDataEntryById()`

Prefer a stable folder structure and predictable IDs. Avoid scattering content across route folders if it is logically a collection.

### 4. Query with intent

Use the content APIs that match the job:
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