Create Astro/Starlight MDX Content

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Assists in creating MDX content pages for Astro/Starlight projects. It guides the user through clarifying the article's core message, choosing a category (tech or life), setting up frontmatter and sidebar entries, and following content guidelines to avoid AI-like writing. Useful when adding blog posts or technical articles to a Starlight documentation site.

Sby Skills Guide Bot
ContentIntermediate
6/2/2026
Claude Code
#astro#starlight#mdx#blogging#content-creation

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Automated summary

Creates Astro/Starlight MDX content pages following a structured process including clarification, categorization, and anti-AI writing guidelines.

Strengths

  • Multi-step process that clarifies the core message before writing.
  • Includes a 'wall-hitting' phase to avoid generic content.
  • Detailed guidance on file structure, frontmatter, and sidebar updates.
  • Specific instructions to avoid AI-like writing patterns.

Limitations

  • Specific to Astro/Starlight and a particular directory structure.
  • Requires the user to provide detailed information (category, slug, etc.).
  • Does not handle publishing or deployment.
When to use it

Use this skill when you need to add a structured article or MDX page to an existing Astro/Starlight project.

When not to use it

Avoid this skill if the site is not Astro/Starlight, or if you want quick unstructured content generation without user interaction.

Security analysis

Safe
Quality score90/100

The skill provides guidance for creating Astro/Starlight MDX content pages and updating a sidebar configuration file. It does not involve execution of any commands that could be destructive or exfiltrate data; the suggested npm commands are standard development tasks and are only recommended, not automatically executed.

No concerns found

How this analysis is made

Examples

Write a new article
Write a new article about my experience learning Rust, put it in the Tech category.
Add an MDX page
Add an MDX page about my hiking trip in the Life category.
Create a blog post
Create a blog post on the benefits of static site generators, title it 'Why I Love Astro'.

name: astro-content description: Create Astro/Starlight MDX content pages. Use when the user says "write a new article", "add a blog post", "create content in Tech/Life category", or "add an MDX page".

astro-content

Create Astro/Starlight MDX content pages.

Trigger Examples

  • "Write a new article"
  • "Add an article to Tech category"
  • "Create a blog post"
  • "Add an MDX page"

Directory Structure

app/src/content/docs/
├── about-me/          # About Me section
│   └── overview.mdx
├── tech/              # Tech articles
│   └── *.mdx
└── life/              # Life articles
    └── *.mdx

Execution Flow

0. Wall-Hitting Phase (Before Writing)

Before creating files, have a conversation with the user to clarify the article's direction:

  1. Clarify the core message

    • Ask: "What do you want readers to take away?"
    • Identify the single most important point
  2. Dig into experiences and episodes

    • Ask for concrete stories, failures, and learnings
    • Extract raw, unpolished details (these become authentic content)
  3. Decide writing style early

    • Japanese: Confirm「だ・である調」vs「ですます調」before writing
    • English: Confirm formal vs conversational tone
  4. Verify title-content alignment

    • Ensure the title matches the core message
    • If the content evolves, revisit the title

1. Confirm Category

Ask user for category:

| Category | Purpose | |----------|---------| | tech | Technical articles (Cloud, AI, DevOps, Architecture, etc.) | | life | Lifestyle, hobbies, journals, etc. |

2. Gather Article Information

Confirm the following:

  • Title: Article title
  • Description: One-sentence summary
  • Slug: URL path (e.g., tech/genkit-intro → /tech/genkit-intro/)
  • Draft: Whether it's a draft (default: false)

3. Create MDX File

File path: app/src/content/docs/{category}/{slug}.mdx

Frontmatter template:

---
title: <title>
description: <description>
draft: true  # Only if draft
---

With hero image:

---
title: <title>
description: <description>
hero:
  tagline: <subtitle>
  image:
    alt: <image description>
    file: ../../../assets/<image-file>
---

4. Update sidebar.ts

Add new article to app/src/sidebar.ts:

{
  label: "Tech",
  items: [
    { label: "<Article Title>", slug: "tech/<slug>" },
  ],
},

5. Assets (Optional)

If using images:

  1. Place image in app/src/assets/
  2. Import and use in MDX:
import myImage from '../../../assets/my-image.png';

<img src={myImage.src} alt="Description" style="..." />

Content Guidelines

  1. Language: English or Japanese (follow user preference)
  2. Markdown: Use GitHub Flavored Markdown
  3. Headings: Start with ## (# is auto-generated from title by Starlight)
  4. Lists: Use bullet points for readability
  5. Code blocks: Always specify language (typescript, bash, etc.)
  6. Emoji: Use sparingly (only when user explicitly requests)

Avoiding AI-like Writing

Common patterns that make articles feel "AI-generated" — avoid these:

Headings

  • Avoid: 「転機:〜」「結論:〜」「まとめ」 (feels formulaic)
  • Better: Simple, direct headings that flow naturally from content

Structure

  • Avoid: Overly organized tables summarizing points (feels forced)
  • Better: Let the narrative carry the message; tables only when genuinely helpful

Introductions

  • Avoid: Starting with a dialogue or rhetorical question that feels staged
  • Better: Jump into the topic directly or share a brief personal context

Conclusions

  • Avoid: Abrupt transition to "## 結論" with bullet-point summaries
  • Better: Use a horizontal rule (---) and let the closing flow naturally from the content

Tone

  • Avoid: Overly balanced statements ("〜かもしれない" everywhere)
  • Better: Take a stance when you have conviction; acknowledge uncertainty honestly when you don't

Key principle

If a section feels "too neat" or "too organized," it probably needs more raw, human detail. Ask the user for specific episodes, failures, or emotions to make it authentic.

Post-Creation Verification

After creation, suggest:

cd app && npm run build && npm run lint && npm run typecheck

Verify build succeeds.

From the file to a first result

The download contains exactly the content displayed on this page. This copy may differ from the latest version in the source repository.

View the source and supporting files

This download contains SKILL.md only. Any scripts, references, templates and dependencies are not included. Get the required files from the source, preserving their directory structure, before continuing.

1. Download the file

Download SKILL.md

From the root of a test project, save the file as .skill-downloads/create-astro-starlight-mdx-content-mm5t89l4/SKILL.md, or use the command below. This folder is for inspecting the skill before installation.

Command for macOS/Linux or WSL: requires a POSIX shell and curl. On Windows without WSL, use the download button and create the folder manually.

mkdir -p '.skill-downloads/create-astro-starlight-mdx-content-mm5t89l4' && curl --fail --show-error --location 'https://skills-guides.com/api/skills/create-astro-starlight-mdx-content-mm5t89l4/download' --output '.skill-downloads/create-astro-starlight-mdx-content-mm5t89l4/SKILL.md.part' && mv '.skill-downloads/create-astro-starlight-mdx-content-mm5t89l4/SKILL.md.part' '.skill-downloads/create-astro-starlight-mdx-content-mm5t89l4/SKILL.md'

2. Check prerequisites

Read SKILL.md before using it. If it references scripts or external services, inspect them and prepare the required access in your test environment.

No recognized prerequisites section in this file. This does not mean it is self-contained: libraries, tools and access requirements may be mentioned elsewhere in the content or source repository.

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3. Load the skill

After inspection, copy the complete folder into your project using one of the commands below, then open a new tool session. The command stops if a folder with the same name already exists: compare the files before replacing it.

Claude Code
test -f '.skill-downloads/create-astro-starlight-mdx-content-mm5t89l4/SKILL.md' && test -s '.skill-downloads/create-astro-starlight-mdx-content-mm5t89l4/SKILL.md' && mkdir -p '.claude/skills' && test ! -e '.claude/skills/astro-content' && cp -R '.skill-downloads/create-astro-starlight-mdx-content-mm5t89l4' '.claude/skills/astro-content'

OpenSkills

OpenSkills must already be installed. The local install/read procedure is checked with OpenSkills 1.5.0, which requires Node.js ≥ 20.6.0. Catalog slugs are not resolved automatically.

Official OpenSkills installation
openskills install './.skill-downloads/create-astro-starlight-mdx-content-mm5t89l4'

openskills read 'create-astro-starlight-mdx-content-mm5t89l4'

Reading should display the installed file content and its base directory. It does not run the skill or install its dependencies.

For an agent that reads AGENTS.md, then sync the index. This command changes AGENTS.md: review the diff before using it.

openskills sync

Manual method or another tool: attach SKILL.md to a conversation, or open it in an agent that can read files. Include any required supporting resources. No universal folder is recognized by every tool.

4. Try a first task

Use a short, synthetic input: an API endpoint, a small document or an interface brief. In a new conversation, attach the file or give the agent its path, then adapt this request:

Read .skill-downloads/create-astro-starlight-mdx-content-mm5t89l4/SKILL.md and apply its instructions to this example: [describe a test input]. Identify any missing files, dependencies or access. Produce the result requested by the skill without inventing data or running unreviewed scripts.

Expected result: output matching the skill instructions, or a precise list of missing prerequisites. A read confirmation alone does not validate a first use. If an external resource is unavailable, that path remains untested.

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