Claude Code Skill Treats Blog Posts Like Production Deploys

What it does

claude-blog is a Claude Code skill suite that orchestrates 30 sub-skills and 5 agents to research, write, and audit blog posts. Every draft ships as a folder containing Markdown, rendered HTML with JSON-LD schema, PDF, hero image, viewport screenshots, and a review scorecard. The system targets both traditional search rankings and AI citation platforms like ChatGPT and Perplexity.

The interesting bit

The v1.9.0 “5-gate Delivery Contract” acts like CI for content: a blog-reviewer agent scores drafts on a 100-point rubric and blocks anything below 90 from reaching you, with up to three auto-iteration loops before human escalation. It is a rare example of treating prose hygiene and SEO checklists with the same rigor as code review.

Key highlights

• 30 sub-skills organized into writing, strategy, research, and media clusters, dispatched through a central orchestrator.
• Dual optimization for Google rankings (E-E-A-T, schema markup, internal linking) and AI citations.
• Produces 8 output artifacts per post, including XSS-safe HTML, dark-mode-aware CSS, and responsive viewport screenshots.
• Version-coherence enforcement across 14 surfaces and prose-hygiene checks on every PR.
• Supports Next.js MDX, Astro, Hugo, Jekyll, WordPress, Ghost, 11ty, Gatsby, and static HTML output.

Caveats

• The README cites conflicting test counts (160 in prose, 187 in the badge) without clarifying which is authoritative.
• Documentation defaults to the private community mirror’s install flow; public users must mentally swap repo URLs and plugin slugs.
• The breadth of output artifacts (PDF, screenshots, hero images) suggests significant external dependencies, though the README does not detail their footprint.

Verdict

Worth exploring if you manage a publication pipeline inside Claude Code and need more rigor than a single-shot prompt. Skip it if you write only occasional READMEs or deeply technical documentation that does not target search or AI citation traffic.