Create a New Blog Post

Scaffold a new blog post with everything ready to write.

Arguments

The argument should be a short description of the post topic, e.g. "Dataverse search for unauthenticated agents" or "WebChat middleware patterns". If not provided, ask.

Steps

1. Ask for details (if not provided):

   • Post topic / working title
   • Author GitHub username (check _data/authors.yml — if not there, add them)

2. Generate the slug from the topic. Use lowercase, hyphens, no special characters. Keep it short but descriptive. Today's date for the prefix.

3. Create a branch: post/<slug> (e.g., post/dataverse-search-unauthenticated)

4. Create the post file at _posts/YYYY-MM-DD-<slug>.md with front matter:

---
layout: post
title: "<Working Title>"
date: YYYY-MM-DD
categories: [copilot-studio, <second-category>]
tags: []
description: ""
author: <author-key>
image:
  path: /assets/posts/<slug>/header.png
  alt: ""
---

<!-- Write your post here -->

5. Create the assets folder: assets/posts/<slug>/

6. Add author to _data/authors.yml if they're not already there. Ask for their display name if needed.

7. Report the file path, branch name, and next steps:

   • Write the post in the markdown file
   • Add images to assets/posts/<slug>/
   • Preview with /mcscatblog-local-server
   • Review with /mcscatblog-review-post <file>
   • Submit with /mcscatblog-submit-pr

Notes

• Do NOT set published: false — the post lives on a feature branch so there's no risk of it going live prematurely. Unpublished posts don't render on the local dev server, which makes previewing impossible.
• Leave tags empty — they should be chosen during review to maximize Chirpy "Further Reading" overlap
• Leave description empty — it should be written after the post content is finalized
• Categories: always include copilot-studio as the first category