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Blogging Mechanism - Frontmatter Management

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Execution Plan​

Establish automated mechanisms to maintain blog post frontmatter consistency and accuracy, including:

  • Frontmatter cleanup and standardization
  • Automated frontmatter validation and fixing
  • Self-healing prompts for frontmatter management
  • Scripts to ensure required frontmatter fields are present

Execution Results / Attempts​

✅ Frontmatter Management Established (2025-09-10 to 2025-09-15)​

Work Period: September 10, 2025 to September 15, 2025

Commits: 3 commits related to frontmatter management

Key Accomplishments:

  • Cleaned up blog post frontmatter across the blog
  • Created mechanisms to keep frontmatter up to date
  • Added prompt-based system to help manage frontmatter
  • Created self-healing prompt for frontmatter updates
  • Fixed multiple frontmatter issues using automated tools

Notable Commits:

  • fb310e2f (2025-09-10): Cleaning up blog post frontmatter + mechanisms to keep frontmatter up to date + plan for SEO
  • 6db853e2 (2025-09-15): Added prompt to help manage frontmatter
  • 509373789 (2025-09-15): Fixed a bunch of front matter with update to the self-healing prompt

Tools Created:

  • scripts/fix_frontmatter.py: Python script to automatically fix and standardize frontmatter in markdown files
    • Ensures required fields (slug, title, description) are present
    • Extracts title from content if missing
    • Standardizes frontmatter format
    • Located at: bytesofpurpose-blog/scripts/fix_frontmatter.py

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Status: Frontmatter management mechanisms have been successfully established. The blog now has automated tools and processes to maintain frontmatter consistency, supporting SEO efforts and content organization. The self-healing prompt system enables ongoing maintenance of frontmatter quality.