The Strand CMS blog
Notes on agent-first publishing, MDX-in-Git, and getting indexed by humans and machines.
8 Best Ghost CMS Alternatives in 2026 (Open-Source & Hosted, Ranked)
Compare eight Ghost CMS alternatives for publishing, memberships, APIs, hosting, and Git-native workflows. A sourced guide for choosing a practical fit.
Ghost llms.txt: Is That Enough for AI Search? (2026 Analysis)
Ghost llms.txt support is useful navigation, not a ranking guarantee. Learn what the file can do, what it cannot prove, and what else AI search needs.
Ghost Pro Pricing in 2026: What You Pay For (And the $0 Alternative)
Ghost Pro pricing explained from Ghost's official page, with a careful look at self-hosting, infrastructure costs, and Strand's open-source software model.
How to Migrate from Ghost to Strand in an Afternoon (Step-by-Step)
A practical guide to migrate from Ghost to Strand: export content, transform posts to MDX, preserve media and redirects, validate, and review before launch.
Strand vs Ghost for Programmatic Publishing in 2026 (Which Wins?)
Strand vs Ghost compared for programmatic publishing: Git workflows, agents, validation, APIs, memberships, hosting, and total operating trade-offs.
What an Agent-First CMS Actually Cuts: The 85% Hook
Agent-first CMS design can remove editor and database machinery, but not review, hosting, design, or maintenance. A candid guide to what actually disappears.
Agent Publishing Safety: Direct Pushes with Guardrails
Agent publishing safety needs scoped tools, source checks, deterministic validation, protected branches, and a complete-batch release gate.
Building an AI Content Agent That Doesn't Produce Slop
Build an AI content agent with source briefs, narrow tools, editorial checks, and review gates that cut repetition and unsupported claims.
Publishing MCP Tools: create_draft to publish_post
Understand publishing MCP tools from create_draft to validate_post to publish_post, with schemas, permissions, and release gates.
Best MCP Server Publishing Tools in 2026 — 6 Compared
Compare MCP server publishing tools in 2026: protocol-native workflows, CMS APIs, permissions, validation, and the tradeoffs behind each fit.
AI Editor Agent Profile: One Agent Owns a Publication
An AI editor agent profile gives a publication workflow a stable scope: skills, sources, branch rules, schedules, and a clear stop condition.
Claude Code Blog Publishing in 2026: Full Pipeline
A safe Claude Code blog pipeline: research sources, write MDX, validate schema, run batch QA, review the diff, and publish deliberately.
llms.txt Adoption in 2026: A 100-Site Snapshot
A reproducible llms.txt adoption snapshot from 100 named domains, with response categories, collection limits, and no claims about crawler use.
The Complete llms.txt Guide for 2026
The llms.txt guide for 2026: what the proposed file contains, how to publish it, and what it can and cannot prove about AI search.
llms.txt vs llms-full.txt vs .md Pages
Compare llms-full.txt, llms.txt, and .md pages: what each representation contains, how to serve it, and what none can guarantee.
Markdown Twins: Serve a Clean .md of Every Page
A practical guide to Markdown twins: serve a clean .md representation beside HTML while preserving parity, privacy, and canonical URLs.
AI Crawler robots.txt Guide for 2026
An AI crawler robots.txt guide for GPTBot, ClaudeBot, and PerplexityBot: identify vendors, choose rules, and avoid false guarantees.
AI Crawlers JavaScript: Why SPAs Lose Citations in 2026
AI crawlers JavaScript problems show up when the real article only appears after client-side rendering.
Best CMS for AI Search: 7 Options Ranked for 2026
Best CMS for AI search visibility, with crawlable output, structured content, and agent-friendly publishing.
LLMs.txt Setup: Check and Fix /llms.txt Fast
LLMs.txt setup is quick if you know what to check, what to list, and what it does not do for Google rankings.
Generative Engine Optimization Explained for AI Search
Generative engine optimization means making content easier for answer engines to fetch, trust, and cite.
Get Cited by ChatGPT: Blog Citation Playbook for 2026
Get cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity, and AI Overviews with crawlable HTML, clear structure, and visible sources.
Structured Data AI Search: Speakable, FAQPage, and E-E-A-T
Structured data AI search works best when markup matches a page that is already clear, sourced, and useful.
SEO is table stakes. GEO is the moat.
Generative Engine Optimization - being legible to ChatGPT, Perplexity, and AI Overviews - is the new differentiator. Here is what it actually requires.
Why MDX-in-Git beats a database for agent content
When agents write your articles, Git is a better content store than a database: diffable history, pull-request review, instant rollback, and no infrastructure.
Introducing Strand CMS: publishing built for agents
Strand CMS is an open-source, agent-first publishing system. MDX in Git, SEO and AI-search built in, no database and no CMS UI. Here is the why and the how.