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name: new-blog-post description: Create a new blog post with proper Quarto structure, frontmatter, and directory layout. Use when adding articles, tutorials, thoughts, or any blog content. allowed-tools: Write, Bash(mkdir:), Bash(date:)

Creating a New Blog Post

Instructions

When creating a new blog post:

1. Generate the slug from the title:

   • Convert to lowercase
   • Replace spaces with hyphens
   • Remove special characters
   • Example: "My Awesome Post!" -> "my-awesome-post"

2. Create the directory structure:

   Copyposts/<slug>/
   └── index.qmd
   

3. Create index.qmd with this frontmatter:

   Copy---
   title: "Post Title"
   author: "Glenn Matlin"
   date: YYYY-MM-DD
   categories: [category1, category2]
   description: "Brief description for previews and SEO (under 160 characters)"
   image: featured.png
   draft: false
   ---
   

4. Add initial content structure:

   CopyBrief introduction paragraph...
   
   ## Section Heading
   
   Content...
   
   ## Conclusion
   
   Wrap-up...
   

Category Suggestions

Common categories for this academic site:

• AI, Machine Learning, NLP, LLMs
• Research, Publications
• Python, Programming, Tools
• Career, PhD Life, Academia
• Tutorials, How-To

Example

For a post titled "Understanding Transformer Architectures":

File: posts/understanding-transformer-architectures/index.qmd

Copy---
title: "Understanding Transformer Architectures"
author: "Glenn Matlin"
date: 2025-01-15
categories: [AI, Machine Learning, Deep Learning]
description: "A deep dive into transformer architectures and their impact on modern NLP"
draft: false
---

The transformer architecture has revolutionized natural language processing...

After Creation

Suggest running quarto preview to verify the post renders correctly.