Publish EmDash content safely via the REST API

What it does

A skill for creating and publishing posts and pages on EmDash CMS through its REST API (or MCP tools) reliably.

• Draft → read back → publish with the fresh _rev → verify the public page over HTTPS
• Markdown-to-Portable-Text conversion, including tables, links and HTML blocks
• Image upload and correct featured_image / OG image values
• Category/tag assignment and menu items
• Bulk scheduled publishing by writing directly to D1 and R2

The bundled scripts/check_portable_text.py catches leftover Markdown markers, CR characters and unreplaced table placeholders before you send a payload.

How to use

python scripts/check_portable_text.py payload.json

Ask your agent "save this draft to EmDash and publish it after checking"; it follows the procedure from schema inspection to public-page verification.

Requirements

• An EmDash site with authenticated REST API or MCP access
• Python 3, and Node.js if you use the official markdownToPortableText

Notes

• Writes are never retried blindly; after an ambiguous failure the agent looks up the entry by ID or slug first.
• Back up the production D1 database before using the direct-write method.