Astro Content Collections

Use this skill when creating or refactoring structured content in Astro, such as blogs, docs, changelogs, case studies, team data, or other schema-driven content.

If astro-best-practices is available, apply it alongside this skill for naming, accessibility, and performance defaults.

Workflow

1. Decide whether the collection is build-time or live

Most content sites should use build-time collections in src/content.config.*. Only reach for live collections in src/live.config.* when the data truly needs request-time freshness.

Before coding, decide:

• which collections exist
• which fields are required
• which relationships need references
• whether assets such as images should be validated