I Built a 7-Stage Blog Pipeline with Claude Code

Build a 7-stage blog pipeline with Claude Code skills. From topic to published post with translations, SEO, and Telegram announcements.

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Writing blog posts manually is a pain. SEO metadata, translations, deployment, social announcements — each step is a context switch that kills momentum.

What Was the Problem?

I wanted to write more but the friction was real. Draft in one place, translate in another, deploy via CLI, then copy-paste to Telegram. Half my energy went to orchestration, not writing.

Which Failed Attempts Came First?

First I tried shell scripts. Too brittle. Then GitHub Actions — overkill for a personal blog. I needed something that understood context, could write, edit, and execute.

Why Claude Code Skills?

Claude Code has a skills system — markdown files that define reusable workflows. I built a 7-stage pipeline:

ANALYZE → WRITE → EDIT → TRANSLATE → BUILD → DEPLOY → ANNOUNCE

# One command triggers all 7 stages:
/blog-pipeline How I debugged a Vite HMR issue

Each stage has clear inputs and outputs. ANALYZE scans my Claude sessions for struggle stories. WRITE generates the post with SEO and cover art specs. TRANSLATE handles EN→UK. DEPLOY pushes to Vercel. ANNOUNCE posts to my Telegram channel via a Railway-hosted bot.

# Stage 7: ANNOUNCE to Telegram
curl -X POST "$RAILWAY_API_URL" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $RAILWAY_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"content": "📝 New post! **Title** 🔗 URL"}'
Pro Tip: The best automation is invisible. One command, zero context switches. Let the machine handle the boring parts so you can focus on the interesting ones.