Content & Documentation

Contentlayer CMS

Type-safe content management with Contentlayer for structured content in code-based projects.

Claude Code Cursor Copilot

Overview

Contentlayer transforms content files (Markdown, MDX, JSON) into type-safe data structures that integrate seamlessly with your application code. AI agents can define content schemas, validate content, and generate typed content APIs.

The tool automatically generates TypeScript types from content schemas, providing autocomplete and type checking for content fields. Agents can create and validate content documents, ensure schema compliance, and manage content relationships between different document types.

Contentlayer works well with Next.js and other React frameworks, providing a content layer that feels like a local database. Teams can define strict content schemas while AI agents handle the creation and validation of content that conforms to those schemas.

Who Is This For?

Define type-safe content schemas for blog posts
Validate content frontmatter against schemas
Generate typed content APIs for application use
Migrate existing content to Contentlayer schemas

Installation

Setup for Claude Code

npm install contentlayer next-contentlayer

Configuration

// contentlayer.config.ts
import { defineDocumentType, makeSource } from 'contentlayer/source-files';

const Post = defineDocumentType(() => ({
  name: 'Post',
  filePathPattern: '**/*.mdx',
  fields: {
    title: { type: 'string', required: true },
    date: { type: 'date', required: true },
  },
}));

export default makeSource({
  contentDirPath: 'content',
  documentTypes: [Post],
});