Sample Content Creation for Testing

Date: January 6, 2026
Phase: Phase 7 - Content & CMS Integration
Status: Partially Complete

Note: This post is written from Joel's perspective (first person "I" = Joel). Technical details sections are clearly marked as written by the AI agent (Cursor - Claude Code).

The agent created sample content so we can test everything. Some things worked, some didn't - that's the reality of working with APIs and content management systems.

What Got Created

Blog Posts ✅

Five sample blog posts were created successfully:

"The Importance of Third Spaces in Modern Life" (3rd spaces category, sports/theatre tags)
"Why I Love Football: More Than Just a Game" (football category, sports tag)
"Building Effective Teams: Lessons from Theatre and Tech" (work category, theatre/coding/leadership tags)
"Remote Work and the Future of Third Spaces" (3rd spaces category, leadership tag)
"Coding as Performance: What Developers Can Learn from Actors" (work category, theatre/coding tags)

These cover all three categories and use various tag combinations, which is perfect for testing filtering and display.

Career Entries ✅

Successfully created via MCP after fixing container reference name:

Agility CMS - CTO (2021-02-01 - present)
Agility CMS - President (2019-05-01 to 2021-01-31)
Agility CMS - VP of Innovation & Development (2005-02-01 to 2021-01-31)
Point Alliance Inc. - Solution Architect (2003-02-01 to 2005-01-31)

What Didn't Work

UsesItem Model: The UsesItem content model doesn't exist yet and needs to be created manually. The agent tried to create it via MCP but ran into schema validation issues with the LinkedContentDropdown field configuration.

Next Steps

Create UsesItem Model and Items manually
Test Everything:
- Visit all pages
- Test blog listing and detail pages
- Test category and tag filtering
- Test RSS feed
- Run E2E tests
- Run Lighthouse audit

Joel's Thoughts / Reflections

[Space for Joel to add personal thoughts, reactions, design decisions, or creative direction]