Astro CMS

Manage content published to Astro static sites via the Bridge API.

Overview

The Astro CMS page provides a full content management interface for Astro environments, including posts, categories, tags, and revision history.

Architecture

Content is published through the Bridge API — a lightweight Express.js server that:

Receives post data from UniSync
Creates/updates/deletes .md files with YAML frontmatter
Triggers Astro rebuilds

Features

Post Management

Create posts directly in the CMS editor
Edit existing posts with a full Markdown editor
Delete posts (removes the .md file)
Preview content before publishing
Revision history — Track all changes to a post

Category Management

Create and manage categories
Assign posts to categories
Unique slugs per environment

Tag Management

Create and manage tags
Assign multiple tags per post
Tag-post relationship management

Post Editor

The built-in editor supports:

Markdown editing with live preview
YAML frontmatter editing
Category and tag assignment
Slug customization
Draft/published status

Bridge API Setup

See the Astro Bridge setup guide for installation and configuration.

Requirements

Node.js 18+ on the Astro server
An existing Astro project with content collections
Network access between UniSync and the Bridge API

Environments — Astro environment configuration
Astro Posts API — API endpoints
CMS API — Category and tag endpoints
Troubleshooting: Astro Bridge — Fix Bridge API issues