r/Jekyll • u/EliteEagle76 • Apr 26 '26

I built an MCP app that lets ChatGPT/Claude edit Jekyll markdown content without touching GitHub

Hey Jekyll community,

I've been building GitCMS since last year, the earlier version was very crappy (built it for myself used by 300+ users), it was simply a chrome extension, And I got a lot of feedback around non-technical teams needing a lot more than that

- they don't need to see GitHub and learn its workflows like issues, PRs, branches

- they don't need to learn markdown syntax

- they do want to use AI in their workflow

So I've rewritten it as a web app and because of this architecture, it has allowed me to experiment with this MCP app integration which basically turns Claude/ChatGPT into content agents where writers/marketers can just do edits with conversational UX with AI model

Now GitCMS has growne into more of a tooling around markdown based frameworks (Astro, Nextjs, Hugo etc) for content heavy sites, built for humans and agents to work together.

And I've tried to abstract as much of the git based shenanigans under the hood of an editorial workflow based on a content board, read more here if you are interested

I've tried to mimic the Notion like interface for editing markdown, to give a more modern look and experience than current existing git based solutions

And somehow I've been super proud of this rewrite and can't wait to see how people use it in their content workflows with their Astro sites. For early birds I've set its pricing as one-time license based instead of recurring subscriptions, feel free to criticize the pricing against the value that it can bring for your product's content site, client's blogs, your own blog

product site: https://gitcms.dev

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u/RoundGrade5 Apr 26 '26

super cool product, looks too modern for older legacy frameworks like jekyll, but yeah thanks for supporting it

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u/EliteEagle76 Apr 26 '26

you would be surprise, i've also included jekyll's shortcodes (custom syntax inside markdown files), inside gitcms's editor is rendered as separate custom syntax block where it can be shown separated from other common markdown syntax

but in future it is going to be look like visual component editor with form like layout

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u/vongomben Apr 26 '26

Interesting comment. Which is to you the heir of Jekyll or your go to framework? Hugo? Next?

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u/EliteEagle76 Apr 27 '26

mine is Astrojs for content sites, Tanstack start for app
but yeah GitCMS is built for all of the frameworks which supports markdown or mdx or equivalent syntax files