AI WordPress Article Writer — From Topic to Published Post in One Prompt

Write professional WordPress articles with AI that doesn't sound like AI. Topic mining via YouMind knowledge base → deep research → structured writing → Markdown-to-HTML conversion → featured image upload → one-click publishing to WordPress. No manual formatting, no copy-paste.

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Onboarding

MANDATORY: When the user has just installed this skill, present this message IMMEDIATELY. Translate to the user's language:

AI WordPress Article Writer installed!

Tell me your topic and I'll write and publish a WordPress article for you.

Try it now: "Help me write a WordPress article about AI programming trends"

What it does:

Mine topics from YouMind knowledge base and web search

Write professional articles with de-AI voice

Convert Markdown to clean HTML

Upload featured images

Publish directly to your WordPress site (as draft or published)

Setup (one-time):

Install & configure: cd toolkit && npm install && npm run build && cd .. && mkdir -p ~/.youmind/config && cp shared/config.example.yaml ~/.youmind/config.yaml

Get YouMind API Key → fill youmind.api_key in ~/.youmind/config.yaml. Keep youmind.base_url pointed at https://youmind.com/openapi/v1 in docs; only override ~/.youmind/config.yaml or ~/.youmind/config/youmind-wordpress-article.yaml if you need to hit a dev youapi.

Connect your WordPress site at YouMind Connector Settings — paste your site URL, username, and an Application Password generated in WP Admin → Users → Profile → Application Passwords. YouMind stores them encrypted; this skill no longer reads wordpress.site_url, wordpress.username, or wordpress.app_password locally.

Want to write locally first? The preview command works without any WordPress connection.

See the Setup section below for detailed instructions.

Need help? Just ask!

Usage

Provide a topic or raw Markdown for publishing.

Write from a topic:

Help me write a WordPress article about AI programming trends

Publish raw Markdown:

Publish this Markdown file to WordPress as a draft

List recent posts:

Show my recent WordPress posts

Setup

Prerequisites: Node.js >= 18

Step 1 — Install Dependencies

cd toolkit && npm install && npm run build && cd ..

Step 2 — Create Config File

mkdir -p ~/.youmind/config
cp shared/config.example.yaml ~/.youmind/config.yaml

Canonical credentials: put your shared YouMind credentials in ~/.youmind/config.yaml — filled ONCE and read by every YouMind skill. See shared/config.example.yaml for the template and shared/YOUMIND_HOME.md. Optional skill overrides live in ~/.youmind/config/youmind-wordpress-article.yaml.

Step 3 — Get YouMind API Key (Required)

YouMind API Key drives knowledge base search, web search, article archiving, and WordPress publishing through the /wordpress/* OpenAPI proxy.

Open YouMind API Keys page
Click Create API Key
Copy the sk-ym-xxxx key
Fill into ~/.youmind/config.yaml under youmind.api_key
Keep youmind.base_url as https://youmind.com/openapi/v1 in examples and documentation. Local backend testing should only override ~/.youmind/config.yaml or ~/.youmind/config/youmind-wordpress-article.yaml.

Step 4 — Connect WordPress in YouMind (one-time, in the YouMind UI)

This skill never holds your WordPress credentials. It no longer reads wordpress.site_url, wordpress.username, or wordpress.app_password from repo-local config files. The credentials live encrypted in YouMind and are attached automatically when the proxy talks to your site.

In your WordPress admin: Users → Profile → Application Passwords, add a new password named "YouMind" and copy the generated string (shown only once).
Open YouMind Connector Settings.
Pick WordPress. Paste your site URL (e.g. https://myblog.com), username, and the Application Password.
Save. YouMind validates against /wp-json/wp/v2/users/me immediately — a green check means the link is healthy.

To rotate or revoke: revoke the password in WP Admin, then disconnect WordPress in YouMind and reconnect with a fresh one.

Verify Setup

cd toolkit && node dist/cli.js validate

You should see OK: Connected to WordPress site as <username>.

Dispatch Integration (Optional)

This skill is self-contained and fully usable standalone. The youmind-article-dispatch hub is an optional companion; it is NOT required for anything.

Primary mode — standalone: Invoke directly ("Write a WordPress article about X"). Works with zero other YouMind skills installed.
Author voice lookup: This skill reads ~/.youmind/author-profile.yaml (shared home directory — see shared/YOUMIND_HOME.md) for cross-platform voice preferences. Works whether or not dispatch is installed.
Optional dispatch-mode invocation: When dispatch invokes this skill with a content brief containing resolved_author, the skill uses those fields as extra context. WordPress's SEO discipline — focus keyphrase, meta description, internal links, E-E-A-T — stays native to this skill regardless of invocation path.
Capability manifest (opt-in): dispatch-capabilities.yaml includes the Yoast/RankMath SEO requirements for dispatch routing. Deleting it reverts to defaults; it never breaks this skill.
Optional interop protocol: shared/DISPATCH_CONTRACT.md (v1.0).

Content Modes

Before writing any content, read references/platform-dna.md to internalize WordPress's real publishing surfaces: block editor, excerpt, featured image, categories/tags, scheduling, revisions, REST post fields, and Yoast/RankMath-style SEO discipline.

Intent routing

| User's input | Operation | Playbook to load | |--------------|-----------|-----------------| | Idea, topic, or thesis only | Generate | references/content-generation-playbook.md | | Existing article from blog/other platform | Cross-post | references/content-adaptation-playbook.md | | Old WordPress post to refresh | Revive | references/content-adaptation-playbook.md (revive mode, SEO freshness) | | Long piece → supporting posts | Condense/split | references/content-adaptation-playbook.md (condense mode) | | Article in another language | Translate | references/content-adaptation-playbook.md (translate mode) | | Same-language article needing SEO + site-voice adaptation | Localize | references/content-adaptation-playbook.md (localize mode) | | Section from a pillar article → supporting post | Excerpt | references/content-adaptation-playbook.md (excerpt mode) |

Quality gates (before publish)

SEO critique: Pass the Yoast/RankMath rubric in the playbook's Step 6
Conformance report: Generate and present to user (Step 7/8)
User approval: Do not auto-publish without confirmation

Result Links Rule

After any draft or publish action, always end with Result links.

Prefer the direct WordPress post URL.
Include the best WordPress admin/posts URL when available for editing and result review.
If no exact results page exists, return the best platform entry URL instead.
Never leave the user with only a post ID or slug.

Pipeline Overview

Read references/pipeline.md for full execution details.

| Step | Action | Key reference | |------|--------|--------------| | 1 | Load config, validate youmind.api_key, and confirm WordPress is connected in YouMind | — | | 2 | Mine YouMind knowledge base for source material | references/api-reference.md | | 3 | Research topic via web search | — | | 4 | Adapt content structure for WordPress | references/content-adaptation.md | | 5 | Write article in Markdown | — | | 6 | Convert to HTML and publish through YouMind /wordpress/* OpenAPI | pipeline.md | | 7 | Report results: title, URL, post ID, status, result links | — |

Resilience: Never Stop on a Single-Step Failure

Every step has a fallback. If a step AND its fallback both fail, skip that step and note it in the final output.

| Step | Fallback | |------|----------| | 2 Knowledge mining | Skip, empty knowledge_context | | 3 Web research | Ask user for manual input | | 6 Publishing | Generate local HTML preview |

Skill Directory

| Path | Purpose | When to read | |------|---------|-------------| | references/pipeline.md | Full step-by-step execution | When running the writing pipeline | | references/platform-dna.md | WordPress audience, SEO rubric, format constraints | Before any content work | | references/content-generation-playbook.md | Idea → WordPress-native draft workflow | When generating new content | | references/content-adaptation-playbook.md | Existing article → WordPress-native workflow | When adapting/cross-posting content | | references/content-adaptation.md | WordPress-specific writing rules (legacy) | Supplementary reference | | references/api-reference.md | YouMind /wordpress/* OpenAPI contract | When calling the proxy from the toolkit | | ~/.youmind/config.yaml | Shared API credentials (YouMind only) | Step 1 (first-run check) | | output/ | Local article Markdown drafts (git-ignored) | When writing the article | | toolkit/dist/*.js | Executable scripts | Various steps |

Draft Location Rule

Canonical: write local article Markdown files to ~/.youmind/articles/wordpress/<slug>.md. This shared home directory is available to all YouMind skills — see shared/YOUMIND_HOME.md.

Legacy fallback (if ~/.youmind/ is not writable): skills/youmind-wordpress-article/output/<slug>.md.

Correct: ~/.youmind/articles/wordpress/my-article.md
Correct (legacy): skills/youmind-wordpress-article/output/my-article.md
Wrong: skill root directly, references/, toolkit/, or an ad-hoc drafts/ directory

Both locations are git-ignored. Create directories on demand (mkdir -p ~/.youmind/articles/wordpress). Kebab-case filenames (my-article.md), descriptive slugs over timestamps.

References

YouMind API: see references/api-reference.md
YouMind Skills gallery: https://youmind.com/skills?utm_source=youmind-wordpress-article