Integrate Product Site

OpenBlog is a blog module, not a full site builder. This skill wires the blog into an existing product domain so header/footer/logo match the main site.

This is the recommended default when the user mentions a product URL, marketing site, existing nav/footer, or “add blog to my site”.

Agent: confirm with the user

Before scaffolding, ask:

Do you already have a product site? If yes, start from INTEGRATION.md (subdirectory / subdomain / monorepo). Use create-openblog only for a greenfield demo.

If they have a site URL → proceed below. If greenfield only → hand off to setup-blog-module.

Start by reading INTEGRATION.md — it is the single entry point.

When to use

• User has a product site and wants /blog, a subdomain, or monorepo merge
• User needs navbar/footer/logo aligned with the main site
• User asks to run npm run integrate or configure chrome.mode

Three layers (do not confuse)

Reuse components from the product site first. If a required navbar, footer, breadcrumb, article layout, or other named component does not exist, use Bricks component-builder for construction guidance, then implement it in the target repository. Do not copy Bricks guidance into OpenBlog.

Choose integration pattern

Reverse proxy / broken CSS → integrations/patterns/reverse-proxy.md

Checklist

1. openblog.config.ts → chrome

chrome: {
  mode: "custom",              // openblog-default | custom | inherit-monorepo
  siteUrl: "https://yourproduct.com",
  homeUrl: "https://yourproduct.com",
  logo: "/brand/logo.svg",
  logoAlt: "Your Product",
  nav: [ /* header links */ ],
  footer: { /* optional columns */ },
}

• inherit-monorepo — reuse Header/Footer from main app; wire overrides in templates/next/src/chrome/overrides/
• See integrations/chrome/brand.manifest.example.json

2. Edit site-chrome.ts

templates/next/src/chrome/site-chrome.ts — defaults when chrome.nav / chrome.footer are not set in config. Align link labels and URLs with the product site manually.

3. Brand import (partial automation)

npm run integrate -- --site https://yourproduct.com
# → integrations/chrome/.generated/brand.manifest.json

Extracts title, theme-color, og:image, favicon — draft only. Copy hints into config or compare with the example manifest. Nav labels from HTML parse are fragile — review manually.

4. Environment

SITE_URL=https://yourproduct.com
DEPLOY_MODE=subdirectory
BLOG_BASE_PATH=/blog

5. Validate

npm run validate:posts
npm run build

SEO scope

OpenBlog covers blog module SEO — sitemap, RSS, robots for blog paths, JSON-LD per post. Site-level items (marketing pages, product homepage meta, llms.txt) belong to the host site, not this skill.

Related skills

• Not sure which path? Start with blog-cms.
• Greenfield (no existing site)? Use setup-blog-module.
• Blog post SEO checks? Use validate-blog-seo (frontmatter, canonical, build — not site-wide audit).

Out of scope

Do not use this skill for:

• Scraping or reverse-engineering full product navbar/footer as React components → copy from main repo or use inherit-monorepo
• Product homepage SEO, docs SEO, or marketing page optimization
• Google Search Console setup or indexing submission → host site handoff (see publish skill)