Safe Publish

What it does

The Safe Publish skill enables AI agents to securely and reliably publish Webflow sites through a structured workflow. It involves checking site status, identifying changes (pages and CMS content), performing pre-publish validations, generating previews, and requiring explicit confirmation before publishing. Crucially, this skill only utilizes the provided Webflow Model Context Protocol (MCP) tools for all operations.

When to use it

• When you need a controlled and validated process for deploying updates to a Webflow site.
• Before launching significant changes or new content on a Webflow website.
• To ensure that draft CMS items are handled correctly during the publishing process.
• When needing to verify SEO metadata and broken references before publication.

Key capabilities

• Site Information Retrieval: Retrieves details like last published date, custom domains, and locale settings using data_sites_tool with action get_site.
• Page Change Detection: Identifies pages modified since the last publish using data_pages_tool with action list_pages.
• CMS Content Check: Lists CMS collections and checks for draft items using data_cms_tool with actions get_collection_list and list_collection_items.
• Pre-Publish Validation: Verifies collection references, required fields, and warns about unpublished draft items.
• Detailed Preview Generation: Shows pages and CMS items to be published, along with warnings for any issues detected.
• Explicit Confirmation Required: Requires the user to type "publish" before proceeding with deployment.

Example prompts

• “Check the status of my Webflow site.”
• “List all pages on my Webflow site that have been modified recently.”
• “Show me a preview of what will be published, including any warnings.”
• “Publish my Webflow site to both the subdomain and custom domains.”

Tips & gotchas

• MCP Dependency: This skill exclusively uses Webflow MCP tools. Do not attempt to use other methods for Webflow operations.
• Context Parameter Required: All tool calls require a context parameter (15-25 words) describing the action being performed in third person.
• Confirmation Requirement: The agent will not publish the site until you explicitly type "publish" as confirmation. Simply typing “yes” or “y” will not trigger the publishing process.