Generator

Create a new collection using the built-in generator.

bin/rails generate content Post
# or only include the needed action
bin/rails generate content Post show

This will create the following files:

• app/content/posts/ (all .md, .erb content will be added here)
• app/models/content/post.rb
• app/controllers/content/posts_controller.rb
• app/views/content/posts/index.html.erb
• app/views/content/posts/show.html.erb

And adds a route: resources :posts, module: :content, only: %w[index show]

Creating new content files

v0.15.0+

Once a collection is created, you can quickly generate new content files:

bin/rails generate content Post --new
bin/rails generate content Post --new "My First Post"

This creates a new file in app/content/posts/ based on a template (if one exists).

Using templates

Drop a template file in your content directory to define the structure for new files:

• template.md.tt generates respectively untitled.md and my-first-post.md
• YYYY-MM-DD-template.md.tt generates respectively 2025-12-18-untitled.md and 2025-12-18-my-first-post.md

Templates support ERB, so you can add dynamic content:

---
title: <%= @title %>
published_at: <%= Time.current %>
---

# <%= @title %>

Start writing here…

If no template exists, an empty file with frontmatter dashes is created.