Gemini Blog Generation Skill

Blog generation package: packages/ai/

Architecture

packages/ai/
├── src/
│   ├── generate-post.ts    # 2-step generation (analysis → structured output)
│   ├── config.ts           # System instructions
│   ├── schemas.ts          # Zod schemas (postSchema, highlightSchema)
│   ├── tags.ts             # Tag constants (CARS_TAGS, COE_TAGS)
│   ├── hero-images.ts      # Hero image URLs
│   └── save-post.ts        # Post persistence with idempotency

2-Step Flow

1. Step 1 (Analysis): generateText() + Code Execution Tool + Extended Thinking → Accurate calculations
2. Step 2 (Generation): generateObject() + Zod schema → Type-safe structured output

Key Functions

// Generate and persist (returns saved-post metadata, not the raw Zod object)
import { generateBlogContent } from "@motormetrics/ai";

const post = await generateBlogContent({
  data: tokenisedData,     // Pipe-delimited data
  month: "October 2024",
  dataType: "cars",        // "cars" or "coe"
});

// post.postId, post.title, post.slug, post.excerpt

Schemas

// postSchema
z.object({
  title: z.string().max(100),              // SEO title, max 60 chars preferred
  excerpt: z.string().max(500),            // Meta description, under 300 chars
  content: z.string(),                     // Markdown (no H1)
  tags: z.array(z.string()).min(1).max(10), // 3-5 tags, first is dataType
  highlights: z.array(highlightSchema),    // 3-6 key statistics
});

// highlightSchema
z.object({
  value: z.string(),   // "52.60%", "$125,000"
  label: z.string(),   // "Electric Vehicles Lead"
  detail: z.string(),  // "2,081 units registered"
});

Tag Constants

export const CARS_TAGS = ["Cars", "Registrations", "Fuel Types", "Market Trends", ...] as const;
export const COE_TAGS = ["COE", "Quota Premium", "1st Bidding Round", "PQP", ...] as const;

Updating Prompts

Edit packages/ai/src/config.ts:

• ANALYSIS_INSTRUCTIONS: For calculation logic
• GENERATION_INSTRUCTIONS: For output format

Debugging

Low Quality Output: Check Step 1 analysis logs, verify Code Execution Tool runs Python Schema Validation Errors: Check Zod constraints (max lengths, array bounds) API Errors: Verify AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY, check Gateway quota/billing

Environment Variables

AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY=...              # Required (Vercel AI Gateway)
DATABASE_URL=...                    # Required for generate-and-save (Neon/Postgres)
BLOB_READ_WRITE_TOKEN=...           # Required for local hero-image upload

Best Practices

1. Always use 2-step flow: Separate analysis from generation
2. Never skip Code Execution: Required for accurate calculations
3. Use tag constants: Maintain vocabulary consistency
4. Enable telemetry: Track costs and quality

References

• packages/ai/AGENTS.md for full package documentation
• Vercel AI SDK: Use Context7 for latest docs