The Branchpost blog
Posts on developer publishing, AI-assisted content, the GitHub-as-CMS workflow, and what we're learning while building Branchpost.
GitHub App permissions: designing for least privilege when AI writes to your repo
The exact scopes Branchpost requests from GitHub, why each one is justified, and the scopes we deliberately refused even when they would have made the product easier to build.
Writing prompts that produce code-aware blog drafts
How Branchpost turns repo signals into prompt inputs so drafts reference real files, real commits, and real decisions instead of generic AI filler.
Why we make every blog draft a pull request
Review tools already exist for code. They're called pull requests. Here's what happens when you point that same machinery at content — and why it changes the tone of AI-assisted writing.
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