payload-cms SKILL.md skillA

payload-cms from firzus/agent-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add firzus/agent-skills/payload-cms@git:20260810.69da1fd

Pins git:20260810.69da1fd in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
firzus/agent-skills
Path
skills/web/payload-cms/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
1
Latest version
git:20260810.69da1fd, committed Aug 10, 2026
Size
7,158 bytes
Repository stars
4
License
MIT

Payload CMS 3.x, the Next.js-native TypeScript headless CMS. Use when working in payload.config.ts, collections, fields, access control, hooks, the Local API, versions and drafts, database or storage adapters, plugin authoring, or the official MCP plugin.

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

# Payload CMS

Payload 3.x runs inside a Next.js (or TanStack Start) app: the config is source
code, the admin panel is mounted routes, and the database schema is derived from
your collections. Prefer the project's existing conventions, then steer with
three leading words: **config is the schema**, **access is opt-in**, and
**thread the request**.

Branch-specific references, loaded on demand:

- [reference/collections.md](reference/collections.md) — collection config,
  auth, uploads, versions and drafts, globals.
- [reference/fields.md](reference/fields.md) — field types, virtual and join
  fields, the experimental `slug` field, validation, type guards.
- [reference/access-control.md](reference/access-control.md) — collection,
  field, and admin access; the Access Operation trap.
- [reference/hooks.md](reference/hooks.md) — hook families, argument shapes,
  `context`, loop prevention.
- [reference/queries.md](reference/queries.md) — operators, `depth`, `select`,
  Local API, transactions.
- [reference/mcp.md](reference/mcp.md) — the official `@payloadcms/plugin-mcp`
  server, its tools and its three authorization gates.
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add firzus/agent-skills/payload-cms@sha256:67638b58fcb467b1

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260810.69da1fd, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.

Badge

mdr badge

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_o4kmp5cwfvnwcxtv.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_o4kmp5cwfvnwcxtv)

3 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.

Versions

The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Aug 10, 2026.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
git:20260810.69da1fd latest2026-08-10 69da1fd 7,158 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (7158 bytes)
  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
  • pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
  • pass: No credential-shaped string
  • pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
  • pass: No text hidden with inline styles
  • pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
  • pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
  • pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
  • pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
  • pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
  • pass: No link to a raw IP address
  • pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

firzus/agent-skills · 4 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-03 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_o4kmp5cwfvnwcxtv
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=firzus/agent-skills/payload-cms
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/67638b58fcb467b1cf8cd83b58bea949abb88cb34b19efe247a66de662286412

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