Visual Editing Mode
planned
Low-barrier content editing without terminal or YAML — exploring AI-native approaches
The #1 pain point across all SSG communities: editing content without touching a terminal, YAML frontmatter, or git. This is the largest addressable audience gap between SSGs and WordPress/AI app builders.
Status: exploring approaches. In the age of AI assistants, the traditional WYSIWYG editor may not be the right answer. We're evaluating several directions:
- Deeper Claude Code integration: using
seite agentas the primary editing interface, where natural language replaces form fields - Browser-based preview with AI: a
seite editmode that opens a live preview where users describe changes conversationally - Hybrid approach: lightweight web UI for frontmatter and content, with AI assistance for layout and design decisions
- MCP-powered editing: leveraging the existing MCP server to enable editing from any AI-capable client
The goal is to find the approach that reduces activation energy to zero without building a full CMS. The AI-native angle may be seite's unique answer to this problem.