# v14 (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover v14. Page: Feed: --- ## [Introducing Umbraco AI Copilot Workspace](https://mattbrailsford.dev/introducing-copilot-workspace) _2026-08-20 · mattbrailsford.dev_ The RC for Umbraco AI Copilot Workspace just went out on our open release branches, so it’s time to properly introduce it. If you’ve used Umbraco... ## [Creating A Safe Space for Editors to Be Wrong](https://mattbrailsford.dev/creating-a-safe-space-for-editors-to-be-wrong) _2026-07-03 · mattbrailsford.dev_ I spend most of my time these days working on Umbraco AI, bringing AI into the hands of content editors. So I think a lot about what actually makes... ## [Speech-to-Text in Umbraco.AI](https://mattbrailsford.dev/speech-to-text-in-umbraco-ai) _2026-04-28 · mattbrailsford.dev_ Speech-to-text has landed in Umbraco.AI. Alongside chat and embeddings, transcription is now a first-class capability in the platform — with a new... ## [Letting Go: How My AI Workflow Has Evolved](https://mattbrailsford.dev/letting-go-how-my-ai-workflow-has-evolved) _2026-04-23 · mattbrailsford.dev_ Last year I wrote about SPECKL, a methodology I built to explore a human-first approach to AI-assisted development. The idea was lightweight specs... ## [What We Gained Building Umbraco AI on Microsoft.Extensions.AI and the Microsoft Agent Framework](https://mattbrailsford.dev/what-we-gained-building-umbraco-ai-on-meai-and-maf) _2026-04-21 · mattbrailsford.dev_ When we set out to build AI capabilities for Umbraco, we had a choice every platform team faces: build your own abstractions, or bet on someone... ## [Guardrails in Umbraco AI](https://mattbrailsford.dev/guardrails-in-umbraco-ai) _2026-04-16 · mattbrailsford.dev_ When you add AI to a CMS, you’re giving it the power to generate content, respond to visitors, and interact with editors. That’s powerful — but it... ## [Introducing Umbraco AI Search](https://mattbrailsford.dev/introducing-umbraco-ai-search) _2026-04-14 · mattbrailsford.dev_ If you’ve used the build in search in Umbraco, you’ll know it’s keyword-based. You type “deployment guide” and it finds pages containing those... ## [File Uploads in Umbraco.AI](https://mattbrailsford.dev/file-uploads-in-umbraco-ai) _2026-04-09 · mattbrailsford.dev_ File uploads have landed in Umbraco.AI. While the most visible change is in Copilot — where you can now drag and drop documents directly into the... ## [Why Umbraco 17.4.0 Is a Big Deal for AI](https://mattbrailsford.dev/why-umbraco-1740-is-a-big-deal-for-ai) _2026-04-07 · mattbrailsford.dev_ If you told most Umbraco developers to get excited about a minor release, you’d probably get a polite nod. Point releases aren’t usually the ones... ## [Umbraco AI Prompts: Template Syntax and Variables](https://mattbrailsford.dev/umbraco-ai-prompts-template-syntax-and-variables) _2026-04-02 · mattbrailsford.dev_ Following on from my Introducing Umbraco AI post, I wanted to dig deeper into one of the add-on packages that I think has the most immediately... ## [Chovy's Blog: Agentic Coding (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/MfmKLVkg2v22) _2026-04-02 · **Sponsored**_ Personal posts on agentic coding, moshcode CLI, and security findings. ## [Understanding Contexts in Umbraco AI](https://mattbrailsford.dev/understanding-contexts-in-umbraco-ai) _2026-03-27 · mattbrailsford.dev_ In my introductory post, I gave a high-level overview of how Umbraco AI is structured — providers, connections, profiles, and contexts. Of those,... ## [The Umbraco AI Kitchen Sink Install](https://mattbrailsford.dev/umbraco-ai-kitchen-sink-install) _2026-03-04 · mattbrailsford.dev_ Since we released Umbraco AI, one of the most common bits of feedback I’ve heard is: “I want to try it, but I’m not sure which packages to... ## [Replacing My Custom Git Worktree Skill with Claude Code Hooks](https://mattbrailsford.dev/replacing-my-custom-git-worktree-skill-with-claude-code-hooks) _2026-02-24 · mattbrailsford.dev_ If you’ve been following along with my recent posts, you’ll know that git worktrees have become a fundamental part of how I work. One worktree per... ## [How Task Metadata Saved My Git History: Keeping Claude Code in the Right Git Worktree](https://mattbrailsford.dev/keeping-claude-code-in-the-right-git-worktree) _2026-02-14 · mattbrailsford.dev_ One of the biggest boosts to my AI assisted development productivity has got to be the introduction of using git worktrees. With these it’s... ## [Introducing Umbraco AI](https://mattbrailsford.dev/introducing-umbraco-ai) _2026-02-05 · mattbrailsford.dev_ If you caught the Umbraco Winter keynote webinar, you’ll have seen us announce something I’ve been working on for a while now - Umbraco AI. I’ve... ## [Solving Port Conflicts in AI-Assisted Development: HTTP over Named Pipes](https://mattbrailsford.dev/http-over-named-pipes) _2026-02-02 · mattbrailsford.dev_ The way I work day to day has changed quite a lot over the last 6 months. AI coding assistants like Claude Code aren’t just speeding up individual... ## [SPECKL: Testing a Human-First Approach to AI-Assisted Development](https://mattbrailsford.dev/speckl-testing-a-human-first-approach-to-ai-assisted-development) _2025-10-14 · mattbrailsford.dev_ I’m giving a talk at Umbraco in the City soon about Spec-Driven Development (SDD), which has had me deep in research on where AI tooling is taking... ## [UMB.FYI Celebrates it's 2nd Birthday with a Pulse Check](https://mattbrailsford.dev/umbfyi-celebrates-its-2nd-birthday-with-a-pulse-check) _2025-10-06 · mattbrailsford.dev_ Two years ago, I launched UMB.FYI with a simple goal: to make it easier to follow the heartbeat of the Umbraco community. Every week, new blog... ## [UMB.FYI Gets a New Workflow Engine](https://mattbrailsford.dev/umbfyi-gets-a-new-workflow-engine) _2025-09-03 · mattbrailsford.dev_ Every week when I put together UMB.FYI, the weekly Umbraco community newsletter, I found myself repeating the same little tasks over and over... ## [Adding Scheduled Posts to My GitHub Discussions Powered Blog](https://mattbrailsford.dev/adding-scheduled-posts-to-my-github-discussions-powered-blog) _2025-08-29 · mattbrailsford.dev_ When I first built my GitHub Discussions–powered blog and later created the Astro Discussions Blog Loader, one critical feature was still missing:... ## [Point once, get highlights (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/SLN50FxRqYVb) _2025-08-29 · **Sponsored**_ Get minutes worth watching from a whole game — point once ## [UMB.FYI Celebrates it's 100th Issue](https://mattbrailsford.dev/umbfyi-celebrates-its-100th-issue) _2025-08-27 · mattbrailsford.dev_ This week marks a special milestone for me as UMB.FYI, my Umbraco news aggregating newsletter side project, hits its 100th issue 🎉 What started as... ## [Building an MCP Server for Umbraco Commerce](https://mattbrailsford.dev/building-an-mcp-server-for-umbraco-commerce) _2025-08-11 · mattbrailsford.dev_ It’s undeniable that the biggest story to come out of this year’s Codegarden was the MCP integration developed by Phil Whittaker and Matt Wise. The... ## [How I Saved 5GB of Storage Per Year for UMB.FYI](https://mattbrailsford.dev/how-i-saved-5gb-of-storage-per-year-for-umbfyi) _2025-07-22 · mattbrailsford.dev_ As the editor of UMB.FYI — the weekly newsletter for the Umbraco community — I try to deliver the news in a clean, easy-to-digest format without... ## [UMB.FYI Gets an iOS Tip Shortcut](https://mattbrailsford.dev/umbfyi-gets-an-ios-tip-shortcut) _2025-07-20 · mattbrailsford.dev_ It’s no secret that UMB.FYI is built around community. The whole point is to surface and share the best Umbraco-related content being posted across... ## [ND & Me: Running in Emulation](https://mattbrailsford.dev/neurodiversity-and-me-running-in-emulation) _2025-06-24 · mattbrailsford.dev_ A late-diagnosed dev's journey through neurodivergence, self-doubt, and learning to run more natively ## [Installing K6 on a Raspberry Pi](https://mattbrailsford.dev/installing-k6-on-a-raspberry-pi) _2024-12-19 · mattbrailsford.dev_ I’ve recently been doing some performance testing at work using K6 and had the need to test a script locally. I could have run the script on the... ## [Getting Started on Bluesky for Umbraco Developers](https://mattbrailsford.dev/getting-started-on-bluesky-for-umbraco-developers) _2024-12-14 · mattbrailsford.dev_ Bluesky, the decentralized social media platform gaining a lot traction of late, is becoming a vibrant space for the Umbraco community. Whether... ## [Introducing the Umbraco Bluesky Labeler](https://mattbrailsford.dev/introducing-the-umbraco-bluesky-labeler) _2024-12-13 · mattbrailsford.dev_ With the recent boom of Bluesky users comes a lot if interesting and exciting community initiatives born from it’s open API. One such interesting... ## [UMB.FYI links get Urchin Tracking Module (UTM) parameters](https://mattbrailsford.dev/umbfyi-links-get-utm-parameters) _2024-12-05 · mattbrailsford.dev_ In a recent conversation with an Umbraco community member on Mastodon, they asked if it would be possible if we could add Urchin Tracking Module... ## [Creating a Bluesky bot in C#](https://mattbrailsford.dev/creating-a-bluesky-bot-in-csharp) _2024-11-19 · mattbrailsford.dev_ I recently blogged about us adding a new Bluesky tips bot to UMB.FYI and so I thought I’d share a bit more detail on how I went about... ## [Never miss a game (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/GgMZMiJmFf0E) _2024-11-19 · **Sponsored**_ Follow any team; get an hour and one-minute web and email reminders. ## [UMB.FYI gets a Bluesky tips bot](https://mattbrailsford.dev/umbfyi-gets-a-bluesky-tips-bot) _2024-11-19 · mattbrailsford.dev_ With the recent surge in Bluesky users and a growing Umbraco cohort on the platform, it seemed like an ideal time to bring a tips bot to the... ## [UMB.FYI gets Profiles, Tags and Topics](https://mattbrailsford.dev/umbfyi-gets-profiles-tags-and-topics) _2024-10-21 · mattbrailsford.dev_ Since creating UMB.FYI newsletter a little over a year ago, I’ve slowly been tweaking and adding features as I’ve gone along and today I wanted to... ## [Launching the GitHub Discussions Blog Loader for Astro](https://mattbrailsford.dev/launching-the-github-discussions-blog-loader-for-astro) _2024-10-03 · mattbrailsford.dev_ In a recent post I shared my new blog setup using GitHub Discussions as a blogging engine combined with Astro’s new Content Layer API coming in v5,... ## [Building a GitHub Discussions Powered Blog](https://mattbrailsford.dev/building-a-github-discussions-powered-blog) _2024-09-26 · mattbrailsford.dev_ Discover how to build a blog powered by GitHub Discussions with full control over site markup, spam-free content, and an easy-to-maintain setup.