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Payload CMS Skills

by Payload · payloadcms/skills

Apply Payload’s TypeScript-first development guidance to collections, fields, hooks, access control, queries, and plugins.

GitHub stars165 · collected 2026-10-15Repository pushedGuide checked2026-10-15

Install from the author’s instructions

Before connecting

Author README · installation

npx skills add payloadcms/skills

Sources: Author README · Checked 2026-10-15.

Sources: Author README · Checked 2026-10-15.

Tools and capabilities

CapabilityWhat it does
Collections and fieldsConfigure auth, uploads, drafts, relationships, blocks and related field behavior.
Hooks and accessReview lifecycle hooks, RBAC and multi-tenant access patterns.
Queries and adaptersWork with Local API, REST, GraphQL and database adapter configurations.

Sources: Author README · Checked 2026-10-15.

Workflow examples

Suggested prompts for your own client. These are examples, not recorded tool executions.

Prompt 1

Review my Payload collection hooks and identify any access-control or transaction behavior I should test.

Prompt 2

Help me design a Payload collection with relationships and localized fields for the content workflow I describe.

Sources and verification

Publisher-owned README and public GitHub metadata reviewed on 2026-10-15. Installation examples are transcribed from the author. No third-party package was installed or executed, and no account or hosted MCP endpoint was connected.

Recent activity refers to the repository push timestamp. It does not establish the product’s original release date. Stars are a dated snapshot of the entire repository.

  1. GitHub repository metadataVerified 2026-10-15
  2. Author READMEVerified 2026-10-15

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