Claude Blog v1.7.1: Clusters, Multilingual, Evidence, Secure
Update adds /blog cluster for seed-keyword topic systems, multilingual posts in German/French/Spanish/Japanese with hreflang/sitemaps, claim evidence rules (URL/year/citation), closes 39 audit findings (1 critical/5 high/14 medium/11 low/8 info), passes 48/48 tests.
Scale Content with Topic Clusters and Multilingual Publishing
Generate full topic clusters from one seed keyword using /blog cluster plan "your seed keyword". This creates a hub page for the core idea, spoke posts for subtopics like recipes/storage/nutrition, plus strategy blueprints and publishable structures—turning a single idea into a complete content system without manual outlining.
Localize posts once-written for German, French, Spanish, and Japanese: the workflow handles cultural adaptations, adds hreflang tags for SEO, and generates sitemap entries to prevent translation from creating technical debt. Update via /plugin update claude-blog to access these six new skills, enabling faster, global-ready blogging in Claude Code.
Enforce Evidence Rules to Ship Reliable AI Content
Block unsubstantiated claims by requiring every assertion to include: a retrieval URL, year anchor, inline citation, and publisher/title context. Claims missing any element get rejected before publishing—eliminating 'confident noise' from AI hallucinations and ensuring content meets journalistic standards.
This raises the quality bar for AI-generated blogs, strategies, outlines, and audits, making outputs defensible for real workflows like evidence-based marketing.
Secure Production Releases Through Audits and Tests
Pre-release audit closed 39 findings: 1 critical, 5 high, 14 medium, 11 low, 8 informational. Fixes included pinned dependencies, safer credential handling, login protections, security docs, installer safeguards, and prompt cleanups—practical changes that prevent regressions.
Full test suite now passes 48/48, with new guardrails for frontmatter, installer safety, security, and reliability. Results: a dependable open-source tool for AI blogging that ships without breaking at user scale, built via community input from v1.6.9.