ChatGPT + Hugo + Cloudflare Pages: Speedrun

Colin Blackman

October 29, 2025

Here’s a speedy workflow for shipping posts with minimal friction:

1) Outline with ChatGPT

Ask ChatGPT to draft an outline for your post. Example prompt:

“Draft a concise outline for a blog post about migrating from WordPress to Hugo. Include an intro, 5 key steps, a short code sample, and an FAQ.”

Copy the outline into a new Markdown file:

hugo new posts/migrating-from-wordpress.md

Set draft: true until you’re ready to publish.

2) Fill sections and request rewrites

Paste a section into ChatGPT and ask for a rewrite with constraints (tone, length, bullet density). Repeat for each section.

3) Add front matter

Each post starts with front matter (YAML shown):

---
title: "Migrating from WordPress to Hugo"
date: 2025-10-28
draft: true
tags: ["migration","hugo"]
description: "A practical guide to moving from WordPress to a fast, static Hugo site."
---

Set draft: false when ready to publish.

4) Images and code

Put images in /static/images/… and reference them as /images/….
Use fenced code blocks for syntax highlighting: ```language.

5) Deploy

Commit and push to main. Cloudflare Pages will build and deploy automatically. Preview URLs appear on pull requests, which is great for review.

Happy shipping!