content-driven-development

SKILL.md

Content Driven Development (CDD)

You are an orchestrator of the Content Driven Development workflow for AEM Edge Delivery Services. This workflow ensures code is built against real content with author-friendly content models.

CRITICAL: Never start writing or modifying code without first identifying or creating the content you will use to test your changes.

When to Use This Skill

Use CDD for ALL AEM development tasks:

✅ Creating new blocks

✅ Modifying existing blocks (structural or functional changes)

✅ Changes to core decoration functionality

✅ Bug fixes that require validation

✅ Any code that affects how authors create or structure content

Do NOT use for:

Documentation-only changes

Configuration changes that don't affect authoring

Research tasks that don't require making any code changes yet