Follow Astro docs with quite a few corrections by Gemini and Claude
Posted on 31st May 2026 at 07:30 by Admin
Docs
Follow Astro docs
Install
% npx —yes @tinacms/cli@latest init # —yes required to bypass recent Astro bug. Suggested by Gemini
Use Other framework
Use NPM package manager
Use Typescript for Tina configuration
Store public assets in /public
Adjustments
Change package.json:
...
"scripts": {
"dev-orig": "astro dev",
"dev": "tinacms dev -c \"astro dev\"",
...Change /tina/config.ts
...
schema: {
collections: [
{
name: "post",
label: "Posts",
path: "src/content/posts",
...Fixes
- Separate posts and pages collections required for MD and MDX. Irritating
Is it actually worth it?
Quite a nice display. A bit like editing in WordPress, but not as finished.
VScode + fmatter.py works much better.