Add link-post authoring for quick posts from mobile

bake.rb

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Build tasks for samhuri.net static site generator
 
 require "fileutils"
+require "json"
 require "open3"
 require "tmpdir"
 
@@ -8,6 +9,8 @@ LIB_PATH = File.expand_path("lib", __dir__).freeze
 $LOAD_PATH.unshift(LIB_PATH) unless $LOAD_PATH.include?(LIB_PATH)
 
 require "pressa/drafts"
+require "pressa/link_post"
+require "pressa/config/simple_toml"
 require "pressa/coverage"
 require "pressa/publish"
 require "pressa/git"
@@ -55,6 +58,39 @@ def serve
   server.start
 end
 
+# Create a published link post in posts/YYYY/MM from a JSON payload on stdin:
+#   {"title": "...", "link": "...", "body": "...", "tags": "tag1, tag2"}
+# Reading from stdin keeps URLs, quotes, and multi-line bodies intact regardless
+# of shell quoting. Prints the path to the created post. Drives bin/post-link.
+def new_link
+  payload =
+    begin
+      JSON.parse($stdin.read)
+    rescue JSON::ParserError => e
+      abort "Error: invalid JSON payload on stdin: #{e.message}"
+    end
+
+  author = payload["author"] || Pressa::Config::SimpleToml.load_file("site.toml")["author"]
+  post =
+    begin
+      Pressa::LinkPost.build(
+        title: payload["title"],
+        link: payload["link"],
+        body: payload["body"],
+        tags: payload["tags"],
+        author:
+      )
+    rescue Pressa::LinkPost::Error => e
+      abort "Error: #{e.message}"
+    end
+
+  abort "Error: post already exists at #{post.target_path}" if File.exist?(post.target_path)
+
+  FileUtils.mkdir_p(File.dirname(post.target_path))
+  File.write(post.target_path, post.content)
+  puts post.target_path
+end
+
 # Create a new draft in public/drafts/.
 # @parameter title_parts [Array] Optional title words; defaults to Untitled.
 def new_draft(*title_parts)

bin/post-link

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Create and publish a link post from a JSON payload on stdin, then deploy.
+# Designed to be invoked over SSH from a phone Shortcut on the Tailscale network.
+# The Shortcut base64-encodes the JSON (so quotes in the title/body can't break
+# shell quoting) and the SSH command decodes it back onto our stdin:
+#
+#   echo <base64> | base64 --decode | $HOME/samhuri.net/bin/post-link
+#
+# Manually, just pipe JSON straight in:
+#
+#   ssh mudge '$HOME/samhuri.net/bin/post-link' <<'JSON'
+#   {"title": "Magical Wristband", "link": "https://example.net/x",
+#    "body": "Optional commentary.", "tags": "gear, tech"}
+#   JSON
+#
+# It pulls latest, writes the post via `bake new_link`, commits, pushes to
+# GitHub, then runs `bake publish` to build HTML + Gemini and rsync to the
+# live directories. Everything runs on mudge, so publishing is a local affair.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Non-interactive SSH sessions get a bare PATH; make sure rbenv is reachable.
+export PATH="$HOME/.rbenv/bin:$HOME/.rbenv/shims:$PATH"
+if command -v rbenv >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  eval "$(rbenv init - bash)"
+fi
+
+# Run from the repo root regardless of where the script lives.
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+REPO="${SAMHURI_REPO:-$(cd "$SCRIPT_DIR/.." && pwd)}"
+cd "$REPO"
+
+# Local clones here name the GitHub remote "github"; a fresh clone on the server
+# names it "origin". Prefer github, fall back to origin, unless overridden.
+REMOTE="${SAMHURI_REMOTE:-$(git remote | grep -qx github && echo github || echo origin)}"
+BRANCH="${SAMHURI_BRANCH:-main}"
+
+payload="$(cat)"
+if [ -z "${payload//[[:space:]]/}" ]; then
+  echo "Error: empty payload on stdin" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "==> Pulling latest from $REMOTE/$BRANCH" >&2
+git pull --ff-only "$REMOTE" "$BRANCH" >&2
+
+echo "==> Creating link post" >&2
+post_path="$(printf '%s' "$payload" | bundle exec bake new_link)"
+echo "    $post_path" >&2
+
+slug="$(basename "$post_path" .md)"
+echo "==> Committing and pushing" >&2
+git add "$post_path"
+git commit -m "Add link post: $slug" >&2
+git push "$REMOTE" "HEAD:$BRANCH" >&2
+
+echo "==> Building and publishing" >&2
+bundle exec bake publish >&2
+
+echo "==> Published $post_path" >&2
+# Stdout carries just the path so the caller (Shortcut) can show/use it.
+echo "$post_path"

lib/pressa.rb

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ require "pressa/utils/markdown_renderer"
 require "pressa/utils/gemini_markdown_renderer"
 require "pressa/config/loader"
 require "pressa/drafts"
+require "pressa/link_post"
 require "pressa/coverage"
 require "pressa/publish"
 require "pressa/git"

lib/pressa/link_post.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+require "pressa/drafts"
+
+module Pressa
+  # Builds a fully-formed, ready-to-publish link post (front matter + body) from
+  # the handful of fields a phone Shortcut can collect. Pure: returns the target
+  # path and content; writing the file is the caller's job.
+  class LinkPost
+    class Error < StandardError; end
+
+    Result = Data.define(:filename, :target_path, :content)
+
+    def self.build(title:, link:, body: nil, tags: nil, author: Drafts.current_author, now: Time.now)
+      title = title.to_s.strip
+      raise Error, "title cannot be empty" if title.empty?
+
+      link = link.to_s.strip
+      raise Error, "link cannot be empty" if link.empty?
+
+      slug = Drafts.slugify(title)
+      raise Error, "title cannot be converted to a filename: #{title.inspect}" if slug.empty?
+
+      filename = "#{slug}.md"
+      target_path = "posts/#{now.strftime("%Y/%m")}/#{filename}"
+      content = render(title:, link:, body:, tags:, author:, now:)
+
+      Result.new(filename:, target_path:, content:)
+    end
+
+    def self.render(title:, link:, body:, tags:, author:, now:)
+      lines = [
+        "---",
+        "Title: #{yaml_quote(title)}",
+        "Author: #{author}",
+        "Date: #{yaml_quote(Drafts.ordinal_date(now))}",
+        "Timestamp: #{now.strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%:z")}"
+      ]
+      tag_list = normalize_tags(tags)
+      lines << "Tags: #{tag_list.join(", ")}" unless tag_list.empty?
+      lines << "Link: #{link}"
+      lines << "---"
+
+      front_matter = lines.join("\n")
+      body = body.to_s.strip
+      body.empty? ? "#{front_matter}\n" : "#{front_matter}\n\n#{body}\n"
+    end
+
+    def self.normalize_tags(tags)
+      return [] if tags.nil?
+
+      list = tags.is_a?(Array) ? tags : tags.to_s.split(",")
+      list.map(&:strip).reject(&:empty?)
+    end
+
+    # YAML double-quoted scalar so titles with colons, quotes, or backslashes
+    # round-trip cleanly through the front-matter parser.
+    def self.yaml_quote(value)
+      escaped = value.gsub("\\", "\\\\\\\\").gsub('"', '\\"')
+      %("#{escaped}")
+    end
+  end
+end

test/link_post_test.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+require "test_helper"
+require "pressa/posts/metadata"
+
+class Pressa::LinkPostTest < Minitest::Test
+  def setup
+    @now = Time.new(2026, 6, 7, 14, 30, 0, "-07:00")
+  end
+
+  def build(**overrides)
+    defaults = {
+      title: "Magical Wristband",
+      link: "https://example.net/magicband",
+      now: @now,
+      author: "Sami Samhuri"
+    }
+    Pressa::LinkPost.build(**defaults.merge(overrides))
+  end
+
+  def test_target_path_uses_slug_and_year_month
+    post = build
+    assert_equal("posts/2026/06/magical-wristband.md", post.target_path)
+    assert_equal("magical-wristband.md", post.filename)
+  end
+
+  def test_front_matter_is_parseable_and_complete
+    post = build(body: "Disney's take on the wearable.", tags: "gear, tech")
+    meta = Pressa::Posts::PostMetadata.parse(post.content)
+
+    assert_equal("Magical Wristband", meta.title)
+    assert_equal("Sami Samhuri", meta.author)
+    assert_equal("7th June, 2026", meta.formatted_date)
+    assert_equal("https://example.net/magicband", meta.link)
+    assert_equal(%w[gear tech], meta.tags)
+    assert_includes(post.content, "Disney's take on the wearable.")
+  end
+
+  def test_timestamp_is_iso8601_with_offset
+    post = build
+    meta = Pressa::Posts::PostMetadata.parse(post.content)
+    assert_equal("2026-06-07T14:30:00-07:00", meta.date.strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%:z"))
+  end
+
+  def test_title_with_special_characters_round_trips
+    weird = %(Fish: "And" \\ Chips)
+    post = build(title: weird)
+    meta = Pressa::Posts::PostMetadata.parse(post.content)
+    assert_equal(weird, meta.title)
+  end
+
+  def test_tags_omitted_when_blank
+    post = build(tags: "  ")
+    refute_includes(post.content, "Tags:")
+  end
+
+  def test_body_optional_for_link_only_posts
+    post = build(body: nil)
+    meta = Pressa::Posts::PostMetadata.parse(post.content)
+    assert_equal("https://example.net/magicband", meta.link)
+  end
+
+  def test_blank_title_raises
+    error = assert_raises(Pressa::LinkPost::Error) { build(title: "  ") }
+    assert_match(/title/i, error.message)
+  end
+
+  def test_title_with_only_symbols_raises
+    assert_raises(Pressa::LinkPost::Error) { build(title: "!!!") }
+  end
+
+  def test_blank_link_raises
+    error = assert_raises(Pressa::LinkPost::Error) { build(link: "  ") }
+    assert_match(/link/i, error.message)
+  end
+end