Blog Commenter Skill

Automated blog comment posting for marketing and outreach.

A Claude Skill that enables automated comment posting on blog articles for marketing purposes. It intelligently detects comment forms across various blog platforms (WordPress, Ghost, Disqus, custom forms, etc.) and posts contextually relevant comments based on article content and project information.

📝 For directory/forum/social submissions, use backlink-submission-skill - it uses AI + browser automation for non-blog resources.

When to Use This Skill

| Resource Type | Use This Skill? | |---------------|-----------------| | blog | ✅ Yes - optimized for blog platforms | | directory | ❌ Use backlink-submission-skill | | forum | ❌ Use backlink-submission-skill | | social | ❌ Use backlink-submission-skill |

CLI Script: submit-backlink.js

Submit a single blog comment via command line:

# Dry run (fill form without submitting)
node submit-backlink.js \
  --url "https://blog.example.com/post" \
  --project "AIMCP" \
  --domain "aimcp.info" \
  --description "AI MCP Server Directory"

# Actually submit
node submit-backlink.js \
  --url "https://blog.example.com/post" \
  --project "AIMCP" \
  --domain "aimcp.info" \
  --submit \
  --output /tmp/result.json

Parameters: | Parameter | Required | Default | Description | |-----------|----------|---------|-------------| | --url | ✅ | - | Blog post URL | | --project | ✅ | - | Project name | | --domain | ✅ | - | Project domain | | --description | ❌ | - | Project description | | --email | ❌ | cc@{domain} | Commenter email | | --password | ❌ | 12345678 | Password for login | | --submit | ❌ | false | Actually submit | | --output | ❌ | - | Save result to JSON file |

API Reference

extractArticleContent(page)

Extracts main article content from the page.

const content = await extractArticleContent(page);
// Returns: { title, content, tags, url }

createCommentData(options)

Creates comment data with auto-generated contextual comment.

const commentData = createCommentData({
  projectName: 'AIMCP',
  projectUrl: 'https://aimcp.info',
  projectDescription: 'AI MCP Server Directory',
  articleContent,
  commenterName: 'Team AIMCP',
  commenterEmail: 'cc@aimcp.info'
});
// Returns: { name, email, website, comment }

detectCommentForm(page)

Detects comment form on the page.

const formInfo = await detectCommentForm(page);
// Returns: { found, platform, fields, requiresAuth, iframe }

fillCommentForm(page, formInfo, data, submit)

Fills and optionally submits the comment form.

await fillCommentForm(page, formInfo, commentData, true);

Login Helpers

// Detect if login is required
const loginInfo = await detectLoginRequirement(page);

// Attempt login
await attemptLogin(page, { email, password }, 'wordpress');

// Save/load auth state
await saveAuthState(context, './auth.json');
const ctx = await loadAuthState(browser, './auth.json');

Supported Platforms

Fully Supported (Anonymous Comments)

| Platform | Detection | Fields | |----------|-----------|--------| | WordPress | ✅ | 5/5 | | Ghost | ✅ | Varies | | Custom PHP | ✅ | Varies |

Partially Supported (Login Required)

| Platform | Login Method | |----------|--------------| | Disqus | OAuth/Email | | Dev.to | OAuth | | Medium | OAuth |

Files

blog-commenter-skill/
├── SKILL.md           # This documentation (skill entry point)
├── README.md          # Installation and usage guide
├── package.json       # Dependencies
├── run.js             # Universal executor
├── submit-backlink.js # CLI submission script
├── LICENSE            # MIT License
└── lib/
    └── helpers.js     # Core utilities

Setup

npm run setup

Dependencies

Node.js >= 16.0.0
Playwright ^1.48.0

backlink-submission-skill - For directory/forum/social submissions
mybacklinks-mcp - MCP server for MyBacklinks
commands - Unified workflow commands