How I use AI while building Aviwebsquad (a practical stack, not a course)
Short answer: I do not follow a generic “learn AI roadmap.” On aviwebsquad.in I use AI as a pair programmer and draft assistant inside a Laravel CMS—Cursor agents with a Sanctum MCP content API, Laravel Boost skills, and occasional local models via Ollama—always with human edit before publish.
If you want encyclopedia AI courses, look elsewhere. This post is the Aviwebsquad workflow.
What AI touches on this site
| Step | Tool | Human gate |
|---|---|---|
| Outline / expand posts | Cursor + MCP content_upsert |
Filament review |
| Code changes | Cursor + Graphify context | Pest + Pint |
| Local model experiments | Ollama | Never auto-publishes |
| Images | Pexels via MCP media_upload |
Featured collection check |
See also securing the MCP content API and token rotation.
What I stopped doing (AdSense lesson)
In May 2026 I published multiple definitional “What is X?” posts the same day. Google AdSense labeled the site Low value content. AI made that batch easy—and that was the problem.
Rules now:
- Max two posts go live per week (
published_atschedule) - Every post needs Aviwebsquad-first detail (config, failure, screenshot of this stack)
- No same-day glossary clusters
- Agents draft; I cut filler before status stays
published
Documented in editorial calendar lessons (scheduled) and building the CMS.
Skills that matter more than “prompt engineering”
On this repo I force domain skills: Fortify, Pest, Wayfinder, Inertia Svelte, Media Library, Horizon. AI without those skills invents the wrong patterns. Laravel Boost is how those skills load.
RAG / MCP / LLM on this project
I use the mental model from RAG vs MCP vs LLM:
- LLM drafts text and code
- MCP is how agents call our CMS APIs
- RAG is optional; Graphify AST graphs are enough for this codebase size—see Graphify before refactor
A week in practice
Monday: agent expands a Filament runbook draft → I rewrite intro with real admin screenshots in mind → schedule Thursday published_at.
Friday: Pest SEO suite after crawlable HTML change—AI suggested tests; I kept assertions that match production.
FAQ
Do I need a 12-week AI curriculum to run this CMS?
No. You need Laravel competence, then careful AI assist.
Will AI replace writing the blog?
It replaces blank-page time. It does not replace judgment—AdSense proved that here.
Local models vs cloud?
Ollama for private experiments; production publishing still goes through Sanctum + Filament.