CC-16: Create topic cluster landing pages for the four pathways

  • Source document: .agents/core-content-promotion-plan.md (§5.3 “Topic clusters”)
  • Owner: 🤖 Agent (Content Curator and Frontend)
  • Priority: Medium
  • Status: Not started. No pages like /learn-the-essentials/ exist yet. Existing hubs are /guides/, /reviews/, /help-and-support/, /getting-started/ and /ai-coaching/.
  • Depends on: A post-to-pathway mapping (agree it with the user, or use the Getting Started step groupings)
  • Unblocks: CC-02, CC-05, CC-06, CC-11, CC-12, CC-14

Task

Create four pathway landing pages that pull together the relevant posts, each with a helpful, descriptive introduction.

Context

  • Suggested URLs: /learn-the-essentials/, /choose-your-bowls/, /practice-smarter/, /compete-with-confidence/.
  • Pattern to follow: guides.md and help-and-support.md (category listings), getting-started.md (custom hub layout).
  • Membership: add pathway: front matter to posts and list them with where, or keep a curated, ordered list in _data/pathways.yml (preferred, because the order matters for “next article”).
  • Each page should have a unique title and meta description, an intro written with real expertise (E-E-A-T), and CollectionPage/ItemList schema. Add them to sitemap.xml (the custom template already sets weekly for hub-like URLs; extend its conditions) and to llms.txt.
  • Update AGENTS.md’s cornerstone table if these become cornerstone pages.

Completion criteria

  • Four pathway pages live at agreed URLs, each listing its posts with an intro of at least 150 words.
  • Pages included in sitemap.xml and llms.txt, with valid structured data.
  • Linked from Getting Started and the homepage pathways section.
  • Lighthouse accessibility and performance ≥ 90.
  • bundle exec jekyll build completes without errors.