Answer Engine Optimization, AI-agent workflows, and notes on building a markdown CMS - from the team behind Bird CMS.
Real measurements from the live site: ~10 ms median server response from a ~3 MB engine with zero dependencies and no database on the hot path. Methodology included.
Read →Astro is a static-site generator with a build step; Bird CMS serves markdown live, no build, editable by an AI agent. Which fits your content site?
Read →Bird CMS is a markdown, no-database, AI-agent-editable CMS on cheap PHP hosting; Ghost brings memberships and newsletters on Node. Which fits your site?
Read →Hugo is a static-site generator that builds on every change; Bird CMS serves markdown live, no build, editable by an AI agent. Which fits your site?
Read →An honest comparison: Bird CMS is a markdown, no-database, AI-agent-editable CMS; WordPress brings plugins and e-commerce. Here's which fits your site.
Read →AEO is structuring content so AI answer engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity can read, trust and cite it. Here's how it differs from SEO and how to do it.
Read →SEO ranks a link; AEO becomes the cited answer in AI engines. Here's how they differ, what AEO adds, and why you shouldn't choose one over the other.
Read →llms.txt is a plain-text file that gives AI answer engines a curated map of your best pages. Here's the format, why it helps AEO, and how to generate it.
Read →Bird CMS serves pages from markdown files with no database query in the request. Here's the reasoning, what you gain, and the honest trade-offs.
Read →Bird CMS ships an MCP server and REST API so your AI assistant edits the site directly: you describe the change in plain language, it writes the markdown.
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