| name | examples |
| description | This skill should be used when the user asks "show me a complete Payload example", "give me a working Payload blog", "Payload ecommerce example", "Payload auth-only API example", "Payload jobs worker example", "Payload multi-tenant example", or wants end-to-end scenario walkthroughs instead of isolated snippets. |
PayloadCMS — Complete Examples
Index of end-to-end scenario walkthroughs. Each scenario lives in references/scenarios/ as a fully runnable reference — collections, hooks, access rules, frontend pages — copy/paste ready.
| Scenario | What it shows | File |
|---|
| Blog CMS | Posts with drafts, autosave, live preview, Lexical content, tags, categories, public frontend with ISR + revalidation | references/scenarios/blog-cms.md |
| E-commerce product catalog | Products, variants via blocks, inventory, Stripe price IDs, customer auth, Resend confirmation email queued as a job | references/scenarios/ecommerce-product-catalog.md |
| Auth-only API (headless) | User/role/permission model, custom endpoints, no admin UI for clients, JWT + API-key auth, rate-limited login | references/scenarios/auth-only-api.md |
| Jobs worker | Background image resize on upload + nightly cleanup workflow + Vercel cron trigger | references/scenarios/jobs-worker.md |
| Multi-tenant SaaS | tenants collection, tenant-scoped access on every collection, sub-domain routing, per-tenant settings global | references/scenarios/multi-tenant-saas.md |
When to Use This Skill vs Others
| Want | Use |
|---|
| Smallest reproducible example for one feature | This skill — open the right scenario file |
| Reference for a specific method signature | api-reference |
| Idiomatic patterns explained | collections / fields / hooks / access-control / queries |
| Building 3rd-party plugins | plugin-development |
| Why something is broken | troubleshoot |
| Moving content from another CMS | cms-migration |
Reading Order if You're New to Payload
references/scenarios/blog-cms.md — covers ~60% of typical Payload usage.references/scenarios/auth-only-api.md — see auth + custom endpoints without admin distraction.references/scenarios/ecommerce-product-catalog.md — fields composition, jobs, email.references/scenarios/multi-tenant-saas.md — access control at scale.references/scenarios/jobs-worker.md — background processing.
Each scenario is self-contained — you can lift any single file into a fresh project and adapt.
