Using AI Agent Skills to Simplify Wagtail Bakerydemo Maintenance

Building an AI Agent Skill for Wagtail Bakerydemo Maintenance What is an AI Agent Skill An AI agent skill is a structured markdown document that gives AI coding assistants like Claude, Cursor and GitHub Copilot contextual knowledge about a specific codebase. Instead of the AI having to read through your entire source code every time you ask a question, the skill file provides a curated reference covering project structure, common tasks, conventions and known issues. Wagtail recently published a blog post about agent skills for upgrading Wagtail sites. As part of my GSoC 2026 application for the Demo Website Redesign project, I wrote one specifically for maintaining the bakerydemo codebase. Why the Bakerydemo Needs This The bakerydemo serves two critical purposes for the Wagtail project. It is the primary demonstration tool for developers and organisations evaluating Wagtail, and it is the standard local development environment for Wagtail contributors. Maintaining it involves recurring