👉 Visit the DatoCMS homepage or see What is DatoCMS?
This example showcases a Remix Blog using DatoCMS as the data source.
The purpose of this repo is to have a quick start reference that can be set up with the "one-click" button below.
Have a look at the end result live:
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Let DatoCMS set everything up for you clicking this button:
In your DatoCMS' project, go to the Settings menu at the top and click API tokens.
Then click Read-only API token and copy the token.
Next, copy the .env.example file in this directory to .env (which will be ignored by Git):
cp .env.example .envThen set each variable on .env:
DATOCMS_READONLY_TOKENshould be the API token you just copied.
Your .env file should look like this:
DATOCMS_READONLY_TOKEN=From your terminal:
npm run devThis starts your app in development mode, rebuilding assets on file changes.
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Building with AI: Agent Skills turn coding assistants (Claude Code, Cursor) into expert DatoCMS developers, with full read/write via the auto-installed CLI. No local terminal? Use the MCP Server instead.
Talking to DatoCMS from code:
- Content Delivery API (CDA) — the fast, read-only GraphQL API your website/app uses to fetch published content.
- Content Management API (CMA) — the REST API for creating and updating content, models, and project settings (think scripts, migrations, integrations).
- CLI — terminal tool for schema migrations and importing from Contentful/WordPress.
Framework guides: end-to-end recipes for fetching content, rendering Structured Text, optimizing images/video, handling SEO, and setting up live preview with visual editing in Next.js, Nuxt, Svelte, and Astro.
Want a head start? Browse our starter projects — ready-to-deploy example sites for popular frameworks.