I asked Claude to scan 500+ Markdown files to identify posts mentioning older years in their titles. My blog has accumulated a lot of content over the years, and keeping it fresh is important for SEO and reader trust. Claude quickly identified dozens of posts that still referenced 2024 or 2025. It then ranked them by detail level and drafted new introductions for the top 5 posts that needed updating. What would have taken me hours of manual review was done in minutes. This is the kind of tedious but important work that Claude excels at. The future of content management is here.
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Batch Identify Blog Posts Needing Updates
Have Claude scan 500+ Markdown files, identify posts mentioning old years, and draft new intros for the top 5 most detailed posts
★★☆ Intermediate 10-20 min January 14, 2026
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Scenario
My blog has 500+ posts, many mentioning 2024 or 2025 in title or body. I need to identify which ones need updating for 2026.
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Prompt
Go through every file in this folder. Identify any post mentioning '2024' or '2025' in title or body. Create a summary document of which posts need updating for 2026, and draft suggested new intros for the top 5 most detailed posts.
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Expected Result
Claude automatically scanned all Markdown files: - Identified all posts mentioning old years - Created a summary document listing posts needing updates - Drafted new intro paragraphs for the top 5 most detailed posts **Great for batch content updates and SEO maintenance.**
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Tips
- • Perfect for annual content updates
- • Can expand to check outdated links, product names, etc.
- • Generated summary makes batch review easy
