PublishedJuly 5, 2026
Payload CMS POC approved and hardened
The embedded CMS is approved: editorial collections, draft → published workflow, and security hardening after review.
Payload CMS is embedded straight into the Next.js app. The Articles, Authors and Editorial Sources collections carry the six-state validation workflow (draft, review, approved, published, archived, rejected), with mandatory sourcing before publication for any non-rumor fact.