The control plane for Payload + AI

Ship better content.
Keep control.

Schemalink gives AI clients a permission-aware way to discover, improve, and manage the content already living in your Payload projects.

Built for teams moving fast with content

A shorter path from setup to useful.

No content migration. No second admin panel. Just a clear connection between the tools you use and the content you own.

01

Connect Payload once

Install the plugin in the Payload project that owns your content. Your database and files stay where they are.

02

Choose the boundaries

Select the projects, collections, and actions each AI connection can use. Publishing and deleting stay explicit.

03

Ask in plain language

Your AI client discovers the shape of your content, then works through the permissions you approved.

From package install to your first useful prompt.

Install the plugin
1pnpm add @schemalink/payload-plugin

Your content is structured. Your AI access should be too.

Permission by design

Give each connection the smallest useful access: project, collection, operation, and nothing more.

Payload stays the source

Schemalink coordinates requests. Your content, database, and media stay in the systems you already operate.

One connection, many projects

Connect an AI client once, then decide exactly which Payload projects it can see.

An audit trail that helps

Know what changed, which client requested it, and when—without reading server logs.

The questions your team already asks.

Make the work you already do with Payload faster, more complete, and easier to review.

Start with a project

Find the gaps

“Which posts need better SEO?”

Search real content, inspect the fields that matter, and get a focused list instead of a spreadsheet dump.

Keep locales complete

“What is missing in French?”

Compare localized content across collections and identify missing or stale translations before they become a support ticket.

Work safely

“Update this as a draft.”

Let AI prepare edits while your live content stays untouched. Review, refine, and publish only when you are ready.

Give AI a way in. Keep your data boundaries intact.

Schemalink never hands an AI client your database credentials. It checks the connection, project, collection, and requested operation before the request reaches Payload.

Connect Your Site
Your database stays yours
Draft and publish are separate permissions
Every MCP action has an actor
Disable a connection without deleting it
AI access
LIVE

Codex

MCP connection

Active
Permissions
DiscoverReadDraftUpdate
CollectionsAll collections
Last used2 minutes ago
Manage connectionEnabled

Permissions are checked again at request time.

More projects. Same sharp boundaries.

Try every Schemalink feature free for one month.

Solo

$9/month

1 month free

1 connected project

  • Discover collections and schemas
  • Read and search content
  • Create and edit drafts
  • Compare locales and find gaps
  • Publish and delete content
  • Manage media and audit activity
Choose Solo

Pro

Most flexible
$19/month

1 month free

Up to 3 connected projects

  • Discover collections and schemas
  • Read and search content
  • Create and edit drafts
  • Compare locales and find gaps
  • Publish and delete content
  • Manage media and audit activity
Choose Pro

Agency

$39/month

1 month free

Up to 10 connected projects

  • Discover collections and schemas
  • Read and search content
  • Create and edit drafts
  • Compare locales and find gaps
  • Publish and delete content
  • Manage media and audit activity
Choose Agency

A little less mystery.

No. Payload remains the source of truth. Schemalink checks and routes authorized requests to the installation that already owns your content.

Ready when your content is

Let AI do the busywork.
Keep the final say.

Set up the connection once. Let your AI search, check, and draft. Give every important action a boundary.

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