Smart-Site v3.0.1

SmartSite 3.0.1 — public website-building kit and deployment fixes

SmartSite is a standalone Next.js/Payload website starter with native Payload MCP and portable Codex/Claude skills. This patch improves the public introduction and fixes issues found while upgrading and testing a complete Elvora showcase separately from the blank starter.

Changes

• Expanded README: features, WordPress-style editorial experience, agent workflow, setup, native MCP tools, shipped skills, extension points, databases/media, hosting, maintenance, FAQs and current limits. Includes direct template/demo/docs/release links and an MIT license file consistent with package metadata.
• Moved native MCP API Keys under Settings with a key icon.
• Kept server extension implementations out of the browser configuration graph; the server resolver still validates registered extensions.
• Selected standalone build output only outside Vercel, avoiding the Next16.3 standalone/adapter finalization failure while preserving self-hosting output.
• Initialized form values by field name instead of passing field definitions as values; added a regression check for submitted fields and preserved defaults.

The starter remains blank. Elvora branding, content, workshops and custom sections belong to the separate demo and are not included in this template release. No private credentials, database snapshots or monorepo execution plans are shipped.

Verification

• Fresh standalone frozen install and bootstrap passed.
• TypeScript and lint passed (two existing lint warnings).
• Seven unit contracts passed.
• Actual Chrome inspection verified API Keys grouping/icon. The separate demo also verified content editing, image delivery, a local form submission and native MCP read/revision-checked save.
• Hosted preview verified the Vercel output correction. Mobile viewport automation did not take effect, so this release does not claim new mobile visual acceptance.

Runtime: Node24.22.1 or supported newer24patch; pnpm10.34.8; Next16.3.3; Payload3.92.0. Guided setup and transactional MCP use MongoDB8 with replica-set support. Windows lifecycle automation remains uncertified. Existing3.0sites should review the upgrade guide and preserve their configuration, data, media and secrets.