Sanity Starter

Sanity Starter

A Sanity Studio v6 starter template with built-in localization utilities, presentation tool, and automatic types generation.

Features

• Localization utilities for multilingual content

  • Types: localeBlock, localeSlug, localeString, localeText
  • Utils: Languages array -> localization.ts, locale type factory -> locale.ts

• Schema utilities — hiddenUnless and requireWhen helpers for conditional field logic

  • schema.ts

• Typed GROQ queries with auto-generated TypeScript result types

  • queries/index.ts

• Presentation tool for custom document views

  • resolve.ts

• Automatic TypeScript types generation from Sanity schemas

  • sanity.types.ts

Plugins Used

• @sanity/language-filter: Language filter for Sanity Studio
• sanity-plugin-media: Digital asset manager for Sanity Studio

AI & MCP

Install the Sanity MCP server to let your AI assistant query, create, and patch documents directly — with automatic schema awareness, no manual context needed. Pair it with AGENTS.md for full project context across Claude, Cursor, Copilot, and other AI tools.

Scripts

• dev: Start Sanity Studio in development mode
• build: Build the Studio and generate types
• deploy: Deploy the Studio
• typegen: Extract schema and generate TypeScript types
• typegen:watch: Watch mode for type generation

Getting Started

1. Install dependencies:

   bun install

2. Set .env variables:

   SANITY_STUDIO_ID="ID_HERE"
   SANITY_STUDIO_PREVIEW_URL="STUDIO_URL_HERE"
   SANITY_STUDIO_DATASET="production"

3. Start the development server:

   bun run dev

4. Generate types:

   bun run typegen

License

MIT