Sanity Best Practices
Comprehensive best practices guide for Sanity development, maintained by Sanity. Contains rules across 10 categories, prioritized by impact to guide schema design, query optimization, and frontend integration.
When to Apply
Reference these guidelines when:
- Writing GROQ queries or optimizing performance
- Designing content schemas
- Implementing Visual Editing and live preview
- Working with images, Portable Text, or page builders
- Configuring Sanity Studio structure
- Setting up TypeGen for type safety
- Implementing localization
- Migrating content from other systems
Rule Categories by Priority
| Priority | Category | Impact | Prefix |
|----------|----------|--------|--------|
| 1 | GROQ Performance | CRITICAL | groq- |
| 2 | Schema Design | HIGH | schema- |
| 3 | Visual Editing | HIGH | visual- |
| 4 | Images | HIGH | image- |
| 5 | Portable Text | HIGH | pte- |
| 6 | Page Builder | MEDIUM | pagebuilder- |
| 7 | Studio Configuration | MEDIUM | studio- |
| 8 | TypeGen | MEDIUM | typegen- |
| 9 | Localization | MEDIUM | i18n- |
| 10 | Migration | LOW-MEDIUM | migration- |
How to Use
Read individual rule files for detailed explanations and code examples:
rules/groq-optimizable-filters.md
rules/schema-data-over-presentation.md
rules/_sections.md
Each rule file contains:
- Brief explanation of why it matters
- Incorrect code example with explanation
- Correct code example with explanation
- Additional context and references
- Framework-specific notes (when applicable)
Framework Integration
Framework-specific guidance (Next.js, Astro, Remix, etc.) is available via the Sanity MCP server using list_sanity_rules and get_sanity_rules tool calls when available. If the MCP server is not configured, run npx sanity@latest mcp configure to set it up.