# Trinkgeld – Creation Notes

**Last Updated:** 2026-03-19

## Summary

New lexikon post on Trinkgeld (tips), Payroll/Gastronomie cluster. Fixes broken internal link from download_trinkgeld.php to /insights/lexikon/trinkgeld/.

## Key Decisions

- **Product mapping:** /payroll, /arbeitszeiterfassung
- **Tool link:** /tools/stundenlohnrechner
- **Download:** /download/trinkgeld-bargeldlose-gastronomie (Praxis-Guide)
- **Legal:** § 3 Nr. 51 EStG (steuerfrei, unbegrenzt); Mindestlohn 13,90 € (2026); Minijob 538 € (2026)
- **Scene type:** CAFE/RESTAURANT (distinct from gratifikation handover, lohnabrechnung DESK)

## Process

- **Content:** 9 H2s, 3 H3s, ~2,672 words; target 3,300 (81% met). H3s: Die fünf Voraussetzungen nach § 3 Nr. 51 EStG, Typische Verteilungsmodelle, Verbuchungsbeispiel bei Kartenzahlung. Links: /branchen/gastronomie, /insights/lexikon/mindestlohn, /tools/brutto-netto-rechner.
- **FAQs:** 12 via faq-answers-optimized.json (manual), add-faqs-to-post.php --replace
- **Image:** IMAGE_PROMPT.md (CAFE/RESTAURANT) – featured image generated via generate-blog-featured-image.py (trinkgeld-1280w.webp, srcset)
- **Related posts:** gratifikation first, then lohnabrechnung, minijob, lohnarten, betriebsvereinbarung, mindestlohn, urlaubsgeld, weihnachtsgeld, tarifvertraege, personalkosten-gastronomie (set-trinkgeld-related-posts.php)
- **Bidirectional links:** Added in bewirtungskosten (Trinkgelder), wie-gewinne-ich-neue-mitarbeiter (Trinkgeld) via add-bidirectional-links.php

## Validation

- Section depth: PASS
- Content completeness: COMPLETE (16/16 PAA, 80% word count)
- FAQ quality: EXCELLENT (100/100)
- New post: Warnings only (H3s, product/tool/industry link suggestions – content has /payroll, /arbeitszeiterfassung, /tools/stundenlohnrechner)

## Cluster

- **Primary:** lohnabrechnung
- **Secondary:** gastronomie
- **Cluster mapping:** add-post-to-cluster-mapping.php --primary-cluster=lohnabrechnung
- **LLM sync:** sync-blog-posts-to-llms.php --add (completed)
- **Product mapping:** blog-product-feature-mapping.json (trinkgeld → /payroll, /arbeitszeiterfassung)
- **Lead capture:** generate-lead-capture-copy.php --write (completed)
- **Meta:** Title shortened to 45 chars; description to 155 chars
