Stencil is a simple template builder used to bootstrap new posts in Librarian.

The default configuration is defined as follows, on the config/minicli.php file:

    'stencil_dir' => __DIR__ . '/../app/Resources/stencil',
    'stencil_locations' => [
        'post' => __DIR__ . '/../content/_p',
        'blog' => __DIR__ . '/../content/blog'
    ],

Where stencil_dir is the location for your Stencil templates (these work like Hugo's archetypes, not to confuse with your views). The stencil_locations config defines your post content types and where to save new content generated. The post type is the default.

You can overwrite this configuration in your config.php configuration file.

When generating a new piece of content with the create command, it will look for a template with the same name as the requested type inside the stencil_dir directory.

This is what the default post.tpl template looks like:

---
title: {{ title }}
description: {{ description }}
tags: post, example, sample, template
cover_image: https://picsum.photos/780/300
---

Your text content goes here.

You can have as many paragraphs as you want.

Extended markdown is supported.

Let's say you have a custom content type called device that uses a specific content layout. You can configure Stencil to use a custom template when creating new posts of that type.

This is how a custom configuration based on that would like in your config.php file:

    'stencil_locations' => [
        'device' => __DIR__ . '/content/devices'
    ],

Don't forget to set up a Stencil template called device.tpl at app/Resources/stencil/. You can copy the post.tpl to use as base for you custom template.

Then, you'll be able to create new "device" posts with:

./librarian create content device

And this will prompt you to provide the title and description for your new post, saving the resulting markdown file to the content/devices folder.