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Hugo Template Guidance by tomevault-io

Name: Hugo Template Guidance
Author: tomevault-io

Hugo Template Guidance

Use whenever you need to understand how this theme works — adding pages, managing content, configuring the site, using partials/components/modules, project architecture, scripts, or styling/theming (Tailwind v4, Bootstrap 5, or a hybrid — verify which). Use for ANY question about the structure, usage, or customization of the template or theme.

tomevault-io Updated Sep 17, 2026

File contents

Template Guidance

Handbook for this theme (Hugo Extended + Hugo Modules; styling is Tailwind v4, Bootstrap 5, or a hybrid — verify before assuming), assuming the standard project-setup layout (site at root, theme vendored in themes/<theme>/ — the single folder under themes/; see references/detect-mode.md to find its name). Progressive disclosure: read the matching references/ file before acting.

If exampleSite/hugo.toml exists, the repo is still in theme-setup — run <pm> project-setup first (see references/detect-mode.md) before using anything below.

Package manager: <pm> is a placeholder for this project's package manager. Detect it from a lock file (pnpm-lock.yaml, package-lock.json, yarn.lock, bun.lock/bun.lockb) or package.json's packageManager field before running any command below — don't assume pnpm. Details: references/script-usage.md.

Routing Guide

Request	Read
Detect or convert setup mode (theme-setup vs project-setup)	`references/detect-mode.md`
pre-flight checks (Node, Hugo version, package manager)	`references/preflight-checks.md`
Architecture, folder layout, data flow	`references/project-architecture.md`
Add a page, route, or homepage section	`references/adding-new-pages.md`
Partials, components, shortcodes, Hugo Modules	`references/component-usage.md`
Add, remove, or enable a Hugo Module (`module.toml`)	`references/hugo-modules.md`
Markdown content, frontmatter, taxonomies	`references/content-management.md`
Add/configure a new language, multilingual, i18n, translate	`references/i18n-guidance.md`
Site config, menus, social, feature toggles, SEO	`references/page-configuration.md`
Package manager detection, scripts, generators, module updates	`references/script-usage.md`
Styling/theming (Tailwind v4, Bootstrap 5, or hybrid — verify first), dark mode, design tokens	`references/styling-and-theming.md`

Steps

Read the matching reference.
Follow it.

Source: zeon-studio/hugoplate — distributed by TomeVault.

---name: hugo-template-guidancedescription: Use whenever you need to understand how this theme works — adding pages, managing content, configuring the site, using partials/components/modules, project architecture, scripts, or styling/theming (Tailwind v4, Bootstrap 5, or a hybrid — verify which). Use for ANY question about the structure, usage, or customization of the template or theme.---# Template GuidanceHandbook for this theme (Hugo Extended + Hugo Modules; styling is Tailwind v4, Bootstrap 5, or a hybrid — verify before assuming), assuming the standard **project-setup** layout (site at root, theme vendored in `themes/<theme>/` — the single folder under `themes/`; see `references/detect-mode.md` to find its name). Progressive disclosure: **read the matching `references/` file before acting.**> If `exampleSite/hugo.toml` exists, the repo is still in theme-setup — run `<pm> project-setup` first (see `references/detect-mode.md`) before using anything below.>> **Package manager:** `<pm>` is a placeholder for this project's package manager. Detect it from a lock file (`pnpm-lock.yaml`, `package-lock.json`, `yarn.lock`, `bun.lock`/`bun.lockb`) or `package.json`'s `packageManager` field before running any command below — don't assume `pnpm`. Details: `references/script-usage.md`.## Routing Guide| Request | Read || -------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------ || Detect or convert setup mode (theme-setup vs project-setup) | `references/detect-mode.md` || pre-flight checks (Node, Hugo version, package manager) | `references/preflight-checks.md` || Architecture, folder layout, data flow | `references/project-architecture.md` || Add a page, route, or homepage section | `references/adding-new-pages.md` || Partials, components, shortcodes, Hugo Modules | `references/component-usage.md` || Add, remove, or enable a Hugo Module (`module.toml`) | `references/hugo-modules.md` || Markdown content, frontmatter, taxonomies | `references/content-management.md` || Add/configure a new language, multilingual, i18n, translate | `references/i18n-guidance.md` || Site config, menus, social, feature toggles, SEO | `references/page-configuration.md` || Package manager detection, scripts, generators, module updates | `references/script-usage.md` || Styling/theming (Tailwind v4, Bootstrap 5, or hybrid — verify first), dark mode, design tokens | `references/styling-and-theming.md` |## Steps1. Read the matching reference.2. Follow it.---> Source: [zeon-studio/hugoplate](https://github.com/zeon-studio/hugoplate) — distributed by [TomeVault](https://tomevault.io).

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