Front Matter

Every Markdown file starts with YAML front matter between --- delimiters.

Base fields (all types)

Field	Type	Required	Description
title	string	yes	Page title
slug	string	—	URL slug (derived from filename if absent)
date	date	—	Publication date
updated	date	—	Last updated date
draft	boolean	—	Set true to exclude from build (default: false)
tags	string[]	—	Tags, used for /tags/:tag/ listing pages
description	string	—	Short description, used in RSS and meta tags
image	string	—	Cover image path or URL
template	string	—	Override the template name
layout	string	—	Override the layout name

Draft content

Files with draft: true are excluded from builds by default.

To include drafts in a build, set the environment variable:

STEDEFAST_INCLUDE_DRAFTS=true stedefast build