Front Matter and Metadata

Article title: Front Matter and Metadata
Author: Jack
Created: 2026-06-24 09:00:00
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Jack

Published at: 2026-06-24 09:00:00

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Every post starts with YAML Front Matter describing the page metadata.

Common fields

Field	Description
`title`	Post title shown in cards and detail pages
`description`	Summary for meta tags and previews
`created_at`	Creation date in RFC3339 format
`tags`	Array of tags for filtering

---
title: My Post
description: A short summary.
created_at: 2026-06-24T09:00:00Z
tags:
  - demo
---

Run everkm-publish lint before export to catch missing fields or duplicate slugs.