bengal-add-filter

What problem does it solve?

This Skill allows you to add custom formatting, filtering, and data transformation capabilities to your Bengal static site templates, enabling more dynamic and personalized content presentation.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Custom Filters: Define Python functions to format data (e.g., currency, dates) or manipulate strings within your templates.
• Type Coercion: Handles string inputs from YAML/config files, ensuring your filters work reliably with numeric or other data types.
• Use Case: You need to display prices in a specific currency format or truncate long text excerpts for a blog post preview. This Skill lets you create reusable filters for these tasks.

Quick Start

Add a new currency filter to your Bengal templates by defining the filter function and registering it before the build process.