egg Template

Operation Detection

User Intent	Operation
"create template", "new template"	Create
"add macro", "modify", "rename", "remove"	Update
Template name/path + changes	Update
"install this template repo", "add/pin/sync templates from a repo", "keep templates up to date across machines"	Not this skill — use egg-cli-guide's egg template install (one-shot fetch) or eggs.yml manifest + egg template sync/update (declarative, reproducible)

Create Workflow

1. Ask setup questions (AskUserQuestion - all at once):

   • Template name
   • Location: Project (./.eggs/) | Global (~/.eggs/) | Repository
   • Mode: config.yml only | Full scaffolding

2. Define macros → See references/config-spec.md

3. Configure lifecycle hooks (optional) → See references/lifecycle.md. When writing run: commands, read its "Shell Quoting in run:" section first — wrapping ___MACRO___ or ${{ ... }} in your own quotes silently corrupts the value.

4. Configure hatch: output, excludes

5. Generate config.yml

6. Scaffolding (if full mode) → See references/template-files.md

7. Validate: egg template validate <path>

Update Workflow

1. Locate template:

   • By name: egg template detail <name>
   • By path: Verify config.yml exists

2. Analyze: Read config.yml, list files

3. Check dependencies → See references/update.md

4. Apply changes

5. Validate: egg template validate <path>

Key Commands

egg template detail <name>    # Show info
egg template open <name>      # Open in Finder
egg template validate <path>  # Validate
egg hatch preview <name> --macro-name value ...   # Test as a transaction (no writes yet)
egg hatch apply <applyToken>                      # Commit the test run

References

• references/config-spec.md - config.yml syntax, macro types
• references/lifecycle.md - pre_hatch/post_hatch hooks, step outputs
• references/template-files.md - Native vs Stencil syntax
• references/create.md - initial questions, location, scaffolding, repository structure
• references/update.md - dependency checks before modifying an existing template
• references/update.md - dependency checking, rename/remove operations