Reference

Normative reference documentation for Archetect v3. For task-oriented guides, see the User Guide and Authoring Archetypes.

Section	Description
CLI	Every archetect command, flag, and environment variable.
Lua API	The complete Lua scripting API available to archetype.lua.
Templating (ATL)	Archetect Template Language syntax and filter reference.
Archetype Manifest	Full archetype.yaml schema: metadata, requires, templating, catalog, and interface.
Catalog Manifest	CatalogEntry schema: leaf, group, and server entries, plus the library and show flags.
Configuration Files	archetect.yaml tool configuration: file locations, merge order, all sections, environment variables.
Answer Files	Answer file formats, -a key=value typed syntax, and answer precedence.
Archetype Layout	The normative directory and file layout of an archetype on disk.