Frontmatter allows you to override global settings on a per-page basis. It must be written in YAML format at the very top of your Markdown file.

Core Metadata

Key Type Description
title String Required. Sets the HTML <title> and the primary page header.
description String Sets the meta description for SEO and search results.
keywords Array A list of keywords for the <meta name="keywords"> tag.

Visibility & Control (v0.5.1+)

Key Type Description
noindex Boolean Excludes the page from the search results.
llms Boolean Set to false to exclude this page from the llms.txt / llms-full.txt files.
hideTitle Boolean If true, the title is hidden from the sticky header (use this if you have a custom H1).
bodyClass String Adds a custom CSS class to the <body> tag of this page.

Page Layout & Components

Key Type Description
layout String Set to full to hide the Table of Contents and use the primary width.
toc Boolean Set to false to disable the Table of Contents entirely.
noStyle Boolean Removes the entire docmd UI (Sidebar, Header, Footer) for custom landing pages.

noStyle Component Control

When noStyle: true is enabled, you must explicitly opt-in to components you want to keep:

---
noStyle: true
components:
  meta: true      # Injects SEO tags
  favicon: true   # Injects favicon
  css: true       # Injects docmd-main.css
  theme: true     # Injects theme colors/overrides
  highlight: true # Injects syntax highlighting
  scripts: true   # Injects docmd-main.js (for SPA/Search)
  layout: true    # Injects the content-area wrapper
  sidebar: true   # Injects the navigation sidebar
  footer: true    # Injects the footer
  branding: true  # Injects the "Built with docmd" badge
---

Plugin Overrides

SEO Plugin (seo)

  • description: Page-specific social description.
  • image: Social share image URL.
  • aiBots: Set to false to block AI crawlers from this specific page.
  • canonicalUrl: Sets a custom canonical link.
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