Built-In Tasks

Skier includes tasks for all common static site needs. Use them as building blocks for your pipeline.

Task Categories

Organize your pipeline in this order:

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    Setup --> Content --> Feeds --> Assets

Category	Tasks	Purpose
Setup	`prepareOutputTask`, `setGlobalsTask`, `setGlobalFromMarkdownTask`	Initialize directories and shared data
Content	`generateItemsTask`, `generatePaginatedItemsTask`, `generatePagesTask`	Process and render content
Feeds	`generateFeedTask`, `generateSitemapTask`	Create discovery/syndication files
Assets	`bundleCssTask`, `copyStaticTask`	Optimize and copy static files

Which Task Do I Need?

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    Start([What do you want to do?])

    Start --> Static{Static files?}
    Static -->|Images, fonts, etc.| copyStaticTask
    Static -->|CSS files| CSS{Bundle CSS?}
    CSS -->|Yes| bundleCssTask
    CSS -->|No| copyStaticTask

    Start --> Variables{Set variables?}
    Variables -->|Key-value pairs| setGlobalsTask
    Variables -->|From Markdown file| setGlobalFromMarkdownTask

    Start --> Pages{Generate pages?}
    Pages -->|Standalone templates| generatePagesTask
    Pages -->|From Markdown collection| generateItemsTask
    Pages -->|Paginated list| generatePaginatedItemsTask

    Start --> Syndication{Syndication?}
    Syndication -->|RSS/Atom/JSON| generateFeedTask
    Syndication -->|sitemap.xml| generateSitemapTask

Task Reference

Setup Tasks

Task	Description
prepareOutputTask	Create/clean the output directory
setGlobalsTask	Set site-wide variables
setGlobalFromMarkdownTask	Set globals from Markdown content

Content Tasks

Task	Description
generatePagesTask	Render standalone page templates
generateItemsTask	Generate pages from Markdown collections
generatePaginatedItemsTask	Create paginated list pages

Feed Tasks

Task	Description
generateFeedTask	Create RSS, Atom, and JSON feeds
generateSitemapTask	Generate sitemap.xml

Asset Tasks

Task	Description
bundleCssTask	Bundle and minify CSS
copyStaticTask	Copy static files unchanged

Minimal Pipeline Example

// skier.tasks.mjs
import {
  prepareOutputTask,
  setGlobalsTask,
  generatePagesTask,
  copyStaticTask,
} from 'skier';

export default [
  prepareOutputTask({ outDir: 'public' }),
  setGlobalsTask({ values: { siteTitle: 'My Site' } }),
  generatePagesTask({
    pagesDir: 'src/pages',
    partialsDir: 'src/partials',
    outDir: 'public',
  }),
  copyStaticTask({ from: 'src/static', to: 'public' }),
];

Next: See Recipes for complete project examples.