This guide explains Golem's internals, AST/ASG compilation pipeline, plugin system, theme template engine, and CI/CD automation for developers and documentation maintainers.

Topics in this Section

• AST/ASG Compilation Pipeline — Deterministic, compiler-grade document processing lifecycle from source .adoc to static HTML5.
• Pluggy Plugin Hook Specifications — Lifecycle hooks (on_pre_parse, on_ast_created, on_asg_created, on_post_render, golem_add_subcommands) and entry-point packaging.
• Theme Development & Chameleon TAL — Creating custom themes, skeleton templates, context variables, and CSS property tokens.
• Plugin & Macro Recipes — Production-ready recipes for role-based AST transformers and custom CLI command extensions.
• CI/CD Automation & Deployment Recipes — GitHub Actions workflows, artifact caching, and static hosting deployment.