Templ Syntax

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Writing .templ files
• Learning templ syntax
• Mentions templ component
• Templ expressions

Example prompts

• “templ component”
• “templ expressions”
• “.templ file syntax”
• “/templ-syntax”

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

1. 1Define a component with typed params.
2. 2Render values with { expr }.
3. 3Compose components with @OtherComponent(...).
4. 4Use Go control flow (if, for, switch) directly in markup.
5. 5Keep business logic in Go helpers, not inline in templates.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 45c532e. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are templ).

  From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

• Network

  Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

  • templ.guide

  From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

• Credentials

  Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

  From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Templ Syntax loads about 519 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 62 tokens; SKILL.md has 151 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~62

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~519

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from Xe/site at commit 45c532e, republished under its Zlib licence (© Xe). 151 words, ~519 tokens.

name

templ-syntax

description

Learn and write templ component syntax including expressions, conditionals, loops, and Go integration. Use when writing .templ files, learning templ syntax, or mentions 'templ component', 'templ expressions', or '.templ file syntax'.

package components

templ Greeting(name string, isAdmin bool) {
    <h1>Hello, { name }</h1>
    if isAdmin {
        <p>Admin mode</p>
    }
}

templ Card(title string) {
    <section class="card">
        <h2>{ title }</h2>
        <div>{ children... }</div>
    </section>
}

templ UserList(users []string) {
    if len(users) == 0 {
        <p>No users</p>
    } else {
        <ul>
            for _, user := range users {
                <li>{ user }</li>
            }
        </ul>
    }
}

© Xe, Zlib. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 3 other files in .agents/skills/templ-syntax of Xe/site.

• SKILL.md
• resources/foundations.md
• resources/patterns.md
• resources/reference.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 45c532e