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				type QuartzPlugin<Options extends OptionType = undefined> = (opts?: Options) => QuartzPluginInstance
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				The following sections will go into detail for what methods can be implemented for each plugin type. Before we do that, let's clarify a few more ambiguous types:
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				- `BuildCtx` is defined in `quartz/ctx.ts`. It consists of 
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					- `argv`: The command line arguments passed to the Quartz [[build]] command
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					- `cfg`: The full Quartz [[configuration]]
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					- `allSlugs`: a list of all the valid content slugs (see [[paths]] for more information on what a `ServerSlug` is)
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				- `BuildCtx` is defined in `quartz/ctx.ts`. It consists of
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				  - `argv`: The command line arguments passed to the Quartz [[build]] command
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				  - `cfg`: The full Quartz [[configuration]]
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				  - `allSlugs`: a list of all the valid content slugs (see [[paths]] for more information on what a `ServerSlug` is)
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				- `StaticResources` is defined in `quartz/resources.tsx`. It consists of
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					- `js`: a list of scripts that should be loaded. A script is described with the `JSResource` type which is also defined in `quartz/resources.tsx`. It allows you to define a load time (either before or after the DOM has been loaded), whether it should be a module, and either the source URL or the inline content of the script.
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				  - `css`: a list of URLs for stylesheets that should be loaded
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				  - `js`: a list of scripts that should be loaded. A script is described with the `JSResource` type which is also defined in `quartz/resources.tsx`. It allows you to define a load time (either before or after the DOM has been loaded), whether it should be a module, and either the source URL or the inline content of the script.
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				Transformers **map** over content, taking a Markdown file and outputting modified content or adding metadata to the file itself.
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				All transformer plugins must define at least a `name` field to register the plugin and a few optional functions that allow you to hook into various parts of transforming a single Markdown file.
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				- `textTransform` performs a text-to-text transformation *before* a file is parsed into the [Markdown AST](https://github.com/syntax-tree/mdast).
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				- `textTransform` performs a text-to-text transformation _before_ a file is parsed into the [Markdown AST](https://github.com/syntax-tree/mdast).
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				- `markdownPlugins` defines a list of [remark plugins](https://github.com/remarkjs/remark/blob/main/doc/plugins.md). `remark` is a tool that transforms Markdown to Markdown in a structured way.
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				- `htmlPlugins` defines a list of [rehype plugins](https://github.com/rehypejs/rehype/blob/main/doc/plugins.md). Similar to how `remark` works, `rehype` is a tool that transforms HTML to HTML in a structured way.
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				- `externalResources` defines any external resources the plugin may need to load on the client-side for it to work properly.
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				All transformer plugins can be found under `quartz/plugins/transformers`. If you decide to write your own transformer plugin, don't forget to re-export it under `quartz/plugins/transformers/index.ts`
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				A parting word: transformer plugins are quite complex so don't worry if you don't get them right away. Take a look at the built in transformers and see how they operate over content to get a better sense for how to accomplish what you are trying to do.
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				> Look in `quartz/plugins` for more examples of plugins in Quartz as reference for your own plugins!
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