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This file only covers how this starter wires Elements into Go templates. For component APIs, template validation, and project setup commands, use the Elements CLI/MCP documentation instead.
Where files are headingNew AGENTS.md files have more rules about keeping secrets out of the code, and fewer about code style.
Of the AGENTS.md files we read, the 31,774 first seen in the last six months, against the older ones: the kind of rule that gained most share, and the kind that lost most. About files like this in general, not this one, and an estimate, since a kind is a pattern in the words.
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The file
We split this AGENTS.md into the rules it gives an agent
10 rules. About 0 are common, 5 are distinctive, and 5 are very specific to this project.
≈0
Common · estimate
Many files like this have a rule of this kind.
≈5
Distinctive · estimate
This author's own choices. Worth a look.
5
Very specific
Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.
- Common
- Distinctive
- Very specific
- Very specific: line 8
Keep dynamic values in the Go PageData shape and pass them into the template.
- Distinctive: line 9
Use static bundles or a separate frontend build pipeline.
- Distinctive: line 13
Use pre-built browser-loadable bundles when keeping the starter free of frontend build tooling.
- Very specific: line 14
If serving local bundles instead, add explicit static file handling in main.go and point CSS and module imports at that route.
- Distinctive: line 15
Keep theme attributes on the root HTML template, not in Go handler code.
- Distinctive: line 19
Use escaped template output for data values.
- Very specific: line 20
Only use trusted template HTML for checked Elements markup.
- Distinctive: line 21
Keep routing and rendering small.
- Very specific: line 25
Run pnpm run build in projects/starters/go after Go or template changes.
- Very specific: line 26
Run pnpm run dev for local rendering checks on http://localhost:8080.
≈ “Common” is an estimate: at least 1 in 5 of the 40,246 AGENTS.md files we read have a rule of the same kind, not the same words. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
Files
Elements Go Starter
This file only covers how this starter wires Elements into Go templates. For component APIs, template validation, and project setup commands, use the Elements CLI/MCP documentation instead.
Integration Points
- Render Elements markup through
html/templateinsrc/index.html. - Keep dynamic values in the Go
PageDatashape and pass them into the template; do not concatenate HTML strings in handlers. - Use static bundles or a separate frontend build pipeline. This starter is the static-bundle path.
Static Assets
- Use pre-built browser-loadable bundles when keeping the starter free of frontend build tooling.
- If serving local bundles instead, add explicit static file handling in
main.goand point CSS and module imports at that route. - Keep theme attributes on the root HTML template, not in Go handler code.
Go Template Constraints
- Use escaped template output for data values.
- Only use trusted template HTML for checked Elements markup.
- Keep routing and rendering small; move repeated page shell code into templates before adding more routes.
Verification
- Run
pnpm run buildinprojects/starters/goafter Go or template changes. - Run
pnpm run devfor local rendering checks onhttp://localhost:8080.
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