Cookbook

Complete, working examples for every common IntentText use case. Each recipe gives you a real problem, a working solution, and the commands to make it happen.

Documents

Build real documents — invoices, contracts, reports, newsletters.

• Invoice — professional invoice with line items and PDF export
• Contract — verifiable contract with approval trail and signatures
• Report — monthly report with metrics and figures
• Newsletter — editorial newsletter with images and pull quotes

Templates

Turn documents into reusable templates and merge them with data.

• Building Templates — from document to reusable template
• Dynamic Tables — each: property, singularization, empty arrays
• Merging Data — CLI and API merge, nested data, missing values
• Template Library — the 76 Hub templates by domain

Trust

Approvals, signatures, sealing, and amendments.

• Approval Workflow — approve → sign → freeze
• Sealing Contracts — intenttext seal and intenttext verify
• Amending Frozen Documents — formal amendments without breaking the seal
• Audit Trail — track + revision + history

Agents

AI agent pipelines, task planning, and MCP integration.

• Task Planning — agent task plan as a .it document
• Pipeline Definition — multi-step pipeline with gates
• Agent Handoff — passing context between agents
• MCP Integration — MCP server tools with Claude

Organizations

Folder structures, queries, indexes, and team workflows.

• Folder Structure — recommended structure for organizations
• Querying Documents — single file, folder, glob, natural language
• Indexing Folders — .it-index setup and management
• Multi-Folder Query — shallow architecture explained
• Contact Directory — build a contact directory from existing files
• Deadline Tracking — track deadlines across hundreds of documents

Print

Print-ready documents, watermarks, and PDF export.

• Print-Ready Documents — full print layout with headers and signatures
• Watermarks — CONFIDENTIAL, DRAFT, VOID overlays
• PDF Export — CLI export with themes and metadata

Data

Metrics, definitions, references, and figures.

• Metrics & Dashboards — queryable KPIs and metric grids
• Definitions & Glossaries — machine-readable defined terms
• Cross-Document References — typed relationships between documents
• Figures & Captions — numbered, captioned, referenceable figures