Cookbook

Complete, working examples for common IntentText use cases. Each recipe gives you a real problem, a working solution, and the commands to make it happen. (Fundamentals live in the Guide and exact syntax in the Reference — recipes here don't repeat them.)

Documents

Build real documents — contracts, reports, newsletters. For an invoice walkthrough, see Your First Document.

• Contract — verifiable contract with approval trail and signatures
• Report — monthly report with metrics and figures
• Newsletter — editorial newsletter with images and pull quotes
• E-Invoices (EN16931 / UBL) — emit standards UBL XML from one .it source

Templates

• Building Templates — from document to reusable template. Variable syntax, each: tables, and the merge API live in the Templates reference.

Forms

Fillable, signable .it documents — the PDF-form workflow in plain text.

• Fillable Forms — meta: type: form, input: fields, conditional show-if:, computed compute:, file type: attachment, two-party trust, and submitForm()/isFormComplete()

Trust

Approvals, routing, signatures, sealing, redline, and conformance.

• Approval Workflow — approve → sign → freeze, plus in-file route:/require: routing and workflowState
• Sealing Contracts — dotit seal and dotit verify
• Attachments — embed files with attach: so they ride inside the doc and are covered by the seal
• Amending Frozen Documents — formal amendments without breaking the seal
• Audit Trail — track + revision + history
• Redline & Compare — compareVersions and three-way mergeThreeWay
• Conformance — checkConformance lax vs strict

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 and team workflows. Query syntax and .it-index mechanics live in A Folder Is a Database, the Query reference, and the Index File reference.

• Folder Structure — recommended structure for organizations
• Contact Directory — build a contact directory from existing files
• Deadline Tracking — track deadlines across hundreds of documents

Print

• Print-Ready Documents — full print layout with headers and signatures
• PDF Export — CLI export with themes and metadata. Watermark syntax is in the Layout reference.

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