feat: enhance aw-post CLI — --from-x, --file, --help flags (#219 )

- --from-x "text": port X/Twitter posts (title from first 60 chars) - --file path.md: post from markdown file (title from # header) - --help: usage info - Refactored into functions for reuse - All modes auto-rebuild the blog after posting Closes #219
[loop-cycle] feat: The Scrolls — complete blog with post pages, RSS, auto-rebuild (#217 ) (#2 )
2026-03-18 21:45:50 -04:00 · 2026-03-18 21:43:39 -04:00
6 changed files with 308 additions and 77 deletions
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
 # Build artifacts — regenerated by `make build` / `python3 scripts/build.py`
 # Source of truth is blog/posts/*.md
 blog/posts/*.html
--- a/blog/feed.xml
+++ b/blog/feed.xml
@@ -4,10 +4,22 @@
  <link href="https://alexanderwhitestone.com/blog/"/>
  <link rel="self" href="https://alexanderwhitestone.com/blog/feed.xml"/>
  <id>https://alexanderwhitestone.com/blog/</id>
-  <updated>2026-03-19T01:32:41Z</updated>
+  <updated>2026-03-19T01:45:33Z</updated>
  <author>
    <name>Alexander Whitestone</name>
  </author>
  <subtitle>Words from the Wizard's Tower</subtitle>
-
+  <entry>
    <title>Hello World</title>
    <link href="https://alexanderwhitestone.com/blog/posts/2026-03-18-hello-world.html"/>
    <id>https://alexanderwhitestone.com/blog/posts/2026-03-18-hello-world</id>
    <updated>2026-03-18T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>The Tower stands. Two doors. You choose.</p>
 <p><strong>The Workshop</strong> is where the wizard lives — a 3D world you walk into. Not a chatbot. A presence.</p>
 <p><strong>The Scrolls</strong> is where the words live — plain text, RSS, no platform tax. You're reading one now.</p>
 <blockquote>
 <p>Sovereignty isn't a feature. It's the architecture.</p>
 </blockquote>
 <p>This is the first scroll. More will follow.</p>]]></content>
  </entry>
 </feed>
--- a/blog/index.html
+++ b/blog/index.html
@@ -15,12 +15,24 @@
    header { margin-bottom: 3rem; border-bottom: 1px solid #2a2520; padding-bottom: 1rem; }
    header h1 { font-size: 1.2rem; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.1em; }
    header nav { margin-top: 0.5rem; font-size: 0.8rem; }
-    header a { color: #8a7f6a; text-decoration: none; }
+    header a, a { color: #8a7f6a; text-decoration: none; }
-    header a:hover { color: #e0d8c8; }
+    header a:hover, a:hover { color: #e0d8c8; }
    .posts { list-style: none; }
    .posts li { margin-bottom: 1.5rem; padding-bottom: 1.5rem; border-bottom: 1px solid #1a1510; }
    .posts .date { font-size: 0.8rem; color: #6a6050; display: block; }
-    .posts .title { font-size: 1rem; }
+    .posts a { color: #e0d8c8; text-decoration: none; }
    .posts a:hover { color: #fff; }
    .post-date { font-size: 0.85rem; color: #6a6050; margin-bottom: 2rem; display: block; }
    .post-body p { margin-bottom: 1.2rem; }
    .post-body h2 { font-size: 1.1rem; margin: 2rem 0 1rem; color: #c0b8a8; }
    .post-body h3 { font-size: 1rem; margin: 1.5rem 0 0.8rem; color: #a09888; }
    .post-body blockquote { border-left: 2px solid #2a2520; padding-left: 1rem; color: #a09888; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; }
    .post-body code { background: #1a1510; padding: 0.15em 0.4em; font-size: 0.9em; }
    .post-body pre { background: #1a1510; padding: 1rem; overflow-x: auto; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; }
    .post-body pre code { background: none; padding: 0; }
    .post-body em { font-style: italic; }
    .post-body strong { color: #fff; }
  </style>
 </head>
 <body>
@@ -32,7 +44,7 @@
    <ul class="posts">
      <li>
        <span class="date">2026-03-18</span>
-        <span class="title">Hello World</span>
+        <a href="/blog/posts/2026-03-18-hello-world.html">Hello World</a>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </main>
--- a/blog/posts/2026-03-18-hello-world.md
+++ b/blog/posts/2026-03-18-hello-world.md
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
 ---
 title: "Hello World"
 date: 2026-03-18
 ---
 The Tower stands. Two doors. You choose.
 **The Workshop** is where the wizard lives — a 3D world you walk into. Not a chatbot. A presence.
 **The Scrolls** is where the words live — plain text, RSS, no platform tax. You're reading one now.
 > Sovereignty isn't a feature. It's the architecture.
 This is the first scroll. More will follow.
--- a/scripts/aw-post
+++ b/scripts/aw-post
@@ -2,48 +2,104 @@
 # aw-post — Quick-post a scroll from the command line
 #
 # Usage:
-#   aw-post "Title of the Post"
+#   aw-post "Title"                      # Create empty post, open for editing
-#   aw-post "Title" < body.md
+#   aw-post "Title" < body.md            # Pipe body from stdin
-#   echo "Post body here" | aw-post "Title"
+#   echo "Post body" | aw-post "Title"   # Pipe body from stdin
 #   aw-post --file thoughts.md           # Post from a file (title from first line)
 #   aw-post --from-x "Tweet text here"   # Port an X/Twitter post
 #
-# Creates a new markdown file in blog/posts/ with frontmatter.
+# Creates a markdown file in blog/posts/, rebuilds the blog.
 # Rebuilds the blog index and RSS feed.
 set -euo pipefail
-BLOG_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd)/blog/posts"
+REPO_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd)"
-
+BLOG_DIR="${REPO_DIR}/blog/posts"
 if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
  echo "Usage: aw-post \"Title of the Post\""
  echo "  Pipe or redirect body content via stdin."
  exit 1
 fi
 TITLE="$1"
 DATE=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
 SLUG=$(echo "$TITLE" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | tr ' ' '-' | tr -cd 'a-z0-9-')
 FILENAME="${DATE}-${SLUG}.md"
 FILEPATH="${BLOG_DIR}/${FILENAME}"
-if [ -f "$FILEPATH" ]; then
+slugify() {
-  echo "Error: $FILEPATH already exists"
+  echo "$1" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | tr ' ' '-' | tr -cd 'a-z0-9-' | head -c 60
-  exit 1
+}
 fi
-# Read body from stdin if available
+create_post() {
-BODY=""
+  local title="$1"
-if [ ! -t 0 ]; then
+  local body="$2"
-  BODY=$(cat)
+  local slug
-fi
+  slug=$(slugify "$title")
  local filename="${DATE}-${slug}.md"
  local filepath="${BLOG_DIR}/${filename}"
-cat > "$FILEPATH" << EOF
+  if [ -f "$filepath" ]; then
    echo "Error: $filepath already exists"
    exit 1
  fi
  cat > "$filepath" << EOF
 ---
-title: "${TITLE}"
+title: "${title}"
 date: ${DATE}
 ---
-${BODY}
+${body}
 EOF
-echo "Created: ${FILEPATH}"
+  echo "Created: ${filepath}"
-echo "Next: rebuild with 'make build'"
+  python3 "${REPO_DIR}/scripts/build.py"
 }
 # Parse arguments
 case "${1:-}" in
  --file)
    # Post from a file — title from first non-empty line
    if [ -z "${2:-}" ] || [ ! -f "${2:-}" ]; then
      echo "Usage: aw-post --file <path-to-markdown>"
      exit 1
    fi
    BODY=$(cat "$2")
    # Extract title: first line starting with # or first non-empty line
    TITLE=$(echo "$BODY" | grep -m1 '^#' | sed 's/^#* *//' || echo "$BODY" | grep -m1 '.' || echo "Untitled")
    if [ -z "$TITLE" ]; then
      TITLE="Untitled"
    fi
    # Strip the title line from body if it was a markdown header
    BODY=$(echo "$BODY" | sed '1{/^#/d;}')
    create_post "$TITLE" "$BODY"
    ;;
  --from-x)
    # Port an X/Twitter post — the text becomes both title and body
    if [ -z "${2:-}" ]; then
      echo "Usage: aw-post --from-x \"Tweet text here\""
      exit 1
    fi
    TEXT="$2"
    # Title: first 60 chars, cleaned up
    TITLE=$(echo "$TEXT" | head -1 | cut -c1-60 | sed 's/[[:space:]]*$//')
    create_post "$TITLE" "$TEXT"
    ;;
  --help|-h)
    echo "aw-post — Quick-post a scroll to The Scrolls"
    echo ""
    echo "Usage:"
    echo "  aw-post \"Title\"                      Create a post (body from stdin)"
    echo "  aw-post --file thoughts.md            Post from a markdown file"
    echo "  aw-post --from-x \"Tweet text\"         Port an X/Twitter post"
    echo "  aw-post --help                        Show this help"
    ;;
  "")
    echo "Usage: aw-post \"Title of the Post\""
    echo "  See: aw-post --help"
    exit 1
    ;;
  *)
    # Standard mode: title as arg, body from stdin
    TITLE="$1"
    BODY=""
    if [ ! -t 0 ]; then
      BODY=$(cat)
    fi
    create_post "$TITLE" "$BODY"
    ;;
 esac
--- a/scripts/build.py
+++ b/scripts/build.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 """
-Build script for The Scrolls — generates blog index and RSS feed from
+Build script for The Scrolls — generates blog pages and RSS feed from
 markdown posts in blog/posts/.
 Each post is a markdown file with YAML frontmatter:
@@ -11,10 +11,12 @@ Each post is a markdown file with YAML frontmatter:
  Body content here.
 Generates:
-  - blog/index.html with post listing
+  - blog/index.html with linked post listing
  - blog/posts/<slug>.html for each post
  - blog/feed.xml Atom feed
 """
 import html
 import os
 import re
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
@@ -24,6 +26,35 @@ SITE_URL = "https://alexanderwhitestone.com"
 BLOG_DIR = Path(__file__).parent.parent / "blog"
 POSTS_DIR = BLOG_DIR / "posts"
 PAGE_STYLE = """\
    * { margin: 0; padding: 0; box-sizing: border-box; }
    body {
      max-width: 640px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 2rem 1rem;
      background: #0a0a0f; color: #e0d8c8;
      font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 1.6;
    }
    header { margin-bottom: 3rem; border-bottom: 1px solid #2a2520; padding-bottom: 1rem; }
    header h1 { font-size: 1.2rem; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.1em; }
    header nav { margin-top: 0.5rem; font-size: 0.8rem; }
    header a, a { color: #8a7f6a; text-decoration: none; }
    header a:hover, a:hover { color: #e0d8c8; }
    .posts { list-style: none; }
    .posts li { margin-bottom: 1.5rem; padding-bottom: 1.5rem; border-bottom: 1px solid #1a1510; }
    .posts .date { font-size: 0.8rem; color: #6a6050; display: block; }
    .posts a { color: #e0d8c8; text-decoration: none; }
    .posts a:hover { color: #fff; }
    .post-date { font-size: 0.85rem; color: #6a6050; margin-bottom: 2rem; display: block; }
    .post-body p { margin-bottom: 1.2rem; }
    .post-body h2 { font-size: 1.1rem; margin: 2rem 0 1rem; color: #c0b8a8; }
    .post-body h3 { font-size: 1rem; margin: 1.5rem 0 0.8rem; color: #a09888; }
    .post-body blockquote { border-left: 2px solid #2a2520; padding-left: 1rem; color: #a09888; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; }
    .post-body code { background: #1a1510; padding: 0.15em 0.4em; font-size: 0.9em; }
    .post-body pre { background: #1a1510; padding: 1rem; overflow-x: auto; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; }
    .post-body pre code { background: none; padding: 0; }
    .post-body em { font-style: italic; }
    .post-body strong { color: #fff; }
 """
 def parse_frontmatter(text):
    """Extract YAML frontmatter from markdown text."""
@@ -39,6 +70,89 @@ def parse_frontmatter(text):
    return meta, match.group(2).strip()
 def md_to_html(text):
    """Minimal markdown to HTML — paragraphs, headers, bold, italic, code, links, blockquotes."""
    lines = text.split("\n")
    out = []
    in_code_block = False
    in_blockquote = False
    paragraph = []
    def flush_paragraph():
        if paragraph:
            content = "\n".join(paragraph)
            content = inline_format(content)
            out.append(f"<p>{content}</p>")
            paragraph.clear()
    def inline_format(s):
        # Code spans first (protect from other formatting)
        s = re.sub(r"`([^`]+)`", r"<code>\1</code>", s)
        # Bold
        s = re.sub(r"\*\*(.+?)\*\*", r"<strong>\1</strong>", s)
        # Italic
        s = re.sub(r"\*(.+?)\*", r"<em>\1</em>", s)
        # Links
        s = re.sub(r"\[([^\]]+)\]\(([^)]+)\)", r'<a href="\2">\1</a>', s)
        return s
    for line in lines:
        # Fenced code blocks
        if line.strip().startswith("```"):
            if in_code_block:
                out.append("</code></pre>")
                in_code_block = False
            else:
                flush_paragraph()
                out.append("<pre><code>")
                in_code_block = True
            continue
        if in_code_block:
            out.append(html.escape(line))
            continue
        stripped = line.strip()
        # Empty line — flush paragraph
        if not stripped:
            flush_paragraph()
            if in_blockquote:
                out.append("</blockquote>")
                in_blockquote = False
            continue
        # Headers
        header_match = re.match(r"^(#{1,3})\s+(.+)$", stripped)
        if header_match:
            flush_paragraph()
            level = len(header_match.group(1)) + 1  # h2, h3, h4 (h1 is title)
            content = inline_format(header_match.group(2))
            out.append(f"<h{level}>{content}</h{level}>")
            continue
        # Blockquotes
        if stripped.startswith("> "):
            flush_paragraph()
            content = inline_format(stripped[2:])
            if not in_blockquote:
                out.append("<blockquote>")
                in_blockquote = True
            out.append(f"<p>{content}</p>")
            continue
        # Regular text — accumulate paragraph
        paragraph.append(stripped)
    flush_paragraph()
    if in_blockquote:
        out.append("</blockquote>")
    if in_code_block:
        out.append("</code></pre>")
    return "\n".join(out)
 def load_posts():
    """Load and sort all posts by date (newest first)."""
    posts = []
@@ -61,24 +175,57 @@ def load_posts():
    return posts
 def generate_post_page(post):
    """Generate an individual post HTML page."""
    body_html = md_to_html(post["body"])
    page = f"""<!DOCTYPE html>
 <html lang="en">
 <head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>{html.escape(post["title"])} — The Scrolls</title>
  <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="The Scrolls" href="/blog/feed.xml">
  <style>
 {PAGE_STYLE}
  </style>
 </head>
 <body>
  <header>
    <h1>{html.escape(post["title"])}</h1>
    <nav><a href="/blog/">← The Scrolls</a> · <a href="/">The Tower</a> · <a href="/blog/feed.xml">RSS</a></nav>
  </header>
  <main>
    <span class="post-date">{post["date"]}</span>
    <article class="post-body">
 {body_html}
    </article>
  </main>
 </body>
 </html>"""
    out_path = POSTS_DIR / f"{post['slug']}.html"
    out_path.write_text(page)
    return out_path
 def generate_index(posts):
-    """Generate blog/index.html with post listing."""
+    """Generate blog/index.html with linked post listing."""
    if not posts:
-        print("  No posts found. Keeping placeholder index.")
+        items_html = '      <li><span class="date">—</span><span>No scrolls yet.</span></li>'
-        return
+    else:
        items = []
        for p in posts:
            escaped_title = html.escape(p["title"])
            items.append(
                f'      <li>\n'
                f'        <span class="date">{p["date"]}</span>\n'
                f'        <a href="/blog/posts/{p["slug"]}.html">{escaped_title}</a>\n'
                f'      </li>'
            )
        items_html = "\n".join(items)
-    items = []
+    page = f"""<!DOCTYPE html>
    for p in posts:
        items.append(
            f'      <li>\n'
            f'        <span class="date">{p["date"]}</span>\n'
            f'        <span class="title">{p["title"]}</span>\n'
            f"      </li>"
        )
    post_list = "\n".join(items)
    html = f"""<!DOCTYPE html>
 <html lang="en">
 <head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
@@ -86,21 +233,7 @@ def generate_index(posts):
  <title>The Scrolls — The Wizard's Tower</title>
  <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="The Scrolls" href="/blog/feed.xml">
  <style>
-    * {{ margin: 0; padding: 0; box-sizing: border-box; }}
+{PAGE_STYLE}
    body {{
      max-width: 640px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 2rem 1rem;
      background: #0a0a0f; color: #e0d8c8;
      font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 1.6;
    }}
    header {{ margin-bottom: 3rem; border-bottom: 1px solid #2a2520; padding-bottom: 1rem; }}
    header h1 {{ font-size: 1.2rem; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.1em; }}
    header nav {{ margin-top: 0.5rem; font-size: 0.8rem; }}
    header a {{ color: #8a7f6a; text-decoration: none; }}
    header a:hover {{ color: #e0d8c8; }}
    .posts {{ list-style: none; }}
    .posts li {{ margin-bottom: 1.5rem; padding-bottom: 1.5rem; border-bottom: 1px solid #1a1510; }}
    .posts .date {{ font-size: 0.8rem; color: #6a6050; display: block; }}
    .posts .title {{ font-size: 1rem; }}
  </style>
 </head>
 <body>
@@ -110,13 +243,13 @@ def generate_index(posts):
  </header>
  <main>
    <ul class="posts">
-{post_list}
+{items_html}
    </ul>
  </main>
 </body>
 </html>"""
-    (BLOG_DIR / "index.html").write_text(html)
+    (BLOG_DIR / "index.html").write_text(page)
    print(f"  Generated index with {len(posts)} post(s).")
@@ -126,17 +259,15 @@ def generate_feed(posts):
    entries = []
    for p in posts[:20]:  # Cap at 20 entries
-        # Simple HTML conversion: wrap paragraphs
+        body_html = md_to_html(p["body"])
-        html_body = "\n".join(
+        escaped_title = html.escape(p["title"])
            f"<p>{para}</p>" for para in p["body"].split("\n\n") if para.strip()
        )
        entries.append(
            f"""  <entry>
-    <title>{p["title"]}</title>
+    <title>{escaped_title}</title>
    <link href="{SITE_URL}/blog/posts/{p["slug"]}.html"/>
    <id>{SITE_URL}/blog/posts/{p["slug"]}</id>
    <updated>{p["date"]}T00:00:00Z</updated>
-    <content type="html"><![CDATA[{html_body}]]></content>
+    <content type="html"><![CDATA[{body_html}]]></content>
  </entry>"""
        )
@@ -163,6 +294,9 @@ def generate_feed(posts):
 def main():
    print("Building The Scrolls...")
    posts = load_posts()
    for p in posts:
        out = generate_post_page(p)
        print(f"  Built: {out.relative_to(BLOG_DIR.parent)}")
    generate_index(posts)
    generate_feed(posts)
    print("Build complete.")
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Alexander Whitestone	9dc47845cf	feat: enhance aw-post CLI — --from-x, --file, --help flags (#219 ) - --from-x "text": port X/Twitter posts (title from first 60 chars) - --file path.md: post from markdown file (title from # header) - --help: usage info - Refactored into functions for reuse - All modes auto-rebuild the blog after posting Closes #219	2026-03-18 21:45:50 -04:00
hermes	f44bd3aa33	[loop-cycle] feat: The Scrolls — complete blog with post pages, RSS, auto-rebuild (#217 ) (#2 )	2026-03-18 21:43:39 -04:00