# theme

URL: /bengal/cli/theme/
Section: theme
Description: Theme development, directives, and assets

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Command Group

#
`bengal theme`

Theme development, directives, and assets

11Commands

## Usage

```
bengal theme [COMMAND] [OPTIONS]
```

## Commands

`assets`

Build CSS/JS assets

(/bengal/cli/theme/assets/)

`debug`

Debug theme resolution and inheritance

(/bengal/cli/theme/debug/)

`directives`

List available directives

(/bengal/cli/theme/directives/)

`discover`

List swizzlable templates

(/bengal/cli/theme/discover/)

`info`

Show theme details

(/bengal/cli/theme/info/)

`install`

Install theme from PyPI

(/bengal/cli/theme/install/)

`list`

List available themes

(/bengal/cli/theme/list/)

`new`

Create new theme scaffold

(/bengal/cli/theme/new/)

`swizzle`

Copy template from theme to project

(/bengal/cli/theme/swizzle/)

`test`

Render a directive in isolation

(/bengal/cli/theme/test/)

`validate`

Validate theme directory structure

(/bengal/cli/theme/validate/)