# Rendering Pipeline

URL: /bengal/docs/0.4.3/reference/architecture/rendering/
Section: rendering

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Rendering Pipeline How Bengal transforms source content into final output. Stage What it does Key modules Discovery Find .md files, parse frontmatter bengal/content/discovery/ Rendering Template selection, Markdown → HTML bengal/rendering/, bengal/parsing/ Post-Process Sitemap, RSS, redirects, social cards bengal/postprocess/ Health Link validation, content checks bengal/health/ Template Resolution Check for explicit template in frontmatter Match by content type (page → page.html, section → list.html) Fall back to single.html Note Note The rendering pipeline is lazy — templates are compiled on first use and cached.

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