# Extending

URL: /docs/extending/
Section: extending

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Extend Bengal Build plugins, custom parsers, and hook into Bengal's extension points. Note Note Coming soon. Plugin architecture and extension point documentation is under development. For now, see Architecture Reference to understand Bengal's internals. Planned Topics Custom Directives — Create your own MyST directives Content Loaders — Build loaders for new content sources Post-Processors — Hook into the build pipeline Custom Parsers — Support new content formats Template Functions — Add custom Jinja filters and functions Extension Points flowchart TB subgraph "Your Extensions" A[Custom Directives] B[Content Loaders] C[Post-Processors] D[Template Functions] end subgraph "Bengal Pipeline" E[Discovery] --> F[Processing] F --> G[Rendering] G --> H[Post-Process] end B -.->|feeds| E A -.->|extends| F D -.->|extends| G C -.->|hooks| H

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