# Meta & Operations

URL: /bengal/docs/reference/architecture/meta/
Section: meta
Description: Performance, testing, and project structure

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Operational details and project standards.

Area
Coverage
Approach

Testing
Unit + Integration + Benchmarks
pytest, fixture-based

Organization
Documented
Clear module boundaries

## Extension Points

Level
Mechanism
Use Case

Content
Custom loaders
New content sources

Validation
Custom validators
Project-specific rules

Rendering
Custom shortcodes
Rich content components

Post-process
Custom processors
Output transformations

Seealso

- Extension Points (extension-points/) — Hook documentation

- Testing (testing/) — Test patterns and fixtures

## In This Section

Extension Points (/bengal/docs/reference/architecture/meta/extension-points/)

Plugin hooks and customization points for extending Bengal

File Organization (/bengal/docs/reference/architecture/meta/file-organization/)

Directory structure and organization of generated files, cache, and development artifacts

Protocol Layer (/bengal/docs/reference/architecture/meta/protocols/)

Consolidated protocol definitions for type-safe interfaces across Bengal

Testing Strategy (/bengal/docs/reference/architecture/meta/testing/)

Testing patterns and coverage goals