> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://www.lettercamp.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Article metadata

> Set article titles, descriptions, dates, covers, and publication status in page frontmatter.

Add YAML frontmatter at the start of each Lettercamp article to set its title,
description, date, cover, and other metadata:

```mdx theme={null}
---
title: "Introducing Lettercamp"
description: "A home for your writing, your ideas, and your readers."
date: "2026-10-14"
category: "News"
authors:
  - name: "The Lettercamp team"
    image: "https://images.example.com/team.png"
image: "https://images.example.com/cover.png"
imageAlt: "An envelope with a letter rising from it."
ogImage: "https://images.example.com/cover.png"
---

Write your article here.
```

| Field | Purpose |
| - | - |
| `title` | Article heading and listing title. |
| `description` | Listing summary and social preview description. |
| `draft` | Set to `true` to exclude the article from local previews and published builds. |
| `date` | Publication date. Use a quoted `YYYY-MM-DD` value. |
| `category` | Optional single category, such as `News`, `Guides`, or `Ideas`. |
| `authors` | Optional ordered list of authors with `name` and optional `image`. Omit it or use `[]` to show no authors. |
| `image` | Cover displayed on the article page. |
| `imageAlt` | Accessible description of the article cover. |
| `ogImage` | Social preview and listing thumbnail. Falls back to `image`, then the site's `seo.ogImage`. |

Image fields accept hosted URLs or local paths such as `/images/cover.jpg`
from `public/` for local preview and standalone builds.
[`lettercamp deploy`](https://www.lettercamp.com/docs/publishing/deploy#local-images-and-cloud-assets) uploads
supported local images automatically; GitHub publishing needs hosted URLs in
your committed source. For more detail, see [Categories](https://www.lettercamp.com/docs/writing/categories.md),
[Authors](https://www.lettercamp.com/docs/writing/authors.md), and [Search and sharing](https://www.lettercamp.com/docs/settings/seo.md).


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