Draft and Scheduled Pages

Mark pages as drafts or schedule them for future publication. Draft and scheduled pages are excluded from production builds but visible in dev mode.

Draft Pages

Add draft: true to a page's frontmatter:

---
draft: true
---

The page will be:

  • Excluded from eigen build output (not rendered, not in sitemap)
  • Visible in eigen dev with a red "DRAFT" banner at the bottom

Scheduled Pages

Set a publish_date to schedule publication:

---
publish_date: 2026-04-01
---

The page will be excluded from production builds until the date arrives. On the publish date and after, it builds normally.

Combining Both

You can use both fields together:

---
draft: true
publish_date: 2026-04-01
---

This means "work in progress, targeting April 1st." The page is excluded from production builds due to draft: true regardless of the date. Remove draft: true when the content is ready, and the page will auto-publish on the scheduled date.

Dev Mode

In eigen dev, all pages are rendered including drafts and scheduled pages. A fixed banner at the bottom of the viewport shows the page status:

  • DRAFT — for pages with draft: true
  • SCHEDULED: 2026-04-01 — for pages with a future publish date
  • DRAFT | SCHEDULED: 2026-04-01 — for both

The banner has id="eigen-draft-banner" if you need to style or hide it.

Scope

Draft/scheduled filtering applies to static pages only. Dynamic collection pages (e.g., [slug].html) are never skipped — filter individual collection items via data query transforms instead.

The publish_date format is YYYY-MM-DD (date only, no time component).