diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+nimbledeps
+nimble.develop
+nimble.paths
+bin/
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+++ b/LICENSE
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+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2024 Daylin Morgan
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/config.nims b/config.nims
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+++ b/config.nims
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+task build, "build":
+  switch("outdir", "bin")
+  setCommand "c", "src/typstgen.nim"
+
+
+# begin Nimble config (version 2)
+--noNimblePath
+when withDir(thisDir(), system.fileExists("nimble.paths")):
+  include "nimble.paths"
+# end Nimble config
diff --git a/nimble.lock b/nimble.lock
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+++ b/nimble.lock
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+{
+  "version": 2,
+  "packages": {
+    "hwylterm": {
+      "version": "0.1.0",
+      "vcsRevision": "7385a93110f95e1d67d803780efa014fdc960779",
+      "url": "https://github.com/daylinmorgan/hwylterm",
+      "downloadMethod": "git",
+      "dependencies": [],
+      "checksums": {
+        "sha1": "bf170216cff989ea17abfb97946b9f0804c0e50b"
+      }
+    },
+    "yaml": {
+      "version": "2.1.1",
+      "vcsRevision": "48a90e36e82bd97457dae87e86efe423dcd3bb40",
+      "url": "https://github.com/flyx/NimYAML",
+      "downloadMethod": "git",
+      "dependencies": [],
+      "checksums": {
+        "sha1": "302727fcd74c79d0697a4e909d26455d61a5b979"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "tasks": {}
+}
diff --git a/src/typstgen.nim b/src/typstgen.nim
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+++ b/src/typstgen.nim
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+import std/[streams, tables, strutils, os]
+import yaml, hwylterm
+
+
+type
+  Config = object
+    components {.defaultVal: @[]}: seq[Table[string, string]]
+    templates {.defaultVal: initTable[string, string]()}: Table[string, string]
+
+
+proc typstGen(configPath: string) =
+
+  var config: Config
+  var s = newFileStream(configPath)
+  load(s, config)
+  s.close()
+
+  var output: string
+
+  if not config.templates.hasKey("raw"):
+    config.templates["raw"] = "$text"
+
+
+  func componentToFmtArgs(t: Table[string, string]): seq[string] =
+    for k, v in t.pairs:
+      result.add k
+      result.add v
+
+  for component in config.components:
+    var kind = "figure"
+    var component = component
+    discard component.pop("kind", kind)
+    output &= config.templates[kind] % componentToFmtArgs(component)
+
+  echo output
+
+
+when isMainModule:
+  import hwylterm/[cli, parseopt3]
+  proc writeHelp() =
+    echo newHwylCli(
+      "[bold]typstgen[/] [[[faint]-h[/]]",
+      """
+  typstgen --config typstgen.yml""",
+      [
+        ("h", "help", "show this help"),
+        ("c","config", "path to config file"),
+      ]
+    )
+  var p = initOptParser()
+  var configPath = "typstgen.yml"
+  for kind, key, val in p.getopt():
+    case kind
+    of cmdError: quit($bb"[red]cli error[/]: " & p.message)
+    of cmdEnd: assert false
+    of cmdArgument: quit($bb"[red] unexpected argument[/]: " & key)
+    of cmdShortOption, cmdLongOption:
+      case key
+      of "help", "h":
+        writeHelp(); quit 0
+      of "config", "c":
+        configPath = val
+
+  if not fileExists(configPath):
+    quit($bbfmt("file: [b] {configPath} does not exist"))
+  typstGen(configPath)
+
+
diff --git a/typstgen.nimble b/typstgen.nimble
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+++ b/typstgen.nimble
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+# Package
+
+version       = "0.1.0"
+author        = "Daylin Morgan"
+description   = "generating typst files"
+license       = "MIT"
+srcDir        = "src"
+bin           = @["typstgen"]
+
+
+# Dependencies
+
+requires "nim >= 2.2.0"
+requires "yaml >= 2.1.1"
+requires "https://github.com/daylinmorgan/hwylterm#HEAD"