ep_template_content

Imported from ether/ep_template_content (AGENTS.md). Install upstream with npx skills add ether/ep_template_content. Copyright stays with the author.

Agent Guide — ep_template_content

Adds the ability to insert pre-defined template content into a pad.

Tech stack

• Etherpad plugin framework (hooks declared in ep.json)
• EJS templates rendered server-side via eejsBlock_* hooks
• html10n for i18n (locales/<lang>.json, data-l10n-id in templates)

Project structure

ep_template_content/
├── AGENTS.md
├── CONTRIBUTING.md
├── LICENSE.md
├── client.js
├── ep.json
├── index.js
├── locales/
│   ├── en.json
├── package.json
├── static/
│   ├── css/
│   ├── js/
│   ├── tests/
├── templates/
│   ├── editbarButtons.ejs
│   ├── template_content_input.ejs

Helpers used

None — ep_plugin_helpers is not a dependency. Adoption is part of the helpers-adoption sweep (Phase 4).

Helpers NOT used

To be audited in the helpers-adoption sweep (Phase 4).

Running tests locally

ep_template_content runs inside Etherpad's test harness. From an etherpad checkout that has installed this plugin via pnpm run plugins i --path ../ep_template_content:

# Backend (Mocha) — harness boots its own server
pnpm --filter ep_etherpad-lite run test

# Playwright — needs `pnpm run dev` in a second terminal
pnpm --filter ep_etherpad-lite run test-ui

Standing rules for agent edits

• PRs target main. Linear commits, no merge commits.
• Every bug fix includes a regression test in the same commit.
• All user-facing strings in locales/. No hardcoded English in templates.
• No hardcoded aria-label on icon-only controls — etherpad's html10n auto-populates aria-label from the localized string when (a) the element has a data-l10n-id and (b) no author-supplied aria-label is present. Adding a hardcoded English aria-label blocks that and leaves it untranslated. (See etherpad-lite/src/static/js/vendors/html10n.ts:665-678.)
• No nested interactive elements (no <button> inside <a>).
• LLM/Agent contributions are explicitly welcomed by maintainers.

Quick reference: hooks declared in ep.json

• Server: eejsBlock_editbarMenuLeft, eejsBlock_styles, eejsBlock_body
• Client: postAceInit

When adding a hook, register it in both ep.json and the matching exports.<hook> = ... in the JS file.