Complete reference for built-in Chalk elements and attribute types.

Primitive Elements

Chalk provides the following built-in primitive elements that are always available:

Element Syntax Description Attributes
paragraph paragraph{...}(color: value) Basic text block element color (optional string)
h1 # Heading Text Heading level 1 None
h2 ## Heading Text Heading level 2 None
h3 ### Heading Text Heading level 3 None
h4 #### Heading Text Heading level 4 None
h5 ##### Heading Text Heading level 5 None
h6 ###### Heading Text Heading level 6 None

Primitive Attribute Types

Chalk provides the following built-in attribute types:

Type Description Accepted Values Example
string Text values Any string hello world
number Numeric values Numbers, including decimals 42, 3.14
boolean True/false values true/false, yes/no, 1/0 true, yes, 1
string-list Comma-separated strings Comma-separated string values tag1,tag2,tag3
number-list Comma-separated numbers Comma-separated numeric values 1,2,3,4
formatted-string Text with markdown formatting Text with bold, italic, code, links, $math$ **bold** and *italic* text

Usage Examples

Headings

# Main Title
## Section Header
### Subsection

Paragraphs

This is a regular paragraph.

paragraph(color: blue) {
    This paragraph has a custom color.
}

Attributes

element(
    title: My Title
    count: 42
    enabled: true
    tags: javascript,react,web
    description: This supports **bold** and *italic* formatting
)

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