Automatic prepare extensions in the project level yaml file

[mingsu]

To setup a project with several extensions or lua filter, I have to run the following command manually

quarto install extension quarto-ext/*

Will it be ok to specify the extension in the project yaml file, and automatically download the extensions when it is not exists?

[mcanouil]

Simply write a bash script in the pre-render option.
See https://quarto.org/docs/projects/scripts.html#pre-and-post-render for details.

project:
  pre-render:
    - install_extensions.sh

Doing this, meaning by-passing the security questions is a security breach since you no longer ensure the code provided in the Lua filters/shortcodes is safe. (This code can access the file system)

[mingsu]

Thanks, understand now

[mcanouil]

If this answers your question, maybe update the category from "ideas" to "Q&A" and mark the the reply as the answer to let others know it has been answered.