diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index fe958dc8..c22cbfec 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ URL: https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-r,
 BugReports: https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-r/issues
 Depends: 
     R (>= 3.6)
-Imports: 
+Imports:
     cli,
     jsonlite,
     later,
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Imports:
     utils,
     yaml
 Suggests: 
+    bslib,
     callr,
     curl,
     dplyr,
diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 7fe0658d..c68157b1 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ export(quarto_update_extension)
 export(quarto_use_template)
 export(quarto_version)
 export(theme_brand_flextable)
-export(theme_brand_ggplot)
+export(theme_brand_ggplot2)
 export(theme_brand_gt)
 export(theme_brand_plotly)
 export(theme_brand_thematic)
 export(theme_colors_flextable)
-export(theme_colors_ggplot)
+export(theme_colors_ggplot2)
 export(theme_colors_gt)
 export(theme_colors_plotly)
 export(theme_colors_thematic)
diff --git a/R/theme.R b/R/theme.R
index d58d54c6..3fe32073 100644
--- a/R/theme.R
+++ b/R/theme.R
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
 #'
 #' @export
 theme_colors_flextable <- function(bg, fg) {
+  rlang::check_installed(
+    "flextable",
+    "flextable is required for theme_colors_flextable"
+  )
   (function(x) {
     if (!inherits(x, "flextable")) {
       stop("theme_colors_flextable only supports flextable objects.")
@@ -28,7 +32,12 @@ theme_colors_flextable <- function(bg, fg) {
 #'
 #' @export
 theme_brand_flextable <- function(brand_yml) {
-  brand <- yaml::yaml.load_file(brand_yml)
+  rlang::check_installed(
+    "bslib",
+    "bslib is required for brand support in R",
+    version = "0.9.0"
+  )
+  brand <- attr(bslib::bs_theme(brand = brand_yml), "brand")
   theme_colors_flextable(brand$color$background, brand$color$foreground)
 }
 
@@ -36,10 +45,11 @@ theme_brand_flextable <- function(brand_yml) {
 #' @rdname theme_helpers
 #'
 #' @export
-theme_colors_ggplot <- function(bg, fg) {
-  if (!requireNamespace("ggplot2", quietly = TRUE)) {
-    return(NULL)
-  }
+theme_colors_ggplot2 <- function(bg, fg) {
+  rlang::check_installed(
+    "ggplot2",
+    "ggplot2 is required for theme_colors_ggplot2"
+  )
   ggplot2::`%+%`(
     ggplot2::theme_minimal(base_size = 11),
     ggplot2::theme(
@@ -61,9 +71,14 @@ theme_colors_ggplot <- function(bg, fg) {
 #' @rdname theme_helpers
 #'
 #' @export
-theme_brand_ggplot <- function(brand_yml) {
-  brand <- yaml::yaml.load_file(brand_yml)
-  theme_colors_ggplot(brand$color$background, brand$color$foreground)
+theme_brand_ggplot2 <- function(brand_yml) {
+  rlang::check_installed(
+    "bslib",
+    "bslib is required for brand support in R",
+    version = "0.9.0"
+  )
+  brand <- attr(bslib::bs_theme(brand = brand_yml), "brand")
+  theme_colors_ggplot2(brand$color$background, brand$color$foreground)
 }
 
 
@@ -71,6 +86,10 @@ theme_brand_ggplot <- function(brand_yml) {
 #'
 #' @export
 theme_colors_gt <- function(bg, fg) {
+  rlang::check_installed(
+    "gt",
+    "gt is required for theme_colors_gt"
+  )
   (function(table) {
     table |>
       gt::tab_options(
@@ -84,7 +103,12 @@ theme_colors_gt <- function(bg, fg) {
 #'
 #' @export
 theme_brand_gt <- function(brand_yml) {
-  brand <- yaml::yaml.load_file(brand_yml)
+  rlang::check_installed(
+    "bslib",
+    "bslib is required for brand support in R",
+    version = "0.9.0"
+  )
+  brand <- attr(bslib::bs_theme(brand = brand_yml), "brand")
   theme_colors_gt(brand$color$background, brand$color$foreground)
 }
 
@@ -92,6 +116,10 @@ theme_brand_gt <- function(brand_yml) {
 #'
 #' @export
 theme_colors_plotly <- function(bg, fg) {
+  rlang::check_installed(
+    "plotly",
+    "plotly is required for theme_colors_plotly"
+  )
   (function(plot) {
     plot |>
       plotly::layout(
@@ -106,7 +134,12 @@ theme_colors_plotly <- function(bg, fg) {
 #'
 #' @export
 theme_brand_plotly <- function(brand_yml) {
-  brand <- yaml::yaml.load_file(brand_yml)
+  rlang::check_installed(
+    "bslib",
+    "bslib is required for brand support in R",
+    version = "0.9.0"
+  )
+  brand <- attr(bslib::bs_theme(brand = brand_yml), "brand")
   theme_colors_plotly(brand$color$background, brand$color$foreground)
 }
 
@@ -115,6 +148,10 @@ theme_brand_plotly <- function(brand_yml) {
 #'
 #' @export
 theme_colors_thematic <- function(bg, fg) {
+  rlang::check_installed(
+    "thematic",
+    "thematic is required for theme_colors_thematic"
+  )
   (function() {
     thematic::thematic_rmd(
       bg = bg,
@@ -127,6 +164,11 @@ theme_colors_thematic <- function(bg, fg) {
 #'
 #' @export
 theme_brand_thematic <- function(brand_yml) {
-  brand <- yaml::yaml.load_file(brand_yml)
+  rlang::check_installed(
+    "bslib",
+    "bslib is required for brand support in R",
+    version = "0.9.0"
+  )
+  brand <- attr(bslib::bs_theme(brand = brand_yml), "brand")
   theme_colors_thematic(brand$color$background, brand$color$foreground)
 }
diff --git a/man/quarto_publish_doc.Rd b/man/quarto_publish_doc.Rd
index 8e6ae6f6..df6c0114 100644
--- a/man/quarto_publish_doc.Rd
+++ b/man/quarto_publish_doc.Rd
@@ -50,12 +50,11 @@ Defaults to the name of the \code{input}.}
 supplied, will often be displayed in favor of the name. When deploying a new
 document, you may supply only the title to receive an auto-generated name}
 
-\item{server}{Server name. Required only if you use the same account name on
-multiple servers.}
+\item{account, server}{Uniquely identify a remote server with either your
+user \code{account}, the \code{server} name, or both. If neither are supplied, and
+there are multiple options, you'll be prompted to pick one.
 
-\item{account}{Account to deploy application to. This parameter is only
-required for the initial deployment of an application when there are
-multiple accounts configured on the system (see \link[rsconnect]{accounts}).}
+Use \code{\link[rsconnect:accounts]{accounts()}} to see the full list of available options.}
 
 \item{render}{\code{local} to render locally before publishing; \code{server} to
 render on the server; \code{none} to use whatever rendered content currently
@@ -63,7 +62,10 @@ exists locally. (defaults to \code{local})}
 
 \item{metadata}{Additional metadata fields to save with the deployment
 record. These fields will be returned on subsequent calls to
-\code{\link[rsconnect:deployments]{deployments()}}.}
+\code{\link[rsconnect:deployments]{deployments()}}.
+
+Multi-value fields are recorded as comma-separated values and returned in
+that form. Custom value serialization is the responsibility of the caller.}
 
 \item{...}{Named parameters to pass along to \code{rsconnect::deployApp()}}
 }
diff --git a/man/theme_helpers.Rd b/man/theme_helpers.Rd
index 57f02303..fbec2824 100644
--- a/man/theme_helpers.Rd
+++ b/man/theme_helpers.Rd
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 \name{theme_colors_flextable}
 \alias{theme_colors_flextable}
 \alias{theme_brand_flextable}
-\alias{theme_colors_ggplot}
-\alias{theme_brand_ggplot}
+\alias{theme_colors_ggplot2}
+\alias{theme_brand_ggplot2}
 \alias{theme_colors_gt}
 \alias{theme_brand_gt}
 \alias{theme_colors_plotly}
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ theme_colors_flextable(bg, fg)
 
 theme_brand_flextable(brand_yml)
 
-theme_colors_ggplot(bg, fg)
+theme_colors_ggplot2(bg, fg)
 
-theme_brand_ggplot(brand_yml)
+theme_brand_ggplot2(brand_yml)
 
 theme_colors_gt(bg, fg)
 
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-theme.R b/tests/testthat/test-theme.R
index 22b05d22..638eb194 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-theme.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-theme.R
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ test_that("render ggiraph", {
   .render(test_path("theme/ggiraph.qmd"))
 })
 
-test_that("render ggplot", {
-  .render(test_path("theme/ggplot.qmd"))
+test_that("render ggplot2", {
+  .render(test_path("theme/ggplot2.qmd"))
 })
 
 test_that("render gt", {
diff --git a/tests/testthat/theme/ggiraph.qmd b/tests/testthat/theme/ggiraph.qmd
index 3b8bb607..44b801a0 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/theme/ggiraph.qmd
+++ b/tests/testthat/theme/ggiraph.qmd
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ library(quarto)
 library(ggplot2)
 library(ggiraph)
 
-united_theme <- theme_brand_ggplot("united-brand.yml")
-slate_theme <- theme_brand_ggplot("slate-brand.yml")
+united_theme <- theme_brand_ggplot2("united-brand.yml")
+slate_theme <- theme_brand_ggplot2("slate-brand.yml")
 ```
 
 ```{r}
diff --git a/tests/testthat/theme/ggplot.qmd b/tests/testthat/theme/ggplot2.qmd
similarity index 78%
rename from tests/testthat/theme/ggplot.qmd
rename to tests/testthat/theme/ggplot2.qmd
index 211240e4..cf18ac73 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/theme/ggplot.qmd
+++ b/tests/testthat/theme/ggplot2.qmd
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ brand:
 library(quarto)
 library(ggplot2)
 
-united_theme <- theme_brand_ggplot("united-brand.yml")
-slate_theme <- theme_brand_ggplot("slate-brand.yml")
+united_theme <- theme_brand_ggplot2("united-brand.yml")
+slate_theme <- theme_brand_ggplot2("slate-brand.yml")
 ```
 
 ```{r}
diff --git a/vignettes/theme-helpers.qmd b/vignettes/theme-helpers.qmd
index 714b0e88..5896bd13 100644
--- a/vignettes/theme-helpers.qmd
+++ b/vignettes/theme-helpers.qmd
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ library(quarto)
 library(ggplot2)
 library(ggiraph)
 
-blue_mauve_theme = theme_colors_ggplot("#111038", "#E0B0FF")
+blue_mauve_theme = theme_colors_ggplot2("#111038", "#E0B0FF")
 
 cars <- ggplot(mtcars, aes(mpg, wt)) +
   geom_point_interactive(aes(colour = factor(cyl), tooltip = rownames(mtcars))) +
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ Demonstrates a ggplot2 plot with near-black background and green-grey foreground
 library(quarto)
 library(ggplot2)
 
-black_greyn <- theme_colors_ggplot("#050411", "#8faf8e")
+black_greyn <- theme_colors_ggplot2("#050411", "#8faf8e")
 
 cars <- ggplot(mtcars, aes(mpg, wt)) +
   geom_point(aes(colour = factor(cyl))) +