Slugify by langbot-team

# Slugify

Zero-dependency URL-safe slug generator with unicode->ascii transliteration.

```
python scripts/run.py "Héllo, World!"
python scripts/run.py "My Blog Post Title" -s _
python scripts/run.py "Keep Café" --unicode
python scripts/run.py "Very Long Heading Text" --max-len 12
printf 'One Title\nTwo Title\n' | python scripts/run.py - --each-line
```

Built on stdlib `unicodedata` + `re`.


---
name: slugify
display_name: Slugify
description: "Turn any text or title into a clean URL-safe slug, transliterating unicode/accents to ascii. Triggers: slugify, url slug, make slug, permalink, ascii slug."
---

# Slugify

Convert titles and arbitrary text into clean, URL-safe slugs.

## When to use
The user has a title/heading/phrase and needs a slug for a URL, filename, or
anchor — including text with accents or non-ascii characters.

## How to use
Run `scripts/run.py` with text:
- `python scripts/run.py "Héllo, World!"` -> `hello-world`
- `python scripts/run.py "My Title" -s _` -> `my_title` (underscore separator).
- `python scripts/run.py "Keep Café" --unicode` -> `keep-café`.
- `python scripts/run.py "Long Title Here" --max-len 10` — truncate cleanly.

Omit the text (or pass `-`) to read stdin; `--each-line` slugifies lines independently.

## Pitfalls
- Default mode is ascii-only: accents are transliterated (é->e, ß->ss) and
  unknown symbols dropped. Use `--unicode` to keep unicode letters.
- Leading/trailing/duplicate separators are collapsed automatically.
- `--max-len` truncates then trims a trailing separator so slugs never end with one.