Refactor website builder to provider-based architecture

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bazel/website/IMPLEMENTATION.md

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+# Implementation Summary: Provider-Based Website Builder Architecture
+
+## Overview
+
+Successfully refactored the Bazel website builder to use a provider-based architecture that makes the system extensible to different static site generators while maintaining 100% backwards compatibility.
+
+## What Was Implemented
+
+### 1. Provider Layer ✅
+
+**File**: `bazel/website/providers.bzl`
+
+- `WebsiteAssetInfo`: Provider for typed assets with fields:
+  - `files`: depset of files
+  - `asset_type`: string identifier (markdown, jinja, rst, scss, static, rust_component, etc)
+  - `prefix`: mount point in source tree
+
+- `WebsiteGeneratorInfo`: Provider for generators with fields:
+  - `executable`: the build tool
+  - `accepts`: list of asset_types this generator handles
+  - `output_path`: where it puts output
+  - `dev_server`: optional dev mode executable
+
+### 2. Base Asset Rules ✅
+
+**File**: `bazel/website/assets.bzl`
+
+- `_asset_impl`: Implementation that produces `WebsiteAssetInfo`
+- `static_assets`: Generic rule for any asset type
+- Backwards compatible: produces both providers and `pkg_files`
+
+### 3. Typed Asset Rules ✅
+
+**Content Assets** (`bazel/website/content/`):
+- `markdown.bzl`: `markdown_assets` rule for markdown content
+- `rst.bzl`: `rst_assets` rule for reStructuredText content
+
+**Template Assets** (`bazel/website/templates/`):
+- `jinja.bzl`: `jinja_templates` rule for Jinja2 templates
+- `rst.bzl`: `rst_templates` rule for RST templates (Sphinx)
+
+Each produces `WebsiteAssetInfo` with appropriate `asset_type`.
+
+### 4. Generator Rules ✅
+
+**Pelican** (`bazel/website/generators/pelican.bzl`):
+- `pelican_generator`: Wraps Pelican with `WebsiteGeneratorInfo`
+- Accepts: markdown, rst, jinja, scss, css, js, static
+- Production-ready, uses existing Pelican tool
+
+**Mock Generator** (`bazel/website/generators/mock.bzl`):
+- `mock_generator`: Simple test generator
+- Configurable accepted types
+- Creates minimal HTML output for validation
+
+**Sphinx Skeleton** (`bazel/website/generators/sphinx.bzl`):
+- `sphinx_generator`: Skeleton proving RST generators work
+- Accepts: rst, markdown, sphinx_theme, css, js, static
+- Ready for community to complete implementation
+
+**Yew/WASM Skeleton** (`bazel/website/generators/yew.bzl`):
+- `yew_generator`: Skeleton proving Rust/WASM generators work
+- Accepts: rust_component, css, js, static, wasm
+- `rust_assets`: Helper for Rust component assets
+- Ready for community to complete implementation
+
+### 5. Updated static_website Macro ✅
+
+**File**: `bazel/website/macros.bzl`
+
+- Added provider imports
+- Added helper functions for asset introspection
+- Enhanced documentation
+- **100% backwards compatible**: all existing calls work unchanged
+
+### 6. Comprehensive Tests ✅
+
+**Existing Tests** (all pass):
+- `website_generation_test`: Basic Pelican generation
+- `website_parameterized_test`: Custom configurations
+- `website_compression_test`: Compression support
+
+**New Provider Tests** (`provider_architecture_test`):
+- Tests `WebsiteAssetInfo` attachment by asset rules
+- Tests `WebsiteGeneratorInfo` attachment by generator rules
+- Tests mock generator with markdown assets
+- Tests Sphinx skeleton generator
+- Tests Yew/WASM skeleton generator
+- Tests mixed asset types
+
+### 7. Directory Structure ✅
+
+```
+bazel/website/
+├── PROVIDERS.md              # Comprehensive documentation
+├── providers.bzl             # Provider definitions
+├── assets.bzl                # Base asset rules
+├── macros.bzl                # static_website (enhanced)
+├── content/
+│   ├── BUILD
+│   ├── markdown.bzl
+│   └── rst.bzl
+├── templates/
+│   ├── BUILD
+│   ├── jinja.bzl
+│   └── rst.bzl
+├── generators/
+│   ├── BUILD
+│   ├── pelican.bzl           # Production Pelican
+│   ├── mock.bzl              # Testing
+│   ├── sphinx.bzl            # RST skeleton
+│   └── yew.bzl               # WASM skeleton
+└── tests/
+    ├── EXAMPLES.md           # Usage examples
+    ├── BUILD                 # Test targets
+    └── run_provider_tests.sh # Provider test script
+```
+
+### 8. Documentation ✅
+
+**PROVIDERS.md**: Complete documentation covering:
+- Architecture overview
+- Provider definitions
+- Asset rules usage
+- Generator rules usage
+- Backwards compatibility
+- Testing approach
+- Extensibility guide
+- Migration guide
+
+**EXAMPLES.md**: Practical examples showing:
+- Using typed asset rules
+- Using custom generators
+- Skeleton generators
+- Asset type reference
+- Generator type reference
+
+## Validation Results
+
+### All Tests Pass ✓
+
+```
+//website/tests:provider_architecture_test       PASSED
+//website/tests:website_compression_test         PASSED
+//website/tests:website_generation_test          PASSED
+//website/tests:website_parameterized_test       PASSED
+```
+
+### Backwards Compatibility Verified ✓
+
+- Existing Pelican-based test sites build and generate correct output
+- No changes required to existing `static_website` calls
+- Asset rules produce both providers and pkg_files
+
+### Extensibility Proven ✓
+
+- Mock generator successfully processes markdown assets
+- Sphinx skeleton proves RST-based generators are viable
+- Yew skeleton proves Rust/WASM generators are viable
+- Framework ready for community contributions
+
+## Key Design Decisions
+
+1. **Dual Output**: Asset rules produce both providers (new) and pkg_files (backwards compat)
+2. **Optional Providers**: Generators can work with or without provider introspection
+3. **Skeleton Generators**: Included minimal but functional skeletons to prove extensibility
+4. **No Breaking Changes**: All existing code continues to work unchanged
+
+## Future Extensibility
+
+The framework is ready for:
+
+- **Hugo**: Static site generator using Go templates
+- **Jekyll**: Ruby-based static site generator
+- **MkDocs**: Python documentation generator
+- **Docusaurus**: React-based documentation site
+- **mdBook**: Rust documentation tool
+- **Custom generators**: Any tool can be wrapped with the provider interface
+
+## Testing Strategy
+
+1. **Unit Tests**: Each provider attachment is verified
+2. **Integration Tests**: Complete website generation workflows
+3. **Backwards Compatibility**: All existing tests continue to pass
+4. **Extensibility Tests**: Skeleton generators prove new types work
+
+## Conclusion
+
+The refactoring successfully:
+- ✅ Creates a provider-based architecture
+- ✅ Makes the system extensible to any generator
+- ✅ Maintains 100% backwards compatibility
+- ✅ Includes comprehensive tests
+- ✅ Provides complete documentation
+- ✅ Proves extensibility with skeletons
+
+All requirements from the problem statement have been met.