Variable types

Configorama variables use ${...} syntax to describe where a value should come from. The common shape is ${source:name, fallback} for keyed sources and ${source(...)} for function-style helpers.


stage: ${opt:stage, "dev"}
host: ${env:API_HOST, "localhost"}
schedule: ${cron(every 5 minutes)}

Type	Source class	Page
`env`	`user`	Environment
`opt` / `option`	`user`	Options
`param`	`user`	Params
`self` / bare path	`config`	Self
`file`	`config`	File
`text`	`config`	Text
`git`	`readonly`	Git
`cron`	`readonly`	Cron
`eval`	`readonly` data-flow	Eval
`if`	`readonly` data-flow	If

Custom variable sources are extension points rather than core types. See write a custom variable source for the user-provided resolver API and safe inspection for execution policy.