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+summary: docs-site og:image shipped — all 7 docs repos serve a self-hosted social card via a Material override; one PR per repo.
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+
+# Design: docs-site og:image rollout
+
+## Summary
+
+Make each of the seven `modern-python` docs sites emit a proper
+`og:image`/`twitter:image` pointing at its own social card, so link unfurls on
+GitHub/Slack/X/etc. show the branded card instead of nothing. Each docs repo
+self-hosts its card (`docs/assets/social-card.png`, copied from this repo's
+`brand/projects/<repo>/social-card.png`) and gains a small MkDocs Material
+template override that emits the Open Graph + Twitter meta. Shipped as **seven
+PRs**, one per docs repo. This planning bundle lives in `.github` (the org/brand
+home where the cards are generated); no code changes land in `.github`.
+
+## Motivation
+
+The cards shipped in `brand/projects/<repo>/social-card.png` (PR #23) but nothing
+consumes them yet — the docs sites have no `og:image`, so shared links are bare.
+Probing confirmed all 7 sites are live MkDocs Material on their subdomain, none
+use Material's `social` plugin (no auto-card to conflict with), and only
+`that-depends` has a `custom_dir` (`docs/overrides`). (At rollout, one repo —
+`faststream-redis-timers` — turned out to have no `site_url` in `mkdocs.yml`; its
+PR added it, since the override needs it.)
+
+The 7 docs repos: `modern-di`, `that-depends`, `lite-bootstrap`, `httpware`,
+`faststream-redis-timers`, `faststream-outbox`, `semvertag`.
+
+## Non-goals
+
+- README logos — a separate, later spec (this is the og:image piece only).
+- Cards for non-docs repos — they have no docs site.
+- Auto-generating cards with Material's `social` plugin — we use the bespoke
+  cards already generated in this repo.
+- Changing the card design or this repo's own og:image.
+
+## Design
+
+### 1. Per-repo change set (identical shape across all 7)
+
+Each docs repo PR adds:
+
+1. **`docs/assets/social-card.png`** — the repo's card, copied verbatim from
+   `modern-python/.github`'s `brand/projects/<repo>/social-card.png` (current
+   `main`).
+2. **`overrides/main.html`** — a Material override (template below). For
+   `that-depends`, this goes in its existing `docs/overrides/` instead of a new
+   `overrides/`.
+3. **`mkdocs.yml`** — add `theme.custom_dir: overrides` for the six repos that
+   lack it. `that-depends` already sets `custom_dir: docs/overrides` — no change.
+
+### 2. The override template
+
+One file, identical for every repo (it reads values from `mkdocs.yml`, so nothing
+is hard-coded per repo):
+
+```jinja
+{% extends "base.html" %}
+{% block extrahead %}
+  {{ super() }}
+  {% set base = config.site_url if config.site_url.endswith('/') else config.site_url ~ '/' %}
+  {% set card = base ~ 'assets/social-card.png' %}
+  {% set title = (page.title ~ ' · ' ~ config.site_name) if (page.title and not page.is_homepage) else config.site_name %}
+  {% set description = page.meta.description if page.meta and page.meta.description else config.site_description %}
+  <meta property="og:type" content="website">
+  <meta property="og:site_name" content="{{ config.site_name }}">
+  <meta property="og:title" content="{{ title }}">
+  <meta property="og:description" content="{{ description }}">
+  <meta property="og:url" content="{{ page.canonical_url }}">
+  <meta property="og:image" content="{{ card }}">
+  <meta property="og:image:type" content="image/png">
+  <meta property="og:image:width" content="1280">
+  <meta property="og:image:height" content="640">
+  <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image">
+  <meta name="twitter:title" content="{{ title }}">
+  <meta name="twitter:description" content="{{ description }}">
+  <meta name="twitter:image" content="{{ card }}">
+{% endblock %}
+```
+
+**Trailing-slash guard is load-bearing:** these repos' `site_url` has no trailing
+slash (e.g. `https://modern-di.modern-python.org`), unlike this repo's
+(`https://modern-python.org/`); the `base` computation normalises it so the card
+URL is `https://<repo>.modern-python.org/assets/social-card.png`, never
+`…orgassets/…`.
+
+It extends `base.html` and only appends to `extrahead` via `{{ super() }}`, so it
+adds meta without overriding anything Material already renders.
+
+### 3. Asset sourcing
+
+The card is copied from this `.github` checkout:
+`brand/projects/<repo>/social-card.png` → `<docs-repo>/docs/assets/social-card.png`.
+It is committed into the docs repo (self-hosted), so the docs site serves it
+same-origin and there is no cross-repo runtime dependency. If a card is later
+regenerated here, re-copy it into the repo (rare; noted as a maintenance step).
+
+### 4. Execution: seven PRs
+
+One PR per repo, done sequentially and verified before the next:
+clone → branch → add card + override (+ `custom_dir` where missing) → verify
+(below) → push → PR → watch CI. Branch name per repo: `docs-ogimage`.
+`that-depends` is the one special case (existing `docs/overrides/`,
+`custom_dir` already set).
+
+## Operations
+
+After each PR merges and the site redeploys, the card is live at
+`https://<repo>.modern-python.org/assets/social-card.png`. Optionally validate the
+unfurl with a debugger (e.g. opengraph.xyz) — manual, out of band.
+
+## Out of scope
+
+- README logos (separate spec).
+- Any change to this `.github` repo's site or to the card design.
+
+## Testing
+
+Per repo, before opening the PR:
+
+- Build the docs the way the repo builds them (e.g. `uv run mkdocs build` or the
+  repo's documented command). The build must succeed.
+- Assert the generated `site/index.html` contains
+  `<meta property="og:image" content="https://<repo>.modern-python.org/assets/social-card.png">`
+  and `site/assets/social-card.png` exists.
+- Spot-check one interior page's built HTML carries the same `og:image`.
+
+## Risk
+
+- **Docs build needs Material + plugins installed.** Cloning a repo and running
+  `mkdocs build` may require its docs dependencies. Likelihood medium, impact
+  low. *Mitigation:* install via the repo's own dev/docs extra
+  (`uv sync`/`uv run`), or `uvx --with mkdocs-material[imaging] mkdocs build`; if
+  a repo's plugin set is heavy and unavailable, fall back to verifying the
+  override is valid Jinja and the card file is present, and rely on the repo's CI
+  to build.
+- **`that-depends` already has a `main.html` in `docs/overrides/`.** Then it must
+  be *merged* (append the `extrahead` block), not overwritten. *Mitigation:* the
+  plan inspects `docs/overrides/` first and merges if a `main.html` exists.
+- **Per-repo `mkdocs.yml` drift.** A repo might key the theme differently.
+  *Mitigation:* the plan reads each `mkdocs.yml` before editing; the override
+  template itself is config-driven and unaffected.
+- **Card staleness.** The committed card can drift from a regenerated one in
+  `.github`. Likelihood low (cards rarely change), impact low. *Mitigation:* the
+  later README spec or a follow-up can document a re-copy step; out of scope here.