diff --git a/hugo-new.sh b/hugo-new.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Usage: ./hugo-new.sh [post|rmarkdown] "Awesome Post Title"
+
+# Ensure Hugo is installed
+if ! command -v hugo &> /dev/null; then
+    echo "Error: Hugo is not installed."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Check arguments
+if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 [post|rmarkdown] \"Post Title\""
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Assign input variables
+KIND="$1"  # post or rmarkdown
+TITLE="$2"
+
+# Validate post type
+if [[ "$KIND" != "post" && "$KIND" != "rmarkdown" ]]; then
+    echo "Error: Type must be 'post' or 'rmarkdown'."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Generate ISO date prefix (YYYY-MM-DD)
+DATE=$(date +"%Y-%m-%d")
+
+# Convert title to a URL-friendly slug (lowercase, dashes)
+SLUG=$(echo "$TITLE" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | tr ' ' '-')
+
+# Construct post directory
+POST_DIR="content/posts/${DATE}-${SLUG}"
+
+# Determine the expected file extension
+EXT="md"
+if [[ "$KIND" == "rmarkdown" ]]; then
+    EXT="Rmd"
+fi
+
+# Ensure the directory exists and create a page bundle
+mkdir -p "$POST_DIR"
+
+# Generate the new post with the selected archetype
+hugo new --kind "$KIND" "posts/${DATE}-${SLUG}/index.${EXT}"
+HUGO_EXIT_CODE=$?
+
+# Validate Hugo execution
+if [[ $HUGO_EXIT_CODE -ne 0 ]]; then
+    echo "Error: Hugo command failed."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Check if the expected file was created
+if [[ ! -f "$POST_DIR/index.${EXT}" ]]; then
+    echo "Error: Expected file was not created: $POST_DIR/index.${EXT}"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Add .gitignore for rmarkdown posts to exclude generated output
+if [[ "$KIND" == "rmarkdown" ]]; then
+    cat > "$POST_DIR/.gitignore" <<'EOF'
+index.md
+figure/
+libs/
+EOF
+    echo "Created .gitignore for generated output"
+fi
+
+# Confirm success
+echo "New $KIND created at: $POST_DIR/index.${EXT}"
diff --git a/hugo.sh b/hugo.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+# Usage: ./hugo-new.sh "<title>" [md|rmd]
+
+TITLE="$2"
+EXTENSION="${1:-rmd}"  # default to Rmd if not specified
+
+# Validate extension
+if [[ "$EXTENSION" != "md" && "$EXTENSION" != "rmd" ]]; then
+    echo "⚠️  Usage: ./hugo-new.sh \"Post Title\" [md|rmd]"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+DATE=$(date '+%Y-%m-%d')
+SLUG=$(echo "$TITLE" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | tr ' ' '-')
+POST_DIR="content/posts/${DATE}-${SLUG}"
+
+# Create new post using Hugo archetype
+if [ "$EXTENSION" == "rmd" ]; then
+    POST_FILE="index.Rmd"
+else
+    POST_DIR="content/posts/${DATE}-${SLUG}"
+    EXTENSION="md"
+fi
+
+hugo new "posts/${DATE}-${SLUG}/index.${EXTENSION}"
+
+# Change to post directory
+cd "$POST_DIR"
+
+# Set up .gitignore and renv (for R Markdown)
+if [ "$EXTENSION" == "rmd" ]; then
+    # Ignore generated Markdown file
+    echo "index.md" > .gitignore
+
+    # Set up minimal renv environment from base snapshot
+    cp ../../../../scripts/base-renv.lock ./renv.lock
+
+    Rscript -e '
+      if (!require("renv")) install.packages("renv");
+      renv::init(bare = TRUE);
+      renv::restore();
+    '
+fi
+
+echo "✅ Created post at ${POST_DIR}/index.${EXTENSION}"