./dtcw4 local downloadTemplate
Get the arc42 Template
To work with docToolchain, you first need some documents. Let’s fetch the arc42 template for software architecture documentation.
docToolchain comes with a task called downloadTemplate.
On Windows, use WSL2 — dtcw4 is a Bash script.
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The task asks you interactively which language and variant you want.
It downloads the template, unpacks it to src/docs/arc42, and adds it to your configuration file.
For CI/CD use, set DTC_HEADLESS=true to use defaults (English, without help).
That’s it — you now have docToolchain with the arc42 template installed. Let’s render it as HTML, PDF, or Microsite in the next steps.
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