diff --git a/client/.gitignore b/client/.gitignore
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+.venv/
+
+.idea/
+
+.DS_store
+
+__pycache__
+
+.cache
+
+content/*
diff --git a/client/README.md b/client/README.md
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+## Module Structure
+
+```shell
+.
+├── README.md
+├── cli
+├── content
+│   ├── pages
+│   │   └── about
+│   │       └── <static_page>.md
+│   └── posts
+│       └── <year>
+│           └── <identifier>
+│               ├── assets
+│               │   └── <assets>
+│               ├── translate_<lang>.md
+│               └── index.md
+├── requirements.txt
+├── templates
+│   ├── <template>.py
+│   └── ...
+└── utils
+    └── ...
+```
+
+### About `posts`
+
+- Will render to `https://<DOMAIN>/blog/post/<identifier>`.
+- Files under `assets/` (where images etc. located) should be pushed to OSS.
+- For identifiers, use prefix `-` to indicate private (hidden) visibility. EX: `-hello-world`.
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diff --git a/client/cli b/client/cli
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import argparse
+
+import rich
+
+from templates.post import BlogPost
+from utils.cache import init_cache
+from utils.index import build_post_idx
+
+
+def main():
+    # if args.new:
+    #     new_post()
+    init_cache()
+    build_post_idx()
+    bp = BlogPost()
+    bp.init()
+
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+parser.add_argument("-n", "--new", help="Create a post with build-in template", type=str)
+args = parser.parse_args(namespace=rich)
+# todo: cli
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/client/requirements.txt b/client/requirements.txt
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+rich~=13.9.4
+prompt_toolkit~=3.0.50
+pypinyin~=0.53.0
+python-frontmatter~=1.1.0
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diff --git a/client/templates/post.py b/client/templates/post.py
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+++ b/client/templates/post.py
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+import uuid
+from datetime import date
+from datetime import datetime as dt
+from typing import Dict, Optional
+
+from templates.utils import Template, create_all_files
+from utils.autocompletion import input_autocompletion, fuzzy_pinyin_matcher
+from utils.cache import get_tags_cache, get_categories_cache
+from utils.lang import eprint, wprint
+
+POST_TEMPLATE = '''
+---
+title: {{ title }}
+subtitle: {{ subtitle }}
+published_date: {{ published_date }}
+last_updated: {{ last_update }}
+category: {{ category }}
+tags: {{ tags }}
+uuid: {{ uuid }}
+---
+
+WIP
+
+'''
+
+
+def get_title():
+    while True:
+        i = input("title > ")
+        if i.strip() == "":
+            eprint("empty title")
+            continue
+        else:
+            return i.strip()
+
+
+def get_subtitle():
+    return input("subtitle > ")
+
+
+def get_published_date():
+    while True:
+        d = input("published_date (YYYY-MM-DD) > ")
+        if d == "":
+            wprint("using today's date")
+            return dt.today().strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
+        else:
+            try:
+                _validate = dt.strptime(d, "%Y-%m-%d")
+                return d
+            except ValueError:
+                eprint("invalid date")
+                continue
+
+
+def get_tags():
+    # todo: multi tags support
+    return input_autocompletion("tags > ", get_tags_cache(), fuzzy_pinyin_matcher)
+
+
+def get_category():
+    while True:
+        i = input_autocompletion("category > ", get_categories_cache(), fuzzy_pinyin_matcher)
+        if i.strip() == "":
+            eprint("empty category")
+            continue
+        else:
+            return i.strip()
+
+
+class BlogPost(Template):
+    WORK_PATH: str = "content/posts/{year}/{identifier}/"
+    ITEMS: Dict[str, Optional[str]] = {"index.md": POST_TEMPLATE, "assets/": None}
+
+    def init(self):
+        year = date.today().year
+
+        index_md = POST_TEMPLATE.format(
+            title=get_title(),
+            subtitle=get_subtitle(),
+            published_date=get_published_date(),
+            last_update=dt.today().strftime("%Y-%m-%d"),
+            tags=get_tags(),
+            category=get_category(),
+            uuid=uuid.uuid4()
+        )
+        create_all_files(self.WORK_PATH.format(year=year, identifier="test"), self.ITEMS)
diff --git a/client/templates/utils.py b/client/templates/utils.py
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+import os
+from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+from typing import Dict, Optional
+
+
+class Template(ABC):
+    @abstractmethod
+    def init(self):
+        pass
+
+
+def create_all_files(relative_work_path: str, items: Dict[str, Optional[str]]):
+    absolute_path = os.path.abspath(relative_work_path)
+    for item in items:
+        if item.endswith("/"):
+            print(absolute_path + item)
+    # todo: create files
diff --git a/client/utils/ansi.py b/client/utils/ansi.py
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+class Ansi:
+    HEADER = '\033[95m'
+    BLUE = '\033[94m'
+    GREEN = '\033[92m'
+    WARNING = '\033[93m'
+    FAIL = '\033[91m'
+    BOLD = '\033[1m'
+    UNDERLINE = '\033[4m'
+    END = '\033[0m'
+
+    def disable(self) -> None:
+        self.HEADER = ''
+        self.BLUE = ''
+        self.GREEN = ''
+        self.WARNING = ''
+        self.FAIL = ''
+        self.BOLD = ''
+        self.UNDERLINE = ''
+        self.END = ''
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def blend(color: list[str], text: str) -> str:
+        return f"{"".join(color)}{text}{Ansi.END}"
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def bold(text: str) -> str:
+        return f"{Ansi.BOLD}{text}{Ansi.END}"
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def underline(text: str) -> str:
+        return f"{Ansi.UNDERLINE}{text}{Ansi.END}"
diff --git a/client/utils/autocompletion.py b/client/utils/autocompletion.py
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+++ b/client/utils/autocompletion.py
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+from collections.abc import Callable
+from typing import List, Iterable
+
+import prompt_toolkit
+from prompt_toolkit.completion import Completer, CompleteEvent, Completion
+from prompt_toolkit.document import Document
+from pypinyin import lazy_pinyin, Style
+
+
+class AutoCompleter(Completer):
+    def __init__(self, candidates: List[str], matching_algorithm: Callable[[str, str], bool]):
+        self.candidates = candidates
+        self.matching_algorithm = matching_algorithm
+
+    def get_completions(self, document: Document, complete_event: CompleteEvent) -> Iterable[Completion]:
+        curr_word = document.text_before_cursor
+        for c in self.candidates:
+            if self.matching_algorithm(curr_word, c):
+                yield Completion(c, start_position=-len(curr_word))
+
+
+def exact_matcher(word: str, candidate: str, case_sensitive: bool = False) -> bool:
+    if case_sensitive:
+        return word == candidate
+    else:
+        return word.lower() == candidate.lower()
+
+
+def fuzzy_matcher(word: str, candidate: str) -> bool:
+    return word.lower() in candidate.lower()
+
+
+def fuzzy_pinyin_matcher(word: str, candidate: str) -> bool:
+    try:
+        word_matcher = ''.join(lazy_pinyin(word, style=Style.NORMAL))
+        candidate_matcher = ''.join(lazy_pinyin(candidate, style=Style.NORMAL))
+        return candidate_matcher.startswith(word_matcher)
+
+    except e:
+        return fuzzy_matcher(word, candidate)
+
+
+def input_autocompletion(prompt: str, candidates: List[str],
+                         matching_algorithm: Callable[[str, str], bool] = exact_matcher) -> str:
+    completer = AutoCompleter(candidates, matching_algorithm)
+    return prompt_toolkit.prompt(prompt, completer=completer, complete_in_thread=True)
diff --git a/client/utils/cache.py b/client/utils/cache.py
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+import json
+import os
+from typing import TextIO
+
+CACHE_DIR = ".cache"
+ITEMS = {"register": "register.json"}
+
+
+def overwrite_json_file(file: TextIO, json_data: dict):
+    file.seek(0)
+    file.write(json.dumps(json_data, indent=4, ensure_ascii=False))
+    file.truncate()
+
+
+def init_cache():
+    if not os.path.exists(CACHE_DIR):
+        os.makedirs(CACHE_DIR)
+    for item in ITEMS.values():
+        item_path = os.path.join(CACHE_DIR, item)
+        if not os.path.exists(item_path):
+            with open(item_path, 'w') as cache_file:
+                match item:
+                    case "register.json":
+                        overwrite_json_file(cache_file, {})
+                        break
+
+
+def write_tags_cache(tags: list[str]):
+    with open(os.path.join(CACHE_DIR, ITEMS["register"]), 'r+') as tags_cache_file:
+        cache = json.load(tags_cache_file)
+        cache["tags"] = tags
+        overwrite_json_file(tags_cache_file, cache)
+
+
+def write_category_cache(categories: list[str]):
+    with open(os.path.join(CACHE_DIR, ITEMS["register"]), 'r+') as categories_cache_file:
+        cache = json.load(categories_cache_file)
+        cache["categories"] = categories
+        overwrite_json_file(categories_cache_file, cache)
+
+
+def get_tags_cache() -> list[str]:
+    with open(os.path.join(CACHE_DIR, ITEMS["register"]), 'r') as tags_cache_file:
+        return json.load(tags_cache_file)["tags"]
+
+
+def get_categories_cache() -> list[str]:
+    with open(os.path.join(CACHE_DIR, ITEMS["register"]), 'r') as categories_cache_file:
+        return json.load(categories_cache_file)["categories"]
diff --git a/client/utils/index.py b/client/utils/index.py
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+import os
+
+import frontmatter
+
+from utils.cache import write_tags_cache, write_category_cache
+from utils.lang import list_exclude
+
+EXCLUDE = [".DS_Store"]
+POSTS_DIR = "content/posts"
+
+
+def build_post_idx():
+    tags = set()
+    categories = set()
+    for year in list_exclude(os.listdir(POSTS_DIR), EXCLUDE):
+        for post_dir in list_exclude(os.listdir(os.path.join(POSTS_DIR, year)), EXCLUDE):
+            target_file = os.path.join(POSTS_DIR, year, post_dir, "index.md")
+            with open(target_file, "r") as f:
+                post = frontmatter.loads(f.read())
+                try:
+                    for tag in post.metadata["tags"]:
+                        tags.add(tag)
+                    categories.add(post.metadata["category"])
+                except KeyError:
+                    print(f"failed to parse {target_file}")
+    write_tags_cache(list(tags))
+    write_category_cache(list(categories))
diff --git a/client/utils/lang.py b/client/utils/lang.py
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+++ b/client/utils/lang.py
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+from utils.ansi import Ansi
+
+
+def list_exclude(source: list, exclude: list):
+    return filter(lambda item: item not in exclude, source)
+
+
+def eprint(msg: str):
+    print(Ansi.blend([Ansi.FAIL], "error: ") + msg)
+
+
+def wprint(msg: str):
+    print(Ansi.blend([Ansi.WARNING], "warn: ") + msg)
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