diff --git a/quartz/plugins/emitters/aliases.ts b/quartz/plugins/emitters/aliases.ts
index 9cb9bd576..e9bfcb4bb 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/emitters/aliases.ts
+++ b/quartz/plugins/emitters/aliases.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { FullSlug, isRelativeURL, resolveRelative, simplifySlug } from "../../util/path"
+import { FullSlug } from "../../util/path"
 import { QuartzEmitterPlugin } from "../types"
 import { write } from "./helpers"
 import { BuildCtx } from "../../util/ctx"
@@ -6,16 +6,17 @@ import { VFile } from "vfile"
 import path from "path"
 
 async function* processFile(ctx: BuildCtx, file: VFile) {
-  const ogSlug = simplifySlug(file.data.slug!)
+  const { utils } = ctx
+  const ogSlug = utils!.path.simplify(file.data.slug!)
 
   for (const aliasTarget of file.data.aliases ?? []) {
     const aliasTargetSlug = (
-      isRelativeURL(aliasTarget)
+      utils!.path.isRelativeURL(aliasTarget)
         ? path.normalize(path.join(ogSlug, "..", aliasTarget))
         : aliasTarget
     ) as FullSlug
 
-    const redirUrl = resolveRelative(aliasTargetSlug, ogSlug)
+    const redirUrl = utils!.path.resolveRelative(aliasTargetSlug, ogSlug)
     yield write({
       ctx,
       content: `
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/emitters/assets.ts b/quartz/plugins/emitters/assets.ts
index d0da66ace..93b5b1c61 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/emitters/assets.ts
+++ b/quartz/plugins/emitters/assets.ts
@@ -1,21 +1,22 @@
-import { FilePath, joinSegments, slugifyFilePath } from "../../util/path"
+import { FilePath } from "../../util/path"
 import { QuartzEmitterPlugin } from "../types"
 import path from "path"
 import fs from "fs"
 import { glob } from "../../util/glob"
 import { Argv } from "../../util/ctx"
 import { QuartzConfig } from "../../cfg"
+import { PluginUtilities } from "../plugin-context"
 
 const filesToCopy = async (argv: Argv, cfg: QuartzConfig) => {
   // glob all non MD files in content folder and copy it over
   return await glob("**", argv.directory, ["**/*.md", ...cfg.configuration.ignorePatterns])
 }
 
-const copyFile = async (argv: Argv, fp: FilePath) => {
-  const src = joinSegments(argv.directory, fp) as FilePath
+const copyFile = async (argv: Argv, fp: FilePath, utils: PluginUtilities) => {
+  const src = utils.path.join(argv.directory, fp) as FilePath
 
-  const name = slugifyFilePath(fp)
-  const dest = joinSegments(argv.output, name) as FilePath
+  const name = utils.path.slugify(fp)
+  const dest = utils.path.join(argv.output, name) as FilePath
 
   // ensure dir exists
   const dir = path.dirname(dest) as FilePath
@@ -28,22 +29,24 @@ const copyFile = async (argv: Argv, fp: FilePath) => {
 export const Assets: QuartzEmitterPlugin = () => {
   return {
     name: "Assets",
-    async *emit({ argv, cfg }) {
+    async *emit(ctx) {
+      const { argv, cfg, utils } = ctx
       const fps = await filesToCopy(argv, cfg)
       for (const fp of fps) {
-        yield copyFile(argv, fp)
+        yield copyFile(argv, fp, utils!)
       }
     },
     async *partialEmit(ctx, _content, _resources, changeEvents) {
+      const { utils } = ctx
       for (const changeEvent of changeEvents) {
         const ext = path.extname(changeEvent.path)
         if (ext === ".md") continue
 
         if (changeEvent.type === "add" || changeEvent.type === "change") {
-          yield copyFile(ctx.argv, changeEvent.path)
+          yield copyFile(ctx.argv, changeEvent.path, utils!)
         } else if (changeEvent.type === "delete") {
-          const name = slugifyFilePath(changeEvent.path)
-          const dest = joinSegments(ctx.argv.output, name) as FilePath
+          const name = utils!.path.slugify(changeEvent.path)
+          const dest = utils!.path.join(ctx.argv.output, name) as FilePath
           await fs.promises.unlink(dest)
         }
       }
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/emitters/componentResources.ts b/quartz/plugins/emitters/componentResources.ts
index 9c5ee186f..77a61bd00 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/emitters/componentResources.ts
+++ b/quartz/plugins/emitters/componentResources.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { FullSlug, joinSegments } from "../../util/path"
+import { FullSlug } from "../../util/path"
 import { QuartzEmitterPlugin } from "../types"
 
 // @ts-ignore
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ export const ComponentResources: QuartzEmitterPlugin = () => {
           const buf = await res.arrayBuffer()
           yield write({
             ctx,
-            slug: joinSegments("static", "fonts", fontFile.filename) as FullSlug,
+            slug: ctx.utils!.path.join("static", "fonts", fontFile.filename) as FullSlug,
             ext: `.${fontFile.extension}`,
             content: Buffer.from(buf),
           })
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/emitters/contentIndex.tsx b/quartz/plugins/emitters/contentIndex.tsx
index 56392b358..503cec6b8 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/emitters/contentIndex.tsx
+++ b/quartz/plugins/emitters/contentIndex.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 import { Root } from "hast"
 import { GlobalConfiguration } from "../../cfg"
 import { getDate } from "../../components/Date"
-import { escapeHTML } from "../../util/escape"
-import { FilePath, FullSlug, SimpleSlug, joinSegments, simplifySlug } from "../../util/path"
+import { FilePath, FullSlug, SimpleSlug } from "../../util/path"
 import { QuartzEmitterPlugin } from "../types"
 import { toHtml } from "hast-util-to-html"
 import { write } from "./helpers"
 import { i18n } from "../../i18n"
+import { PluginUtilities } from "../plugin-context"
 
 export type ContentIndexMap = Map<FullSlug, ContentDetails>
 export type ContentDetails = {
@@ -39,25 +39,34 @@ const defaultOptions: Options = {
   includeEmptyFiles: true,
 }
 
-function generateSiteMap(cfg: GlobalConfiguration, idx: ContentIndexMap): string {
+function generateSiteMap(
+  cfg: GlobalConfiguration,
+  idx: ContentIndexMap,
+  utils: PluginUtilities,
+): string {
   const base = cfg.baseUrl ?? ""
   const createURLEntry = (slug: SimpleSlug, content: ContentDetails): string => `<url>
-    <loc>https://${joinSegments(base, encodeURI(slug))}</loc>
+    <loc>https://${utils.path.join(base, encodeURI(slug))}</loc>
     ${content.date && `<lastmod>${content.date.toISOString()}</lastmod>`}
   </url>`
   const urls = Array.from(idx)
-    .map(([slug, content]) => createURLEntry(simplifySlug(slug), content))
+    .map(([slug, content]) => createURLEntry(utils.path.simplify(slug), content))
     .join("")
   return `<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">${urls}</urlset>`
 }
 
-function generateRSSFeed(cfg: GlobalConfiguration, idx: ContentIndexMap, limit?: number): string {
+function generateRSSFeed(
+  cfg: GlobalConfiguration,
+  idx: ContentIndexMap,
+  utils: PluginUtilities,
+  limit?: number,
+): string {
   const base = cfg.baseUrl ?? ""
 
   const createURLEntry = (slug: SimpleSlug, content: ContentDetails): string => `<item>
-    <title>${escapeHTML(content.title)}</title>
-    <link>https://${joinSegments(base, encodeURI(slug))}</link>
-    <guid>https://${joinSegments(base, encodeURI(slug))}</guid>
+    <title>${utils.escape.html(content.title)}</title>
+    <link>https://${utils.path.join(base, encodeURI(slug))}</link>
+    <guid>https://${utils.path.join(base, encodeURI(slug))}</guid>
     <description><![CDATA[ ${content.richContent ?? content.description} ]]></description>
     <pubDate>${content.date?.toUTCString()}</pubDate>
   </item>`
@@ -74,16 +83,16 @@ function generateRSSFeed(cfg: GlobalConfiguration, idx: ContentIndexMap, limit?:
 
       return f1.title.localeCompare(f2.title)
     })
-    .map(([slug, content]) => createURLEntry(simplifySlug(slug), content))
+    .map(([slug, content]) => createURLEntry(utils.path.simplify(slug), content))
     .slice(0, limit ?? idx.size)
     .join("")
 
   return `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
 <rss version="2.0">
     <channel>
-      <title>${escapeHTML(cfg.pageTitle)}</title>
+      <title>${utils.escape.html(cfg.pageTitle)}</title>
       <link>https://${base}</link>
-      <description>${!!limit ? i18n(cfg.locale).pages.rss.lastFewNotes({ count: limit }) : i18n(cfg.locale).pages.rss.recentNotes} on ${escapeHTML(
+      <description>${!!limit ? i18n(cfg.locale).pages.rss.lastFewNotes({ count: limit }) : i18n(cfg.locale).pages.rss.recentNotes} on ${utils.escape.html(
         cfg.pageTitle,
       )}</description>
       <generator>Quartz -- quartz.jzhao.xyz</generator>
@@ -97,6 +106,7 @@ export const ContentIndex: QuartzEmitterPlugin<Partial<Options>> = (opts) => {
   return {
     name: "ContentIndex",
     async *emit(ctx, content) {
+      const { utils } = ctx
       const cfg = ctx.cfg.configuration
       const linkIndex: ContentIndexMap = new Map()
       for (const [tree, file] of content) {
@@ -111,7 +121,7 @@ export const ContentIndex: QuartzEmitterPlugin<Partial<Options>> = (opts) => {
             tags: file.data.frontmatter?.tags ?? [],
             content: file.data.text ?? "",
             richContent: opts?.rssFullHtml
-              ? escapeHTML(toHtml(tree as Root, { allowDangerousHtml: true }))
+              ? utils!.escape.html(toHtml(tree as Root, { allowDangerousHtml: true }))
               : undefined,
             date: date,
             description: file.data.description ?? "",
@@ -122,7 +132,7 @@ export const ContentIndex: QuartzEmitterPlugin<Partial<Options>> = (opts) => {
       if (opts?.enableSiteMap) {
         yield write({
           ctx,
-          content: generateSiteMap(cfg, linkIndex),
+          content: generateSiteMap(cfg, linkIndex, utils!),
           slug: "sitemap" as FullSlug,
           ext: ".xml",
         })
@@ -131,13 +141,13 @@ export const ContentIndex: QuartzEmitterPlugin<Partial<Options>> = (opts) => {
       if (opts?.enableRSS) {
         yield write({
           ctx,
-          content: generateRSSFeed(cfg, linkIndex, opts.rssLimit),
+          content: generateRSSFeed(cfg, linkIndex, utils!, opts.rssLimit),
           slug: (opts?.rssSlug ?? "index") as FullSlug,
           ext: ".xml",
         })
       }
 
-      const fp = joinSegments("static", "contentIndex") as FullSlug
+      const fp = utils!.path.join("static", "contentIndex") as FullSlug
       const simplifiedIndex = Object.fromEntries(
         Array.from(linkIndex).map(([slug, content]) => {
           // remove description and from content index as nothing downstream
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/emitters/contentPage.tsx b/quartz/plugins/emitters/contentPage.tsx
index c3410ecc3..e9d53eb7a 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/emitters/contentPage.tsx
+++ b/quartz/plugins/emitters/contentPage.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import HeaderConstructor from "../../components/Header"
 import BodyConstructor from "../../components/Body"
 import { pageResources, renderPage } from "../../components/renderPage"
 import { FullPageLayout } from "../../cfg"
-import { pathToRoot } from "../../util/path"
 import { defaultContentPageLayout, sharedPageComponents } from "../../../quartz.layout"
 import { Content } from "../../components"
 import { styleText } from "util"
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ async function processContent(
 ) {
   const slug = fileData.slug!
   const cfg = ctx.cfg.configuration
-  const externalResources = pageResources(pathToRoot(slug), resources)
+  const externalResources = pageResources(ctx.utils!.path.toRoot(slug), resources)
   const componentData: QuartzComponentProps = {
     ctx,
     fileData,
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/emitters/favicon.ts b/quartz/plugins/emitters/favicon.ts
index b05f9309d..970905672 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/emitters/favicon.ts
+++ b/quartz/plugins/emitters/favicon.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 import sharp from "sharp"
-import { joinSegments, QUARTZ, FullSlug } from "../../util/path"
+import { FullSlug } from "../../util/path"
 import { QuartzEmitterPlugin } from "../types"
 import { write } from "./helpers"
-import { BuildCtx } from "../../util/ctx"
 
 export const Favicon: QuartzEmitterPlugin = () => ({
   name: "Favicon",
-  async *emit({ argv }) {
-    const iconPath = joinSegments(QUARTZ, "static", "icon.png")
+  async *emit(ctx) {
+    const { utils } = ctx
+    const iconPath = utils!.path.join(utils!.path.QUARTZ, "static", "icon.png")
 
     const faviconContent = sharp(iconPath).resize(48, 48).toFormat("png")
 
     yield write({
-      ctx: { argv } as BuildCtx,
+      ctx,
       slug: "favicon" as FullSlug,
       ext: ".ico",
       content: faviconContent,
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/emitters/folderPage.tsx b/quartz/plugins/emitters/folderPage.tsx
index f9b181dff..d5a22075d 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/emitters/folderPage.tsx
+++ b/quartz/plugins/emitters/folderPage.tsx
@@ -6,20 +6,15 @@ import { pageResources, renderPage } from "../../components/renderPage"
 import { ProcessedContent, QuartzPluginData, defaultProcessedContent } from "../vfile"
 import { FullPageLayout } from "../../cfg"
 import path from "path"
-import {
-  FullSlug,
-  SimpleSlug,
-  stripSlashes,
-  joinSegments,
-  pathToRoot,
-  simplifySlug,
-} from "../../util/path"
+import { FullSlug, SimpleSlug } from "../../util/path"
 import { defaultListPageLayout, sharedPageComponents } from "../../../quartz.layout"
 import { FolderContent } from "../../components"
 import { write } from "./helpers"
 import { i18n, TRANSLATIONS } from "../../i18n"
 import { BuildCtx } from "../../util/ctx"
 import { StaticResources } from "../../util/resources"
+import { PluginUtilities } from "../plugin-context"
+
 interface FolderPageOptions extends FullPageLayout {
   sort?: (f1: QuartzPluginData, f2: QuartzPluginData) => number
 }
@@ -31,14 +26,15 @@ async function* processFolderInfo(
   opts: FullPageLayout,
   resources: StaticResources,
 ) {
+  const { utils } = ctx
   for (const [folder, folderContent] of Object.entries(folderInfo) as [
     SimpleSlug,
     ProcessedContent,
   ][]) {
-    const slug = joinSegments(folder, "index") as FullSlug
+    const slug = utils!.path.join(folder, "index") as FullSlug
     const [tree, file] = folderContent
     const cfg = ctx.cfg.configuration
-    const externalResources = pageResources(pathToRoot(slug), resources)
+    const externalResources = pageResources(utils!.path.toRoot(slug), resources)
     const componentData: QuartzComponentProps = {
       ctx,
       fileData: file.data,
@@ -63,13 +59,14 @@ function computeFolderInfo(
   folders: Set<SimpleSlug>,
   content: ProcessedContent[],
   locale: keyof typeof TRANSLATIONS,
+  utils: PluginUtilities,
 ): Record<SimpleSlug, ProcessedContent> {
   // Create default folder descriptions
   const folderInfo: Record<SimpleSlug, ProcessedContent> = Object.fromEntries(
     [...folders].map((folder) => [
       folder,
       defaultProcessedContent({
-        slug: joinSegments(folder, "index") as FullSlug,
+        slug: utils.path.join(folder, "index") as FullSlug,
         frontmatter: {
           title: `${i18n(locale).pages.folderContent.folder}: ${folder}`,
           tags: [],
@@ -80,7 +77,7 @@ function computeFolderInfo(
 
   // Update with actual content if available
   for (const [tree, file] of content) {
-    const slug = stripSlashes(simplifySlug(file.data.slug!)) as SimpleSlug
+    const slug = utils.path.stripSlashes(utils.path.simplify(file.data.slug!)) as SimpleSlug
     if (folders.has(slug)) {
       folderInfo[slug] = [tree, file]
     }
@@ -129,6 +126,7 @@ export const FolderPage: QuartzEmitterPlugin<Partial<FolderPageOptions>> = (user
       ]
     },
     async *emit(ctx, content, resources) {
+      const { utils } = ctx
       const allFiles = content.map((c) => c[1].data)
       const cfg = ctx.cfg.configuration
 
@@ -142,10 +140,11 @@ export const FolderPage: QuartzEmitterPlugin<Partial<FolderPageOptions>> = (user
         }),
       )
 
-      const folderInfo = computeFolderInfo(folders, content, cfg.locale)
+      const folderInfo = computeFolderInfo(folders, content, cfg.locale, utils!)
       yield* processFolderInfo(ctx, folderInfo, allFiles, opts, resources)
     },
     async *partialEmit(ctx, content, resources, changeEvents) {
+      const { utils } = ctx
       const allFiles = content.map((c) => c[1].data)
       const cfg = ctx.cfg.configuration
 
@@ -162,7 +161,7 @@ export const FolderPage: QuartzEmitterPlugin<Partial<FolderPageOptions>> = (user
 
       // If there are affected folders, rebuild their pages
       if (affectedFolders.size > 0) {
-        const folderInfo = computeFolderInfo(affectedFolders, content, cfg.locale)
+        const folderInfo = computeFolderInfo(affectedFolders, content, cfg.locale, utils!)
         yield* processFolderInfo(ctx, folderInfo, allFiles, opts, resources)
       }
     },
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/emitters/helpers.ts b/quartz/plugins/emitters/helpers.ts
index 6218178a4..014b04b66 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/emitters/helpers.ts
+++ b/quartz/plugins/emitters/helpers.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import path from "path"
 import fs from "fs"
 import { BuildCtx } from "../../util/ctx"
-import { FilePath, FullSlug, joinSegments } from "../../util/path"
+import { FilePath, FullSlug } from "../../util/path"
 import { Readable } from "stream"
 
 type WriteOptions = {
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ type WriteOptions = {
 }
 
 export const write = async ({ ctx, slug, ext, content }: WriteOptions): Promise<FilePath> => {
-  const pathToPage = joinSegments(ctx.argv.output, slug + ext) as FilePath
+  const pathToPage = ctx.utils!.path.join(ctx.argv.output, slug + ext) as FilePath
   const dir = path.dirname(pathToPage)
   await fs.promises.mkdir(dir, { recursive: true })
   await fs.promises.writeFile(pathToPage, content)
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/emitters/ogImage.tsx b/quartz/plugins/emitters/ogImage.tsx
index 813d9348c..c666c1175 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/emitters/ogImage.tsx
+++ b/quartz/plugins/emitters/ogImage.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { QuartzEmitterPlugin } from "../types"
 import { i18n } from "../../i18n"
-import { unescapeHTML } from "../../util/escape"
-import { FullSlug, getFileExtension, isAbsoluteURL, joinSegments, QUARTZ } from "../../util/path"
+import { FullSlug } from "../../util/path"
 import { ImageOptions, SocialImageOptions, defaultImage, getSatoriFonts } from "../../util/og"
 import sharp from "sharp"
 import satori, { SatoriOptions } from "satori"
@@ -12,6 +11,7 @@ import { BuildCtx } from "../../util/ctx"
 import { QuartzPluginData } from "../vfile"
 import fs from "node:fs/promises"
 import { styleText } from "util"
+import { PluginUtilities } from "../plugin-context"
 
 const defaultOptions: SocialImageOptions = {
   colorScheme: "lightMode",
@@ -28,9 +28,10 @@ const defaultOptions: SocialImageOptions = {
 async function generateSocialImage(
   { cfg, description, fonts, title, fileData }: ImageOptions,
   userOpts: SocialImageOptions,
+  utils: PluginUtilities,
 ): Promise<Readable> {
   const { width, height } = userOpts
-  const iconPath = joinSegments(QUARTZ, "static", "icon.png")
+  const iconPath = utils.path.join(utils.path.QUARTZ, "static", "icon.png")
   let iconBase64: string | undefined = undefined
   try {
     const iconData = await fs.readFile(iconPath)
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ async function processOgImage(
   fonts: SatoriOptions["fonts"],
   fullOptions: SocialImageOptions,
 ) {
+  const { utils } = ctx
   const cfg = ctx.cfg.configuration
   const slug = fileData.slug!
   const titleSuffix = cfg.pageTitleSuffix ?? ""
@@ -79,7 +81,9 @@ async function processOgImage(
   const description =
     fileData.frontmatter?.socialDescription ??
     fileData.frontmatter?.description ??
-    unescapeHTML(fileData.description?.trim() ?? i18n(cfg.locale).propertyDefaults.description)
+    utils!.escape.unescape(
+      fileData.description?.trim() ?? i18n(cfg.locale).propertyDefaults.description,
+    )
 
   const stream = await generateSocialImage(
     {
@@ -90,6 +94,7 @@ async function processOgImage(
       fileData,
     },
     fullOptions,
+    utils!,
   )
 
   return write({
@@ -136,6 +141,7 @@ export const CustomOgImages: QuartzEmitterPlugin<Partial<SocialImageOptions>> =
       }
     },
     externalResources: (ctx) => {
+      const { utils } = ctx
       if (!ctx.cfg.configuration.baseUrl) {
         return {}
       }
@@ -148,7 +154,7 @@ export const CustomOgImages: QuartzEmitterPlugin<Partial<SocialImageOptions>> =
             let userDefinedOgImagePath = pageData.frontmatter?.socialImage
 
             if (userDefinedOgImagePath) {
-              userDefinedOgImagePath = isAbsoluteURL(userDefinedOgImagePath)
+              userDefinedOgImagePath = utils!.path.isAbsoluteURL(userDefinedOgImagePath)
                 ? userDefinedOgImagePath
                 : `https://${baseUrl}/static/${userDefinedOgImagePath}`
             }
@@ -158,7 +164,7 @@ export const CustomOgImages: QuartzEmitterPlugin<Partial<SocialImageOptions>> =
               : undefined
             const defaultOgImagePath = `https://${baseUrl}/static/og-image.png`
             const ogImagePath = userDefinedOgImagePath ?? generatedOgImagePath ?? defaultOgImagePath
-            const ogImageMimeType = `image/${getFileExtension(ogImagePath) ?? "png"}`
+            const ogImageMimeType = `image/${utils!.path.getFileExtension(ogImagePath) ?? "png"}`
             return (
               <>
                 {!userDefinedOgImagePath && (
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/emitters/static.ts b/quartz/plugins/emitters/static.ts
index 0b4529083..778f3f7eb 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/emitters/static.ts
+++ b/quartz/plugins/emitters/static.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { FilePath, QUARTZ, joinSegments } from "../../util/path"
+import { FilePath } from "../../util/path"
 import { QuartzEmitterPlugin } from "../types"
 import fs from "fs"
 import { glob } from "../../util/glob"
@@ -6,14 +6,15 @@ import { dirname } from "path"
 
 export const Static: QuartzEmitterPlugin = () => ({
   name: "Static",
-  async *emit({ argv, cfg }) {
-    const staticPath = joinSegments(QUARTZ, "static")
+  async *emit(ctx) {
+    const { argv, cfg, utils } = ctx
+    const staticPath = utils!.path.join(utils!.path.QUARTZ, "static")
     const fps = await glob("**", staticPath, cfg.configuration.ignorePatterns)
-    const outputStaticPath = joinSegments(argv.output, "static")
+    const outputStaticPath = utils!.path.join(argv.output, "static")
     await fs.promises.mkdir(outputStaticPath, { recursive: true })
     for (const fp of fps) {
-      const src = joinSegments(staticPath, fp) as FilePath
-      const dest = joinSegments(outputStaticPath, fp) as FilePath
+      const src = utils!.path.join(staticPath, fp) as FilePath
+      const dest = utils!.path.join(outputStaticPath, fp) as FilePath
       await fs.promises.mkdir(dirname(dest), { recursive: true })
       await fs.promises.copyFile(src, dest)
       yield dest
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/emitters/tagPage.tsx b/quartz/plugins/emitters/tagPage.tsx
index 5f238932d..0dd5ab9cf 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/emitters/tagPage.tsx
+++ b/quartz/plugins/emitters/tagPage.tsx
@@ -5,13 +5,14 @@ import BodyConstructor from "../../components/Body"
 import { pageResources, renderPage } from "../../components/renderPage"
 import { ProcessedContent, QuartzPluginData, defaultProcessedContent } from "../vfile"
 import { FullPageLayout } from "../../cfg"
-import { FullSlug, getAllSegmentPrefixes, joinSegments, pathToRoot } from "../../util/path"
+import { FullSlug } from "../../util/path"
 import { defaultListPageLayout, sharedPageComponents } from "../../../quartz.layout"
 import { TagContent } from "../../components"
 import { write } from "./helpers"
 import { i18n, TRANSLATIONS } from "../../i18n"
 import { BuildCtx } from "../../util/ctx"
 import { StaticResources } from "../../util/resources"
+import { PluginUtilities } from "../plugin-context"
 
 interface TagPageOptions extends FullPageLayout {
   sort?: (f1: QuartzPluginData, f2: QuartzPluginData) => number
@@ -21,9 +22,12 @@ function computeTagInfo(
   allFiles: QuartzPluginData[],
   content: ProcessedContent[],
   locale: keyof typeof TRANSLATIONS,
+  utils: PluginUtilities,
 ): [Set<string>, Record<string, ProcessedContent>] {
   const tags: Set<string> = new Set(
-    allFiles.flatMap((data) => data.frontmatter?.tags ?? []).flatMap(getAllSegmentPrefixes),
+    allFiles
+      .flatMap((data) => data.frontmatter?.tags ?? [])
+      .flatMap(utils.path.getAllSegmentPrefixes),
   )
 
   // add base tag
@@ -38,7 +42,7 @@ function computeTagInfo(
       return [
         tag,
         defaultProcessedContent({
-          slug: joinSegments("tags", tag) as FullSlug,
+          slug: utils.path.join("tags", tag) as FullSlug,
           frontmatter: { title, tags: [] },
         }),
       ]
@@ -70,10 +74,11 @@ async function processTagPage(
   opts: FullPageLayout,
   resources: StaticResources,
 ) {
-  const slug = joinSegments("tags", tag) as FullSlug
+  const { utils } = ctx
+  const slug = utils!.path.join("tags", tag) as FullSlug
   const [tree, file] = tagContent
   const cfg = ctx.cfg.configuration
-  const externalResources = pageResources(pathToRoot(slug), resources)
+  const externalResources = pageResources(utils!.path.toRoot(slug), resources)
   const componentData: QuartzComponentProps = {
     ctx,
     fileData: file.data,
@@ -122,15 +127,17 @@ export const TagPage: QuartzEmitterPlugin<Partial<TagPageOptions>> = (userOpts)
       ]
     },
     async *emit(ctx, content, resources) {
+      const { utils } = ctx
       const allFiles = content.map((c) => c[1].data)
       const cfg = ctx.cfg.configuration
-      const [tags, tagDescriptions] = computeTagInfo(allFiles, content, cfg.locale)
+      const [tags, tagDescriptions] = computeTagInfo(allFiles, content, cfg.locale, utils!)
 
       for (const tag of tags) {
         yield processTagPage(ctx, tag, tagDescriptions[tag], allFiles, opts, resources)
       }
     },
     async *partialEmit(ctx, content, resources, changeEvents) {
+      const { utils } = ctx
       const allFiles = content.map((c) => c[1].data)
       const cfg = ctx.cfg.configuration
 
@@ -148,7 +155,7 @@ export const TagPage: QuartzEmitterPlugin<Partial<TagPageOptions>> = (userOpts)
 
         // If a file with tags changed, we need to update those tag pages
         const fileTags = changeEvent.file.data.frontmatter?.tags ?? []
-        fileTags.flatMap(getAllSegmentPrefixes).forEach((tag) => affectedTags.add(tag))
+        fileTags.flatMap(utils!.path.getAllSegmentPrefixes).forEach((tag) => affectedTags.add(tag))
 
         // Always update the index tag page if any file changes
         affectedTags.add("index")
@@ -157,7 +164,7 @@ export const TagPage: QuartzEmitterPlugin<Partial<TagPageOptions>> = (userOpts)
       // If there are affected tags, rebuild their pages
       if (affectedTags.size > 0) {
         // We still need to compute all tags because tag pages show all tags
-        const [_tags, tagDescriptions] = computeTagInfo(allFiles, content, cfg.locale)
+        const [_tags, tagDescriptions] = computeTagInfo(allFiles, content, cfg.locale, utils!)
 
         for (const tag of affectedTags) {
           if (tagDescriptions[tag]) {
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/plugin-context.ts b/quartz/plugins/plugin-context.ts
index aba758a8f..261b1d6d9 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/plugin-context.ts
+++ b/quartz/plugins/plugin-context.ts
@@ -11,9 +11,17 @@ import {
   pathToRoot,
   splitAnchor,
   joinSegments,
+  getAllSegmentPrefixes,
+  getFileExtension,
+  isAbsoluteURL,
+  isRelativeURL,
+  resolveRelative,
+  slugTag,
+  stripSlashes,
+  QUARTZ,
 } from "../util/path"
 import { JSResource, CSSResource } from "../util/resources"
-import { escapeHTML } from "../util/escape"
+import { escapeHTML, unescapeHTML } from "../util/escape"
 
 /**
  * Plugin utility interface providing abstraction over common utility functions
@@ -25,8 +33,16 @@ export interface PluginUtilities {
     simplify: (slug: FullSlug) => SimpleSlug
     transform: (from: FullSlug, to: string, opts: TransformOptions) => RelativeURL
     toRoot: (slug: FullSlug) => RelativeURL
-    split: (slug: FullSlug) => [FullSlug, string]
-    join: (...segments: string[]) => FilePath
+    split: (slug: string) => [string, string]
+    join: (...segments: string[]) => string
+    getAllSegmentPrefixes: (tags: string) => string[]
+    getFileExtension: (s: string) => string | undefined
+    isAbsoluteURL: (s: string) => boolean
+    isRelativeURL: (s: string) => boolean
+    resolveRelative: (current: FullSlug, target: FullSlug | SimpleSlug) => RelativeURL
+    slugTag: (tag: string) => string
+    stripSlashes: (s: string, onlyStripPrefix?: boolean) => string
+    QUARTZ: string
   }
 
   // Resource management
@@ -36,9 +52,10 @@ export interface PluginUtilities {
     createCSS: (resource: CSSResource) => CSSResource
   }
 
-  // Other utilities as needed
+  // HTML escape utilities
   escape: {
     html: (text: string) => string
+    unescape: (html: string) => string
   }
 }
 
@@ -59,11 +76,19 @@ export function createPluginUtilities(): PluginUtilities {
       simplify: simplifySlug,
       transform: transformLink,
       toRoot: pathToRoot,
-      split: (slug: FullSlug) => {
+      split: (slug: string) => {
         const [path, anchor] = splitAnchor(slug)
-        return [path as FullSlug, anchor]
+        return [path, anchor]
       },
-      join: (...segments: string[]) => joinSegments(...segments) as FilePath,
+      join: (...segments: string[]) => joinSegments(...segments),
+      getAllSegmentPrefixes,
+      getFileExtension,
+      isAbsoluteURL,
+      isRelativeURL,
+      resolveRelative,
+      slugTag,
+      stripSlashes,
+      QUARTZ,
     },
     resources: {
       createExternalJS: (
@@ -86,6 +111,7 @@ export function createPluginUtilities(): PluginUtilities {
     },
     escape: {
       html: escapeHTML,
+      unescape: unescapeHTML,
     },
   }
 }
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/test-helpers.ts b/quartz/plugins/test-helpers.ts
index c2f8fd8a0..79733cd5c 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/test-helpers.ts
+++ b/quartz/plugins/test-helpers.ts
@@ -109,8 +109,67 @@ function createMockUtilities(): PluginUtilities {
       simplify: (slug: FullSlug) => slug as unknown as SimpleSlug,
       transform: (_from: FullSlug, to: string, _opts: TransformOptions) => to as RelativeURL,
       toRoot: (_slug: FullSlug) => "/" as RelativeURL,
-      split: (slug: FullSlug) => [slug, ""],
-      join: (...segments: string[]) => segments.join("/") as FilePath,
+      split: (slug: string) => {
+        // Mock implementation of splitAnchor with special PDF handling
+        let [fp, anchor] = slug.split("#", 2)
+        if (fp.endsWith(".pdf")) {
+          return [fp, anchor === undefined ? "" : `#${anchor}`]
+        }
+        // Simplified anchor sluggification (production uses github-slugger)
+        anchor = anchor === undefined ? "" : "#" + anchor.toLowerCase().replace(/\s+/g, "-")
+        return [fp, anchor]
+      },
+      join: (...segments: string[]) => segments.join("/"),
+      getAllSegmentPrefixes: (tags: string) => {
+        const segments = tags.split("/")
+        const results: string[] = []
+        for (let i = 0; i < segments.length; i++) {
+          results.push(segments.slice(0, i + 1).join("/"))
+        }
+        return results
+      },
+      getFileExtension: (s: string) => s.match(/\.[A-Za-z0-9]+$/)?.[0],
+      isAbsoluteURL: (s: string) => {
+        try {
+          new URL(s)
+          return true
+        } catch {
+          return false
+        }
+      },
+      isRelativeURL: (s: string) => {
+        // 1. Starts with '.' or '..'
+        if (!/^\.{1,2}/.test(s)) return false
+        // 2. Does not end with 'index'
+        if (s.endsWith("index")) return false
+        // 3. File extension is not .md or .html
+        const ext = s.match(/\.[A-Za-z0-9]+$/)?.[0]?.toLowerCase()
+        if (ext === ".md" || ext === ".html") return false
+        return true
+      },
+      resolveRelative: (_current: FullSlug, target: FullSlug | SimpleSlug) =>
+        target as unknown as RelativeURL,
+      slugTag: (tag: string) => {
+        // Mock sluggify function similar to production
+        const sluggify = (segment: string) =>
+          segment
+            .toLowerCase()
+            .replace(/[&%?#]/g, "") // remove special chars
+            .replace(/\s+/g, "-") // replace spaces with dashes
+            .replace(/-+/g, "-") // collapse multiple dashes
+            .replace(/^-+|-+$/g, "") // trim leading/trailing dashes
+        return tag.split("/").map(sluggify).join("/")
+      },
+      stripSlashes: (s: string, onlyStripPrefix?: boolean) => {
+        if (s.startsWith("/")) {
+          s = s.substring(1)
+        }
+        if (!onlyStripPrefix && s.endsWith("/")) {
+          s = s.slice(0, -1)
+        }
+        return s
+      },
+      QUARTZ: "quartz",
     },
     resources: {
       createExternalJS: (src: string, loadTime?: "beforeDOMReady" | "afterDOMReady") => ({
@@ -127,6 +186,16 @@ function createMockUtilities(): PluginUtilities {
     },
     escape: {
       html: (text: string) => text.replace(/[&<>"']/g, (m) => `&#${m.charCodeAt(0)};`),
+      // Note: This mock implementation mirrors the production code in util/escape.ts
+      // which has a known limitation of potential double-unescaping.
+      // This is acceptable as it matches the real implementation for testing purposes.
+      unescape: (html: string) =>
+        html
+          .replace(/&amp;/g, "&")
+          .replace(/&lt;/g, "<")
+          .replace(/&gt;/g, ">")
+          .replace(/&quot;/g, '"')
+          .replace(/&#039;/g, "'"),
     },
   }
 }
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/transformers/description.ts b/quartz/plugins/transformers/description.ts
index 3f8519b32..6045b39bf 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/transformers/description.ts
+++ b/quartz/plugins/transformers/description.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { Root as HTMLRoot } from "hast"
 import { toString } from "hast-util-to-string"
 import { QuartzTransformerPlugin } from "../types"
-import { escapeHTML } from "../../util/escape"
 
 export interface Options {
   descriptionLength: number
@@ -20,16 +19,26 @@ const urlRegex = new RegExp(
   "g",
 )
 
+/**
+ * @plugin Description
+ * @category Transformer
+ *
+ * @reads vfile.data.frontmatter.description
+ * @writes vfile.data.description
+ * @writes vfile.data.text
+ *
+ * @dependencies None
+ */
 export const Description: QuartzTransformerPlugin<Partial<Options>> = (userOpts) => {
   const opts = { ...defaultOptions, ...userOpts }
   return {
     name: "Description",
-    htmlPlugins() {
+    htmlPlugins(ctx) {
       return [
         () => {
           return async (tree: HTMLRoot, file) => {
             let frontMatterDescription = file.data.frontmatter?.description
-            let text = escapeHTML(toString(tree))
+            let text = ctx.utils!.escape.html(toString(tree))
 
             if (opts.replaceExternalLinks) {
               frontMatterDescription = frontMatterDescription?.replace(
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/transformers/frontmatter.ts b/quartz/plugins/transformers/frontmatter.ts
index 30aba91cc..c7ba287f4 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/transformers/frontmatter.ts
+++ b/quartz/plugins/transformers/frontmatter.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import remarkFrontmatter from "remark-frontmatter"
 import { QuartzTransformerPlugin } from "../types"
 import yaml from "js-yaml"
 import toml from "toml"
-import { FilePath, FullSlug, getFileExtension, slugifyFilePath, slugTag } from "../../util/path"
+import { FilePath, FullSlug } from "../../util/path"
 import { QuartzPluginData } from "../vfile"
 import { i18n } from "../../i18n"
 
@@ -40,18 +40,6 @@ function coerceToArray(input: string | string[]): string[] | undefined {
     .map((tag: string | number) => tag.toString())
 }
 
-function getAliasSlugs(aliases: string[]): FullSlug[] {
-  const res: FullSlug[] = []
-  for (const alias of aliases) {
-    const isMd = getFileExtension(alias) === "md"
-    const mockFp = isMd ? alias : alias + ".md"
-    const slug = slugifyFilePath(mockFp as FilePath)
-    res.push(slug)
-  }
-
-  return res
-}
-
 /**
  * @plugin FrontMatter
  * @category Transformer
@@ -69,10 +57,23 @@ export const FrontMatter: QuartzTransformerPlugin<Partial<Options>> = (userOpts)
   return {
     name: "FrontMatter",
     markdownPlugins(ctx) {
-      const { cfg } = ctx
+      const { cfg, utils } = ctx
       // Note: Temporarily casting allSlugs to mutable for backward compatibility
       // This should be refactored in the future to collect aliases separately
       const allSlugs = ctx.allSlugs as FullSlug[]
+
+      // Helper function to get alias slugs using ctx.utils
+      const getAliasSlugs = (aliases: string[]): FullSlug[] => {
+        const res: FullSlug[] = []
+        for (const alias of aliases) {
+          const isMd = utils!.path.getFileExtension(alias) === "md"
+          const mockFp = isMd ? alias : alias + ".md"
+          const slug = utils!.path.slugify(mockFp as FilePath)
+          res.push(slug)
+        }
+        return res
+      }
+
       return [
         [remarkFrontmatter, ["yaml", "toml"]],
         () => {
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ export const FrontMatter: QuartzTransformerPlugin<Partial<Options>> = (userOpts)
             }
 
             const tags = coerceToArray(coalesceAliases(data, ["tags", "tag"]))
-            if (tags) data.tags = [...new Set(tags.map((tag: string) => slugTag(tag)))]
+            if (tags) data.tags = [...new Set(tags.map((tag: string) => utils!.path.slugTag(tag)))]
 
             const aliases = coerceToArray(coalesceAliases(data, ["aliases", "alias"]))
             if (aliases) {
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/transformers/links.ts b/quartz/plugins/transformers/links.ts
index 9541a1ed4..b17e864a1 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/transformers/links.ts
+++ b/quartz/plugins/transformers/links.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 import { QuartzTransformerPlugin } from "../types"
-import {
-  FullSlug,
-  RelativeURL,
-  SimpleSlug,
-  TransformOptions,
-  stripSlashes,
-  simplifySlug,
-  splitAnchor,
-  transformLink,
-} from "../../util/path"
+import { FullSlug, RelativeURL, SimpleSlug, TransformOptions } from "../../util/path"
 import path from "path"
 import { visit } from "unist-util-visit"
 import isAbsoluteUrl from "is-absolute-url"
@@ -46,10 +37,11 @@ export const CrawlLinks: QuartzTransformerPlugin<Partial<Options>> = (userOpts)
   return {
     name: "LinkProcessing",
     htmlPlugins(ctx) {
+      const { utils } = ctx
       return [
         () => {
           return (tree: Root, file) => {
-            const curSlug = simplifySlug(file.data.slug!)
+            const curSlug = utils!.path.simplify(file.data.slug!)
             const outgoing: Set<SimpleSlug> = new Set()
 
             const transformOptions: TransformOptions = {
@@ -112,7 +104,7 @@ export const CrawlLinks: QuartzTransformerPlugin<Partial<Options>> = (userOpts)
                   isAbsoluteUrl(dest, { httpOnly: false }) || dest.startsWith("#")
                 )
                 if (isInternal) {
-                  dest = node.properties.href = transformLink(
+                  dest = node.properties.href = utils!.path.transform(
                     file.data.slug!,
                     dest,
                     transformOptions,
@@ -120,16 +112,21 @@ export const CrawlLinks: QuartzTransformerPlugin<Partial<Options>> = (userOpts)
 
                   // url.resolve is considered legacy
                   // WHATWG equivalent https://nodejs.dev/en/api/v18/url/#urlresolvefrom-to
-                  const url = new URL(dest, "https://base.com/" + stripSlashes(curSlug, true))
+                  const url = new URL(
+                    dest,
+                    "https://base.com/" + utils!.path.stripSlashes(curSlug, true),
+                  )
                   const canonicalDest = url.pathname
-                  let [destCanonical, _destAnchor] = splitAnchor(canonicalDest)
+                  let [destCanonical, _destAnchor] = utils!.path.split(canonicalDest)
                   if (destCanonical.endsWith("/")) {
                     destCanonical += "index"
                   }
 
                   // need to decodeURIComponent here as WHATWG URL percent-encodes everything
-                  const full = decodeURIComponent(stripSlashes(destCanonical, true)) as FullSlug
-                  const simple = simplifySlug(full)
+                  const full = decodeURIComponent(
+                    utils!.path.stripSlashes(destCanonical, true),
+                  ) as FullSlug
+                  const simple = utils!.path.simplify(full)
                   outgoing.add(simple)
                   node.properties["data-slug"] = full
                 }
@@ -158,7 +155,7 @@ export const CrawlLinks: QuartzTransformerPlugin<Partial<Options>> = (userOpts)
 
                 if (!isAbsoluteUrl(node.properties.src, { httpOnly: false })) {
                   let dest = node.properties.src as RelativeURL
-                  dest = node.properties.src = transformLink(
+                  dest = node.properties.src = utils!.path.transform(
                     file.data.slug!,
                     dest,
                     transformOptions,
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/transformers/ofm.ts b/quartz/plugins/transformers/ofm.ts
index 7a523aa59..95f074780 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/transformers/ofm.ts
+++ b/quartz/plugins/transformers/ofm.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import { ReplaceFunction, findAndReplace as mdastFindReplace } from "mdast-util-
 import rehypeRaw from "rehype-raw"
 import { SKIP, visit } from "unist-util-visit"
 import path from "path"
-import { splitAnchor } from "../../util/path"
 import { JSResource, CSSResource } from "../../util/resources"
 // @ts-ignore
 import calloutScript from "../../components/scripts/callout.inline"
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ import checkboxScript from "../../components/scripts/checkbox.inline"
 // @ts-ignore
 import mermaidScript from "../../components/scripts/mermaid.inline"
 import mermaidStyle from "../../components/styles/mermaid.inline.scss"
-import { FilePath, pathToRoot, slugTag, slugifyFilePath } from "../../util/path"
+import { FilePath } from "../../util/path"
 import { toHast } from "mdast-util-to-hast"
 import { toHtml } from "hast-util-to-html"
 import { capitalize } from "../../util/lang"
@@ -158,7 +157,8 @@ export const ObsidianFlavoredMarkdown: QuartzTransformerPlugin<Partial<Options>>
 
   return {
     name: "ObsidianFlavoredMarkdown",
-    textTransform(_ctx, src) {
+    textTransform(ctx, src) {
+      const { utils } = ctx
       // do comments at text level
       if (opts.comments) {
         src = src.replace(commentRegex, "")
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ export const ObsidianFlavoredMarkdown: QuartzTransformerPlugin<Partial<Options>>
         src = src.replace(wikilinkRegex, (value, ...capture) => {
           const [rawFp, rawHeader, rawAlias]: (string | undefined)[] = capture
 
-          const [fp, anchor] = splitAnchor(`${rawFp ?? ""}${rawHeader ?? ""}`)
+          const [fp, anchor] = utils!.path.split(`${rawFp ?? ""}${rawHeader ?? ""}`)
           const blockRef = Boolean(rawHeader?.startsWith("#^")) ? "^" : ""
           const displayAnchor = anchor ? `#${blockRef}${anchor.trim().replace(/^#+/, "")}` : ""
           const displayAlias = rawAlias ?? rawHeader?.replace("#", "|") ?? ""
@@ -209,13 +209,14 @@ export const ObsidianFlavoredMarkdown: QuartzTransformerPlugin<Partial<Options>>
       return src
     },
     markdownPlugins(ctx) {
+      const { utils } = ctx
       const plugins: PluggableList = []
 
       // regex replacements
       plugins.push(() => {
         return (tree: Root, file) => {
           const replacements: [RegExp, string | ReplaceFunction][] = []
-          const base = pathToRoot(file.data.slug!)
+          const base = utils!.path.toRoot(file.data.slug!)
 
           if (opts.wikilinks) {
             replacements.push([
@@ -229,7 +230,7 @@ export const ObsidianFlavoredMarkdown: QuartzTransformerPlugin<Partial<Options>>
                 // embed cases
                 if (value.startsWith("!")) {
                   const ext: string = path.extname(fp).toLowerCase()
-                  const url = slugifyFilePath(fp as FilePath)
+                  const url = utils!.path.slugify(fp as FilePath)
                   if ([".png", ".jpg", ".jpeg", ".gif", ".bmp", ".svg", ".webp"].includes(ext)) {
                     const match = wikilinkImageEmbedRegex.exec(alias ?? "")
                     const alt = match?.groups?.alt ?? ""
@@ -279,7 +280,7 @@ export const ObsidianFlavoredMarkdown: QuartzTransformerPlugin<Partial<Options>>
 
                 // treat as broken link if slug not in ctx.allSlugs
                 if (opts.disableBrokenWikilinks) {
-                  const slug = slugifyFilePath(fp as FilePath)
+                  const slug = utils!.path.slugify(fp as FilePath)
                   const exists = ctx.allSlugs && ctx.allSlugs.includes(slug)
                   if (!exists) {
                     return {
@@ -342,7 +343,7 @@ export const ObsidianFlavoredMarkdown: QuartzTransformerPlugin<Partial<Options>>
                   return false
                 }
 
-                tag = slugTag(tag)
+                tag = utils!.path.slugTag(tag)
                 if (file.data.frontmatter) {
                   const noteTags = file.data.frontmatter.tags ?? []
                   file.data.frontmatter.tags = [...new Set([...noteTags, tag])]