--- title: "Advanced" --- This section covers advanced topics for users who want to extend or deeply customize Quartz. - **[[architecture]]** — How Quartz works under the hood: the parse, filter, and emit pipeline - **[[making plugins]]** — Build your own transformer, filter, emitter, or component plugin - **[[creating components]]** — Create custom layout components with JSX - **[[paths]]** — How Quartz resolves and transforms file paths