diff --git a/app/Main.hs b/app/Main.hs
index 40567ab..cb9b75d 100644
--- a/app/Main.hs
+++ b/app/Main.hs
@@ -8,12 +8,11 @@
 module Main where
 
 import Config
-import Control.Monad (forM, when)
+import Control.Monad (filterM, forM, when)
 import qualified Data.HashMap.Strict as HM
 import Data.List (sortOn)
 import qualified Data.Ord as Ord
 import qualified Data.Text as T
-import Data.Time
 import Development.Shake (Action, Rules, (%>), (|%>), (~>))
 import qualified Development.Shake as Shake
 import Development.Shake.FilePath ((</>))
@@ -47,7 +46,8 @@ buildSite = do
 
   -- handle posts
   postPaths <- Shake.getDirectoryFiles "" postGlobs
-  Shake.need $ map indexHtmlOutputPath postPaths
+  postPaths' <- filterM isDraft postPaths
+  Shake.need $ map indexHtmlOutputPath postPaths'
 
   -- posts list
   Shake.need [indexHtmlOutputPath "posts"]
diff --git a/app/Types.hs b/app/Types.hs
index 2f13a49..cbcae67 100644
--- a/app/Types.hs
+++ b/app/Types.hs
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ data Post = Post
     postTags :: [Text],
     postDate :: Maybe Text,
     postContent :: Maybe Text,
-    postLink :: Maybe Text
+    postLink :: Maybe Text,
+    postDraft :: Bool
   }
   deriving (Show, Generic)
   deriving (FromJSON, ToJSON) via PrefixedSnake "post" Post
diff --git a/app/Utilities.hs b/app/Utilities.hs
index f3cb6a1..eb8e85b 100644
--- a/app/Utilities.hs
+++ b/app/Utilities.hs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ module Utilities where
 import Config
 import Data.Aeson (Result (Error, Success))
 import qualified Data.Aeson as A
+import Data.List (find)
 import Data.Maybe (fromMaybe)
 import Data.Text (Text)
 import qualified Data.Text as T
@@ -98,6 +99,34 @@ runPandoc action =
   Pandoc.runIO (Pandoc.setVerbosity Pandoc.ERROR >> action)
     >>= either (fail . show) return
 
+markdownToPost :: FilePath -> Action Post
+markdownToPost path = do
+  content <- Shake.readFile' path
+  (Pandoc meta _) <-
+    Shake.liftIO . runPandoc . Pandoc.readMarkdown readerOptions . T.pack $ content
+  Shake.liftIO $ fromMeta meta
+  where
+    readerOptions =
+      Pandoc.def
+        { Pandoc.readerStandalone = True,
+          Pandoc.readerExtensions = Pandoc.enableExtension Pandoc.Ext_yaml_metadata_block Pandoc.pandocExtensions
+        }
+    fromMeta (Meta meta) =
+      A.fromJSON . A.toJSON <$> traverse metaValueToJSON meta >>= \case
+        Success res -> pure res
+        Error err -> fail $ "json conversion error:" <> err
+    metaValueToJSON = \case
+      MetaMap m -> A.toJSON <$> traverse metaValueToJSON m
+      MetaList m -> A.toJSONList <$> traverse metaValueToJSON m
+      MetaBool m -> pure $ A.toJSON m
+      MetaString m -> pure $ A.toJSON $ T.strip m
+      MetaInlines m -> metaValueToJSON $ MetaBlocks [Plain m]
+      MetaBlocks m ->
+        fmap (A.toJSON . T.strip)
+          . runPandoc
+          . Pandoc.writePlain Pandoc.def
+          $ Pandoc mempty m
+
 yamlToPost :: FilePath -> Action Post
 yamlToPost path = do
   post <- decodeFileThrow path
@@ -120,3 +149,15 @@ isTypstPost path = Shake.takeExtension path == ".typ"
 
 isMarkdownPost :: FilePath -> Bool
 isMarkdownPost path = Shake.takeExtension path == ".md"
+
+postHandles :: [(FilePath -> Bool, FilePath -> Action Post)]
+postHandles = [(isTypstPost, yamlToPost . typstMetaPath), (isMarkdownPost, markdownToPost)]
+
+isDraft :: FilePath -> Action Bool
+isDraft path = do
+  let action =
+        case find (\(test, _) -> test path) postHandles of
+          (Just (_, action')) -> action'
+          Nothing -> error "no post handle for this file type"
+  post <- action path
+  return $ postDraft post