diff --git a/tools/internal/text/text.go b/tools/internal/text/text.go
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+package text
+
+import(
+	"text/template"
+)
+
+var ErrUnknownType errors.New("unexpected type")
+
+type Context any
+
+// Validate is a run-time type check to ensure that the Context is one of
+/// 	- a string with key=value pairs delimited by commas: e.g. "ServicePort=8888,ScrapePort=9090"
+// 	- a map of type map[string]any
+// 	- any Go struct
+func (c Context) Validate() error {
+	// check the type of c - fine to use %T format directive or reflect
+	return fmt.Errorf("error: unimplemented")
+}
+
+// Renders the Go template at path with input data which can be any of the following...
+// 	- a string with key=value pairs delimited by commas: e.g. "ServicePort=8888,ScrapePort=9090"
+// 	- a map of type map[string]any
+// 	- any Go struct
+// 
+// Errors: 
+// 	1. fine to return errors from text/template functions: .Parse, .Execute, and friends
+//	2.
+// Type notes: if you know how to constrain
+func TemplateFileRender(path string, context Context) ([]byte, error) {
+	return nil, nil
+}