diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index d62f47de..5ff61343 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -95,5 +95,5 @@ repos:
         name: Cog the pages
         language: python
         entry: cog -P -r -I ./helpers
-        files: "^docs/pages/guides/(packaging_compiled|docs|tasks|gha_basic).md|^copier.yml"
-        additional_dependencies: [cogapp, cookiecutter]
+        files: "^docs/pages/guides/(packaging_compiled|docs|tasks|gha_basic).md|^copier.yml|^docs/_includes/pyproject.md"
+        additional_dependencies: [cogapp, cookiecutter, tomlkit]
diff --git a/docs/_includes/pyproject.md b/docs/_includes/pyproject.md
index fe6124e1..a747061b 100644
--- a/docs/_includes/pyproject.md
+++ b/docs/_includes/pyproject.md
@@ -1,51 +1,67 @@
 ## pyproject.toml: project table
 
+<!-- [[[cog
+from cog_helpers import code_fence, render_cookie, TOMLMatcher
+with render_cookie(backend="uv") as package:
+    pyproject = TOMLMatcher.from_file(package / "pyproject.toml")
+]]] -->
+<!-- [[[end]]] -->
+
 The metadata is specified in a [standards-based][metadata] format:
 
+<!-- [[[cog
+with code_fence("toml"):
+    print(pyproject.get_source("project"))
+]]] -->
+<!-- prettier-ignore-start -->
 ```toml
 [project]
 name = "package"
 version = "0.1.0"
+authors = [
+  { name = "My Name", email = "me@email.com" },
+]
 description = "A great package."
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "BSD-3-Clause"
 license-files = ["LICENSE"]
-authors = [
-  { name = "My Name", email = "me@email.com" },
-]
-maintainers = [
-  { name = "My Organization", email = "myemail@email.com" },
-]
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
-
-dependencies = [
-  "typing_extensions",
-]
-
 classifiers = [
-  "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
+  "Development Status :: 1 - Planning",
+  "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
+  "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+  "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+  "Programming Language :: Python",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14",
-  "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Physics",
+  "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering",
+  "Typing :: Typed",
 ]
+dependencies = []
 
 [project.urls]
-Homepage = "https://github.com/organization/package"
-Documentation = "https://package.readthedocs.io/"
-"Bug Tracker" = "https://github.com/organization/package/issues"
-Discussions = "https://github.com/organization/package/discussions"
-Changelog = "https://package.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changelog.html"
+Homepage = "https://github.com/org/package"
+"Bug Tracker" = "https://github.com/org/package/issues"
+Discussions = "https://github.com/org/package/discussions"
+Changelog = "https://github.com/org/package/releases"
 ```
+<!-- prettier-ignore-end -->
+<!-- [[[end]]] -->
 
 You can read more about each field, and all allowed fields, in
 [packaging.python.org][metadata],
 [Flit](https://flit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/pyproject_toml.html#new-style-metadata)
-or [Whey](https://whey.readthedocs.io/en/latest/configuration.html). Note that
-"Homepage" is special, and replaces the old url setting.
+or [Whey](https://whey.readthedocs.io/en/latest/configuration.html). Only the
+`name` and `version` fields are strictly required. Note that "Homepage" is
+special, and replaces the old url setting.
+
+If you use the above configuration, you need `README.md` and `LICENSE` files,
+since they are explicitly specified.
 
 ### License
 
@@ -55,7 +71,9 @@ The modern way is to use the `license` field and an [SPDX identifier
 expression][spdx]. You can specify a list of files globs in `license-files`. You
 need `hatchling>=1.26`, `flit-core>=1.11` (1.12 for complex license statements),
 `pdm-backend>=2.4`, `setuptools>=77`, `meson-python>=0.18`, `maturin>=1.9.2`,
-`poetry-core>=2.2`, or `scikit-build-core>=0.12` to support this.
+`poetry-core>=2.2`, or `scikit-build-core>=0.12` to support this. You can also
+specify `license-files` as a list with globs for license files. If you don't,
+most backends will discover common license file names by default.
 
 The classic convention uses one or more [Trove Classifiers][] to specify the
 license. There also was a `license.file` field, required by `meson-python`, but
@@ -63,7 +81,7 @@ other tools often did the wrong thing (such as load the entire file into the
 metadata's free-form one line text field that was intended to describe
 deviations from the classifier license(s)).
 
-```
+```toml
 classifiers = [
   "License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License",
 ]
@@ -122,15 +140,30 @@ your package); the `dev` group is even installed, by default, when using `uv`'s
 high level commands like `uv run` and `uv sync`. {% rr PP0086 %} Here is an
 example:
 
+<!-- [[[cog
+with code_fence("toml"):
+    print(pyproject.get_source("dependency-groups"))
+]]] -->
+<!-- prettier-ignore-start -->
 ```toml
 [dependency-groups]
 test = [
-  "pytest >=6.0",
+  "pytest >=6",
+  "pytest-cov >=3",
 ]
 dev = [
   { include-group = "test" },
 ]
+docs = [
+  "sphinx>=7.0",
+  "myst_parser>=0.13",
+  "sphinx_copybutton",
+  "sphinx_autodoc_typehints",
+  "furo>=2023.08.17",
+]
 ```
+<!-- prettier-ignore-end -->
+<!-- [[[end]]] -->
 
 You can include one dependency group in another. Most tools allow you to install
 groups using `--group`, like `pip` (25.1+), `uv pip`, and the high level `uv`
diff --git a/docs/pages/guides/docs.md b/docs/pages/guides/docs.md
index bb38ef82..02a6b3a3 100644
--- a/docs/pages/guides/docs.md
+++ b/docs/pages/guides/docs.md
@@ -75,15 +75,15 @@ Ideally, software documentation should include:
 > it if you are interested.
 
 <!-- [[[cog
-from cog_helpers import code_fence, render_cookie, Matcher
+from cog_helpers import code_fence, render_cookie, PyMatcher
 with render_cookie(backend="hatch", docs="sphinx") as package:
     docs_conf_py = package.joinpath("docs/conf.py").read_text(encoding="utf-8").strip()
     docs_index_md = package.joinpath("docs/index.md").read_text(encoding="utf-8").strip()
     readthedocs_yaml = package.joinpath(".readthedocs.yaml").read_text(encoding="utf-8").strip()
-    noxfile = Matcher.from_file(package / "noxfile.py")
+    noxfile = PyMatcher.from_file(package / "noxfile.py")
 with render_cookie(backend="hatch", docs="mkdocs") as package:
     mkdocs_conf_yaml = package.joinpath("mkdocs.yml").read_text(encoding="utf-8").strip()
-    noxfile_mkdocs = Matcher.from_file(package / "noxfile.py")
+    noxfile_mkdocs = PyMatcher.from_file(package / "noxfile.py")
     readthedocs_yaml_mkdocs = package.joinpath(".readthedocs.yaml").read_text(encoding="utf-8").strip()
 ]]] -->
 <!-- [[[end]]] -->
diff --git a/docs/pages/guides/packaging_compiled.md b/docs/pages/guides/packaging_compiled.md
index d84e97be..337c4053 100644
--- a/docs/pages/guides/packaging_compiled.md
+++ b/docs/pages/guides/packaging_compiled.md
@@ -163,10 +163,9 @@ install_subdir('src/package', install_dir: py.get_install_dir() / 'package', str
 <!-- prettier-ignore-end -->
 <!-- [[[end]]] -->
 
-Meson also requires that `LICENSE` and `README.md` exist, and that your source
-be tracked by version control. In a real project, you will likely be doing this,
-but when trying out a build backend you might not think to add these even though
-they are required.
+Meson requires that your source be tracked by version control. In a real
+project, you will likely be doing this, but when trying out a build backend you
+might not think to set up a git repo to build it.
 
 {% endtab %} {% tab maturin Maturin %}
 
diff --git a/docs/pages/guides/tasks.md b/docs/pages/guides/tasks.md
index 0d104ede..f364860e 100644
--- a/docs/pages/guides/tasks.md
+++ b/docs/pages/guides/tasks.md
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ parent: Topical Guides
 # Task runners
 
 <!-- [[[cog
-from cog_helpers import  code_fence, render_cookie, Matcher
+from cog_helpers import  code_fence, render_cookie, PyMatcher
 with render_cookie() as package:
-    noxfile = Matcher.from_file(package / "noxfile.py")
+    noxfile = PyMatcher.from_file(package / "noxfile.py")
 ]]] -->
 <!-- [[[end]]] -->
 
diff --git a/helpers/cog_helpers.py b/helpers/cog_helpers.py
index bfc68202..3e935b32 100644
--- a/helpers/cog_helpers.py
+++ b/helpers/cog_helpers.py
@@ -2,16 +2,19 @@
 
 import ast
 import contextlib
+import functools
 import tempfile
 import typing
 from pathlib import Path
 from types import SimpleNamespace
 
+import tomlkit
+from cookiecutter.main import cookiecutter
+
 if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
     from collections.abc import Generator
     from typing import Self
 
-from cookiecutter.main import cookiecutter
 
 DIR = Path(__file__).parent.resolve()
 
@@ -29,17 +32,17 @@ def render_cookie(**context: str) -> Generator[Path, None, None]:
         yield Path(tmpdir).joinpath("package").resolve()
 
 
-class Matcher:
-    def __init__(self, txt: str) -> None:
+class PyMatcher:
+    def __init__(self, txt: str, /) -> None:
         self.ast = ast.parse(txt)
         self.lines = txt.splitlines()
 
     @classmethod
-    def from_file(cls, filename: Path) -> Self:
+    def from_file(cls, filename: Path, /) -> Self:
         with filename.open(encoding="utf-8") as f:
             return cls(f.read())
 
-    def get_source(self, name: str) -> str:
+    def get_source(self, name: str, /) -> str:
         o = SimpleNamespace(name=name)
         for item in self.ast.body:
             match item:
@@ -53,6 +56,24 @@ def get_source(self, name: str) -> str:
         raise RuntimeError(msg)
 
 
+class TOMLMatcher:
+    def __init__(self, txt: str, /) -> None:
+        self.toml = tomlkit.loads(txt)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_file(cls, filename: Path, /) -> Self:
+        with filename.open(encoding="utf-8") as f:
+            return cls(f.read())
+
+    def get_source(self, dotted_name: str, /) -> str:
+        names = dotted_name.split(".")
+        toml_inner = functools.reduce(lambda d, k: d[k], names, self.toml)
+        toml = functools.reduce(
+            lambda d, k: tomlkit.table().add(k, d), reversed(names), toml_inner
+        )
+        return tomlkit.dumps(toml).strip()
+
+
 @contextlib.contextmanager
 def code_fence(lang: str, /, *, width: int = 3) -> Generator[None, None, None]:
     tics = "`" * width
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6783a099..245ca332 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ test = [
 cog = [
   "cogapp",
   "cookiecutter",
+  "tomlkit",
 ]
 
 [tool.hatch]