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+'@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend': minor
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+
+Provide some more default filters out of the box and refactoring how the filters are applied to the `SecureTemplater`.
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+- `parseEntityRef` will take an string entity triplet and return a parsed object.
+- `pick` will allow you to reference a specific property in the piped object.
+
+So you can now combine things like this: `${{ parameters.entity | parseEntityRef | pick('name') }}` to get the name of a specific entity, or `${{ parameters.repoUrl | parseRepoUrl | pick('owner) }}` to get the owner of a repo.