AIGNE DocSmith

🚀 AI-powered documentation that understands your code

AIGNE DocSmith is a powerful, AI-driven documentation tool built on the AIGNE Framework. It automatically analyzes your codebase to generate comprehensive, structured, and multi-language documentation that stays in sync with your code.

🎯 Why DocSmith?

• 🧠 Intelligent Analysis: Understands your code's structure, patterns, and intent.
• 📚 Comprehensive Coverage: Generates everything from API references to user guides.
• 🌍 Global Ready: Supports 12 languages with professional-grade translation.
• 🔄 Always Current: Automatically detects changes and updates documentation accordingly.
• ⚡ Zero Config: Works out of the box with smart defaults and auto-detection.

AIGNE Ecosystem

DocSmith is part of the AIGNE ecosystem, a comprehensive AI application development platform.

As shown in the diagram, DocSmith integrates seamlessly with other AIGNE components, leveraging the platform's AI capabilities and infrastructure.

✨ Features

🤖 AI-Powered Generation

• Smart Structure Planning: Analyzes your codebase to create a logical and comprehensive documentation structure.
• Intelligent Content Creation: Generates detailed, contextual content that explains both the "what" and the "why."
• Adaptive Writing Styles: Supports multiple documentation styles, including Technical, User-Friendly, and Developer-Focused.

🌍 Multi-Language Support

• 12 Language Support: English, Chinese (Simplified & Traditional), Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Russian, Italian, and Arabic.
• Professional Translation: Provides context-aware translations that maintain technical accuracy.
• Glossary Integration: Ensures consistent terminology across all languages.

🔗 Seamless Integration

• AIGNE Hub Integration: Use the AIGNE Hub without API keys and switch between Google Gemini, OpenAI GPT, Claude, and more.
• Multiple LLM Support: Bring your own API keys for OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and other providers.
• One-Click Publishing: Publish your docs and generate shareable links for your team. Publish to docsmith.aigne.io or your own Discuss Kit instance.

🔄 Smart Updates

• Change Detection: Automatically identifies code changes and updates the relevant documentation.
• Targeted Regeneration: Updates specific sections with custom feedback and requirements.
• Version Awareness: Maintains a history of your documentation and tracks changes over time.

🚀 Quick Start

Prerequisites

• Node.js 20+ and npm/pnpm
• No API keys required (uses the AIGNE Hub by default).

📦 Installation

Install the AIGNE CLI globally:

npm install -g @aigne/cli

Verify the installation:

aigne doc --help

🎉 Generate Your First Documentation

Navigate to your project directory and run:

# One command to generate your documentation
aigne doc generate

DocSmith will:

1. 🔍 Auto-detect your project's structure and tech stack.
2. 🎯 Guide you through an interactive setup (first time only).
3. 📝 Generate comprehensive documentation.
4. 🌍 Optionally translate it into multiple languages.
5. 🚀 Publish it to your preferred platform.

🔧 Advanced Configuration

LLM Providers

DocSmith supports multiple AI providers:

🎯 AIGNE Hub (Recommended)

• ✅ No API keys required.
• ✅ Easy model switching.
• ✅ Built-in rate limiting and optimization.

# Switch models effortlessly
aigne doc generate --model google:gemini-2.5-pro
aigne doc generate --model anthropic:claude-sonnet-4-5
aigne doc generate --model openai:gpt-4o

🔑 Custom API Keys Configure your own API keys for direct provider access:

• OpenAI GPT models
• Anthropic Claude models
• Google Gemini models
• and more...

📖 Usage Guide

Core Commands

📝 Generate Documentation

# Smart generation with auto-configuration
aigne doc generate

# Force a complete regeneration of the documentation
aigne doc generate --forceRegenerate

# Generate with custom feedback
aigne doc generate --feedback "Add more API examples and troubleshooting sections"

🔄 Update Existing Documents

# Interactively select and update a document
aigne doc update

# Update specific document with feedback
aigne doc update --docs overview.md --feedback "Add comprehensive FAQ section"

🌍 Multi-Language Translation

# Interactive translation with smart language selection
aigne doc translate

# Translate specific documents into multiple languages
aigne doc translate --langs zh --langs ja --docs examples.md --docs overview.md

# Translate with a custom glossary for consistent terminology
aigne doc translate --glossary @path/to/glossary.md --feedback "Use technical terminology consistently"

🚀 Publishing & Deployment

# Interactive publishing with platform selection
aigne doc publish

# Publish to a custom Discuss Kit instance
aigne doc publish --appUrl https://your-discuss-kit-instance.com

⚙️ Configuration Management

# Interactive configuration setup
aigne doc init

# View the current configuration
aigne doc prefs

Configuration Options

DocSmith automatically detects your project's structure, but you can customize it to your needs:

• 📝 Documentation Styles: Technical, User-Friendly, Developer-Focused, Academic
• 🎯 Target Audiences: Developers, End Users, System Administrators, Business Users
• 🌍 Languages: Choose from 12 supported languages.
• 📁 Source Paths: Customize which files and directories to analyze.
• 📤 Output Settings: Configure the documentation structure and formatting.

🌐 Supported Languages

DocSmith provides professional-grade translations for 12 languages:

Language	Code	Support Level
English	en	✅ Native
简体中文	zh-CN	✅ Full
繁體中文	zh-TW	✅ Full
日本語	ja	✅ Full
한국어	ko	✅ Full
Español	es	✅ Full
Français	fr	✅ Full
Deutsch	de	✅ Full
Português	pt-BR	✅ Full
Русский	ru	✅ Full
Italiano	it	✅ Full
العربية	ar	✅ Full

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions from the community! Here's how you can help:

🐛 Reporting Issues

• 🔍 Search existing issues first.
• 📝 Use our issue templates for bug reports and feature requests.
• 🚨 Include clear reproduction steps and details about your environment.

💡 Feature Requests

• 🌟 Share your ideas in GitHub Discussions.
• 📋 Check our roadmap for planned features.
• 🗳️ Vote on existing feature requests.

🔧 Development Setup

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/AIGNE-io/aigne-doc-smith.git
cd aigne-doc-smith

# Install dependencies
pnpm install

# Run tests
pnpm test

# Run the linter
pnpm run lint

# Automatically fix lint errors
pnpm run lint:fix

📜 Code of Conduct

Please follow our community guidelines and maintain respectful, constructive communication.

💼 Enterprise & Production Use

🏢 Enterprise Features

• Team Collaboration: Multi-user workflows with role-based access.
• Custom Branding: White-label your documentation with your brand's identity.
• API Integration: Use REST APIs for automated documentation pipelines.
• Analytics: Track documentation usage and effectiveness.

🔒 Security & Compliance

• Private Cloud: Deploy on your own infrastructure.
• SSO Integration: Connect with your existing identity providers.
• Audit Logs: Complete activity tracking and compliance reporting.
• Data Privacy: Your code never leaves your environment in private deployments.

📞 Support & Services

• Priority Support: Get direct access to our engineering team.
• Custom Training: We offer team onboarding and best practices workshops.
• Professional Services: We provide custom integrations and deployment assistance.

Contact us for enterprise licensing and deployment options.

📊 Community & Resources

📚 Documentation & Tutorials

• 📖 Documentation

💬 Community Support

• 🐦 Twitter - For updates and announcements.
• 🎮 Community - For real-time community chat.

🏆 Showcase

See DocSmith in action with these real-world examples:

• Docs Repository - Generated with DocSmith.

📄 License

This project is licensed under the Elastic License 2.0. See the LICENSE file for details.

What does this mean?

• ✅ Free for most use cases: Including personal projects, internal use, and most commercial applications.
• ✅ Open source: The full source code is available for review and contributions.
• ✅ Commercial friendly: Use it in your business applications and services.
• ❌ Restrictions: You cannot offer DocSmith as a competing hosted service.

Learn more about the Elastic License 2.0