Ensure your docs work for developers and AI. Tests if humans and AI agents can actually accomplish tasks using your documentation.

Quick Start

# Install
npm install -g docworks

# Initialize
docworks init

# Run validation
OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-... docworks check

How It Works

DocWorks tests documentation the way developers actually use it - by having AI search and navigate your docs to answer questions:

1. AI explores your docs - Uses web search to navigate pages
2. Tracks the journey - Records which pages were visited
3. Reports confidence - Shows how easily answers were found
4. Identifies gaps - Lists exactly what's missing

Configuration

See schema.yaml for the complete configuration schema with validation rules.

Simple Questions

# docworks.yml
source: https://docs.yourcompany.com

questions:
  - How do I authenticate?
  - What are the rate limits?
  - Where are code examples?

provider: openai # Currently only OpenAI supported
model: gpt-4o-mini

Journey Validation

source: https://docs.yourcompany.com

journeys:
  authentication:
    - How do I get API keys?
    - How do I authenticate requests?
    - How do I handle token refresh?

  error_handling:
    - What are the error codes?
    - How do I retry failed requests?

provider: openai
model: gpt-4o-mini

Configurable Thresholds

Set pass/fail criteria to match your documentation maturity:

source: https://docs.yourcompany.com

# Global threshold - fail if less than 85% questions are answerable
threshold: 85

journeys:
  authentication:
    threshold: 100 # Critical path - must be perfect
    questions:
      - How do I get API keys?
      - How do I authenticate?

  examples: # Uses global 85% threshold
    - Where are code samples?
    - Are there tutorials?

Rich Feedback

Instead of simple YES/NO, get actionable insights:

⚠️ How do I authenticate?
   Confidence: 60%
   Searched: 3 pages
   Missing:
     - API key generation steps
     - Token refresh documentation

Journey: authentication
  Score: 75% (Threshold: 100%)
  ❌ FAILED - Below required threshold

CI/CD Integration

Progressive Validation

Different thresholds for different environments:

# .github/workflows/docs.yml
name: Documentation Validation
on: [pull_request, push]

jobs:
  validate-pr:
    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3

      - name: Validate PR docs (lenient)
        run: npx docworks check --threshold 70
        env:
          DOCWORKS_SOURCE: https://preview-${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}.docs.example.com
          OPENAI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.OPENAI_API_KEY }}

  validate-production:
    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3

      - name: Validate production docs (strict)
        run: npx docworks check --threshold 95
        env:
          DOCWORKS_SOURCE: https://docs.example.com
          OPENAI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.OPENAI_API_KEY }}

Supported Providers

Provider	Status	Models
OpenAI	✅ Supported	gpt-4o, gpt-4o-mini
Anthropic	🚧 Coming Soon	claude-3.7-sonnet, claude-4-sonnet
Google	🚧 Coming Soon	gemini-pro

Want to add a provider? PRs welcome! See src/providers/index.ts.

Supported Documentation

• Public docs - Any site with llms.txt
• Platforms - Mintlify, ReadMe, GitBook

Commands

# Initialize config
docworks init

# Validate all journeys (uses config threshold or defaults to 100%)
docworks check

# Override threshold via command line
docworks check --threshold 80

# Test specific journey
docworks check --journey authentication

# Output as JSON (includes threshold data)
docworks check --format json

Exit Codes

• 0 - All thresholds met ✅
• 1 - Below threshold ❌

# Strict validation - fail on any missing docs
docworks check --threshold 100

# Allow 20% missing during initial setup
docworks check --threshold 80

Progressive Adoption

Start lenient and increase strictness as your documentation improves:

1. Initial Setup - threshold: 60 (allow gaps while building)
2. Development - threshold: 80 (most questions answered)
3. Staging - threshold: 90 (nearly complete)
4. Production - threshold: 95-100 (comprehensive docs)

Requirements

• Node.js 16+
• OpenAI API key with web search capabilities

Contributing

Contributions welcome! We're especially looking for:

• Additional provider implementations (Anthropic, Google)
• Documentation platform integrations
• Journey templates for common use cases

Development Setup

Pre-commit hooks are automatically installed when you run pnpm install. These hooks run linting and formatting checks before each commit to ensure code quality. If you need to bypass them (not recommended), use git commit --no-verify.

Why DocWorks?

• Real-world testing - AI navigates docs like developers do
• Configurable strictness - Match your documentation maturity
• Actionable feedback - Know exactly what to fix
• CI/CD ready - Different thresholds for PR vs production
• Progressive - Start simple, add complexity as needed

License

MIT - See LICENSE for details