Doctyze

Generate and maintain a complete documentation context layer for any repo — using the LLM already in your IDE.

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What it does

Point Doctyze at any existing repository, any tech stack. It:

1. Consolidates scattered docs (loose READMEs, wiki notes, stray design files) into one canonical docs/ structure — non-destructively.
2. Bootstraps the full SDLC context layer from the code: specs, architecture docs + Mermaid diagrams, dev/testing skills, runbooks, deployment & observability docs.
3. Maintains it — when code changes, it flags the docs that are now stale and your agent refreshes them.

The result serves both humans and AI coding agents (AGENTS.md, .cursor/rules, Claude Code skills, MCP).

Bring your own agent (no API key)

Doctyze does not call an LLM or need an API key. It brings the playbook (skills) and the deterministic mechanics (consolidation, drift detection, fan-out); the LLM is the one already in your IDE (Cursor / Claude Code / Copilot) or your CI agent. In your editor you just run the Doctyze skill and your existing agent does the generation.

Commands

doctyze init                    # guided front door: scaffold + install skills + next steps
doctyze consolidate [--apply]   # scattered docs -> canonical docs/ (propose, then apply)
doctyze bootstrap               # scaffold structure + hand a generation manifest to your agent
doctyze distribute              # fan skills out to .claude/skills, .cursor/rules, AGENTS.md
doctyze watch [--install]       # flag docs whose anchored code changed (warn-first pre-commit hook)

Generated docs carry a freshness anchor declaring which code makes them stale:

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doctyze:
  artifact: spec
  generated_by: write-spec
  affects: [src/payments/**]
  last_verified: 2026-06-15
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Status

v3 is a ground-up rewrite (the v2 skills-first design is superseded; in git history). The engine — consolidate, bootstrap, distribute, watch — is built and tested (pytest), and validated end-to-end on a real service repo. The distribution/release step (PyPI package, Claude Code plugin, CI action) is in progress; until then, run from source:

pip install -e .
doctyze --help

See docs/planning/DOCTYZE_V3_PLAN.md, docs/planning/DOCTYZE_V3_BUILD_PLAN.md, and docs/architecture/decisions/0003-pivot-to-context-layer-generator.md.

License

Apache 2.0. Free and open source for everyone.