docwright 0.1.21

AI-powered documentation agent: auto-generates and maintains README & wiki on every commit

docwright

AI-powered documentation agent that watches your commits and keeps README and wiki pages up to date automatically.

How It Works

Developer commits / pushes
        │
        ▼
CI runs docwright
        │
        ├─ First run?
        │   └─ Generates all docs from scratch via LLM
        │
        └─ Already initialized?
            ├─ No relevant changes → skips (fast)
            └─ Relevant changes → updates only affected AUTO sections
                        │
                        ▼
             Direct commit  OR  Pull Request (configurable)

The agent only rewrites <!-- AUTO:section --> blocks. Anything you write manually stays untouched.

Quick Start

Install into any repository:

pip install docwright
docwright install

This asks two questions (AI provider, commit mode) and creates:

• .docwright/docwright.yml — config
• Makefile targets: make docs, make docs-sync
• CI workflow (GitHub Actions or GitLab CI)

Then generate docs for the first time:

make docs

After that, docs update automatically on every push.

CLI Commands

Command	Description
docwright install	Bootstrap a repository (interactive or --auto)
docwright init	Generate all documents from scratch
docwright run	Update changed sections based on latest diff
docwright sync	Force re-sync all AUTO sections
docwright dashboard	Terminal table of all registered projects
docwright report	Generate static HTML status report

Configuration

.docwright/docwright.yml:

provider:
  type: claude          # claude | openai | ollama
  model: claude-opus-4-7
  api_key_env: ANTHROPIC_API_KEY

output:
  mode: direct          # direct | pull_request

triggers:
  paths:
    - "src/**"
    - "app/**"
  ignore:
    - "tests/**"

documents:
  - type: readme
    template: readme/default
    target: README.md
  - type: wiki
    template: wiki/architecture
    target: docs/wiki/architecture.md

Supported Providers

Provider	When to use
Claude (Anthropic)	Best output quality
OpenAI (GPT-4o)	Alternative if you have OpenAI keys
Ollama	Local model, no external API — for private projects

Document Templates

Built-in templates cover the full documentation surface:

Template	AUTO sections
readme/default	overview, getting_started, architecture, api, development
wiki/architecture	overview, components, data_flow, dependencies
wiki/api-contracts	endpoints, authentication, error_codes
wiki/development-guide	setup, testing, code_style
wiki/operations	deployment, monitoring, runbooks, incident_response
wiki/data-model	entities, business_rules, relationships
wiki/db-schema	tables, indexes, migrations
wiki/integrations	external_services, auth_credentials, data_exchange
wiki/security	access_model, sensitive_data, requirements
wiki/troubleshooting	common_issues, diagnostics, known_limitations
wiki/adr	recent_decisions, decision_index

Custom templates go in .docwright/templates/ inside your repository.

AUTO / MANUAL Sections

# README

<!-- AUTO:overview -->
This section is managed by docwright.
<!-- /AUTO:overview -->

<!-- MANUAL -->
## Contributing

Write whatever you want here — docwright never touches MANUAL blocks.
<!-- /MANUAL -->

Central Registry

After docwright init, the project is registered in a central registry.yml. View all projects:

docwright dashboard          # terminal table
docwright report             # HTML page at docwright-report.html

Development

poetry install
poetry run pytest             # 46 tests
poetry run ruff check .       # lint
poetry run mypy docwright    # type check

License

MIT