pape_docs 0.1.0

A tool for flexibly managing templated docs of all kinds.

Pape Docs

Pape Docs is a command-line interface (CLI) tool designed to simplify the creation and management of templated documentation. It provides a straightforward, opinionated system for generating various types of documents (e.g., ADRs, tasks, notes) from predefined templates, ensuring consistency and reducing overhead.

Features

Streamlined Document Creation

The core functionality is provided by the new-doc script, which allows users to quickly create new Markdown documents based on pre-defined templates.

Usage:

new-doc [TITLE] [OPTIONS]

Options:

• --simple: Use the simple template.
• --complex: Use the complex template.
• --priority <PRIORITY>: Optional priority number for the document (e.g., "0100", "????" for unknown).
• --doc-type <DOC_TYPE>: Optional document type (e.g., "ADR", "Task", "Notes", "Bug").

Robust Interactivity (Planned)

The new-doc script is designed to support both interactive and non-interactive modes.

• Interactive Mode (Default):
  • Prompts for required arguments (like the document title) if not provided via command-line options.
  • Re-prompts for invalid non-empty responses, providing reasonable defaults for empty responses.
• Non-Interactive Mode (Planned Option):
  • Will execute without any interactive prompts.
  • Will throw an error if any required arguments (e.g., title) are missing.

Flexible Docs Directory Location

The script intelligently locates the docs/ directory where new documents should be placed. The search order is:

1. An environment variable (PAPE_DOCS_DIR).
2. A pyproject.toml file in the current or parent directories, looking for [tool.pape-docs]."docs-dir".
3. An existing docs/ directory in the current or parent directories.
4. If no docs/ directory is found, the user is prompted to create one (defaulting to ./docs/).

Packaged Templates

Pape Docs comes with pre-defined simple.md and complex.md templates. These templates are bundled with the application and are not user-configurable. This design choice reinforces the opinionated nature of the tool, aiming to prescribe a simple and consistent documentation system.

Installation

(Installation instructions will go here once the project is ready for distribution.)

Development

Setup

1. Clone the repository.

2. Install dependencies using uv (or pip):

   uv pip install -e .
   uv pip install -e ".[dev]"
   

Linting and Formatting

This project uses ruff for linting and formatting.

ruff check .
ruff format .

Testing

Tests are written using pytest.

pytest