Documentation Generation
Automatically generate comprehensive, up-to-date documentation for your codebase using Gemini CLI's AI capabilities.
Quick Examples
📄 README Generation
gemini "Generate a comprehensive README for this project" . > README.md
📚 API Documentation
gemini "Generate API documentation from this code" < api.js > docs/api.md
💬 Code Comments
gemini "Add comprehensive JSDoc comments" < functions.js
Documentation Types
🔧 Technical Documentation
- • API references
- • Function documentation
- • Code architecture guides
- • Installation instructions
👥 User Documentation
- • User guides and tutorials
- • Getting started guides
- • FAQ sections
- • Troubleshooting guides
Automation Scripts
Batch Documentation Generator
#!/bin/bash
# generate-docs.sh
mkdir -p docs
find src -name "*.js" -o -name "*.ts" | while read file; do
echo "Documenting $file..."
docfile="docs/$(basename "$file" .js).md"
gemini "Generate comprehensive documentation" < "$file" > "$docfile"
done
echo "Documentation generated in docs/ directory"