Doctective: Auto-Updating Docs and Codebase Guide
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Doctective is a tool that auto-updates documentation to stay in sync with code changes, addressing the issue of outdated docs and README files.
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Tired of reading outdated docs or README's? Quick start guide not completely up to date? API endpoints docs are muddy with different versions?
what if it could be self-updating, staying in sync with every code change.
Doctective is that tool. We hook into your git repository and with every update - self update the documentation classes/functions/db/api schemas (and keep track of versions of them too) - auto maintain a Quick Start of the repo (for your new teammates) - embedded AI chat, you can ask what components would break if you made changes to a class/function
just released this tool for early access!
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