Codebase Doc Generator

Point it at any codebase. Get complete documentation. Architecture overview, dependency graph, API surface, and a ready-to-use README -- all generated locally with zero external APIs.

Why

You spend hours writing documentation that goes stale in a week. This tool reads your code and generates accurate docs in seconds. It also reduces LLM context window usage by 70% -- feed the generated summary to your AI instead of your entire codebase.

Related MCP server: Documentation MCP Server

Install

npm install
npm start
# Server runs on http://localhost:3000

As MCP Server

Add to your Cursor/Claude Code config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "codebase-doc-generator": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["path/to/codebase-doc-generator/src/main.js"]
    }
  }
}

API Endpoints

POST /generate

Generate documentation for a codebase.

curl -X POST http://localhost:3000/generate \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"path": "/path/to/your/project"}'

Response includes:

{
  "architecture": "Express.js REST API with 3 route modules...",
  "dependencies": { "graph": "...", "external": [...], "internal": [...] },
  "api": { "endpoints": [...], "models": [...] },
  "readme": "# Project Name\n\n## Overview\n..."
}

MCP Tools

What It Generates

• Architecture -- project structure, design patterns, entry points, flow diagrams

• Dependencies -- internal module graph, external package usage, circular dependency detection

• API Surface -- endpoints, parameters, response types, authentication

• README -- installation, usage, API docs, contributing guide

Links

• GitHub

• All 29 Tools

License

MIT