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DocBrain Documentation

Stop writing docs after the fact. Capture knowledge where it happens.

DocBrain intercepts knowledge at the moment of creation — from PRs, Slack threads, CI pipelines, and IDE sessions — then scores, reviews, and publishes it before anyone has to ask "where's the doc for this?"


Quickstart

Get DocBrain running locally in under 5 minutes.

Get started

Configuration

Environment variables, YAML config, and secrets management.

Configure

Architecture

System design, data flow, quality pipeline, and storage.

Learn more

API Reference

Full REST API documentation with request/response schemas.

API docs

Kubernetes

Helm chart deployment for production environments.

Deploy

RBAC & SSO

GitHub, GitLab, and OIDC SSO with role-based access control.

Security


What makes DocBrain different?

Most documentation tools index existing docs and answer questions. DocBrain captures the knowledge that was never written down — from PRs, Slack threads, CI pipelines, and IDE sessions — and turns it into documentation that meets your team's quality standards.

Developer merges a PR           → DocBrain extracts decisions, caveats, procedures
Team discusses in Slack          → DocBrain distills fragments from the conversation
CI pipeline deploys              → DocBrain captures deployment context and changes
Engineer annotates in their IDE  → DocBrain links knowledge to the exact code location

     Fragments accumulate → Quality scored → Clusters detected → Docs composed
                              Review workflow → Style checks → Published

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Guide Description
Quickstart Running locally in 5 minutes
Configuration All environment variables and options
LLM Providers 14 supported providers including fully-local Ollama
Ingestion Connecting 13+ knowledge sources
External Connectors Build custom connectors for any knowledge source
Governance Space ownership, SLAs, breach detection, dashboards
Review Workflows Multi-stage approval pipelines for documentation
Knowledge Intelligence Graph, analytics, predictive intelligence
Autopilot Gap detection and draft generation
Slack Slash commands, message shortcuts, and thread capture
Kubernetes Helm chart production deployment
API Reference Full REST API documentation