documcp

--- documcp: last_updated: "2025-11-20T00:46:21.971Z" last_validated: "2025-11-20T00:46:21.971Z" auto_updated: false update_frequency: monthly --- # DocuMCP Environment Setup Guide This guide will help you set up DocuMCP in your own environment, from basic installation to advanced configuration for team collaboration. ## 🚀 Quick Setup ### Prerequisites Check Before installing DocuMCP, ensure you have the required software: ```bash # Check Node.js version (requires 20.0.0+) node --version # Check npm version (requires 8.0.0+) npm --version # Check Git version git --version # Check GitHub CLI (optional but recommended) gh --version ``` ### Installation Methods #### Method 1: Global Installation (Recommended) ```bash # Install DocuMCP globally npm install -g documcp # Verify installation documcp --version # Should output: DocuMCP v0.5.0 ``` #### Method 2: Local Project Installation ```bash # Navigate to your project directory cd /path/to/your/project # Install DocuMCP as a dev dependency npm install documcp --save-dev # Add to package.json scripts npm pkg set scripts.docs="documcp" npm pkg set scripts.docs:analyze="documcp analyze-repository --path ." npm pkg set scripts.docs:deploy="documcp deploy-pages --repository $(git remote get-url origin | sed 's/.*github.com[:/]\([^.]*\).*/\1/')" ``` #### Method 3: Docker Installation ```bash # Pull the official DocuMCP Docker image docker pull documcp/documcp:latest # Run DocuMCP in a container docker run -it --rm -v $(pwd):/workspace documcp/documcp:latest ``` ## 🔧 Basic Configuration ### Environment Variables Create a `.env` file in your project root: ```bash # DocuMCP Configuration export DOCUMCP_STORAGE_DIR="./.documcp" export DOCUMCP_LOG_LEVEL="info" export DOCUMCP_CACHE_ENABLED="true" # GitHub Integration export GITHUB_TOKEN="your_github_token_here" export GITHUB_USERNAME="your_username" # Optional: Custom configuration export DOCUMCP_DEFAULT_SSG="docusaurus" export DOCUMCP_DEFAULT_DEPTH="standard" ``` ### Configuration File Create a `documcp.config.json` file: ```json { "storage": { "directory": "./.documcp", "enableCache": true, "maxCacheSize": "100MB" }, "github": { "token": "${GITHUB_TOKEN}", "username": "${GITHUB_USERNAME}", "defaultBranch": "main" }, "defaults": { "ssg": "docusaurus", "analysisDepth": "standard", "includeExamples": true, "targetAudience": "community_contributors" }, "memory": { "enableLearning": true, "retentionDays": 90, "enableAnalytics": true } } ``` ## 🏗️ Project Structure Setup ### Recommended Project Structure ``` your-project/ ├── .documcp/ # DocuMCP storage and cache │ ├── memory/ # Memory system data │ ├── cache/ # Analysis cache │ └── config/ # Local configuration ├── docs/ # Generated documentation │ ├── api/ # API documentation │ ├── tutorials/ # Tutorial content │ ├── how-to/ # How-to guides │ ├── reference/ # Reference documentation │ └── explanation/ # Explanatory content ├── src/ # Source code ├── README.md # Project README ├── documcp.config.json # DocuMCP configuration ├── .env # Environment variables └── package.json # Node.js dependencies ``` ### Initialize DocuMCP in Your Project ```bash # Initialize DocuMCP in your project documcp init # This creates: # - .documcp/ directory # - documcp.config.json # - .env template # - .gitignore entries ``` ## 🔐 GitHub Integration Setup ### GitHub Token Setup 1. **Create a GitHub Personal Access Token:** Go to GitHub → Settings → Developer settings → Personal access tokens → Tokens (classic) Required permissions: - `repo` (Full control of private repositories) - `pages` (Write access to GitHub Pages) - `workflow` (Update GitHub Action workflows) - `read:org` (Read organization membership) 2. **Set the token in your environment:** ```bash # Add to your shell profile (.bashrc, .zshrc, etc.) export GITHUB_TOKEN="ghp_your_token_here" # Or add to .env file echo "GITHUB_TOKEN=ghp_your_token_here" >> .env ``` 3. **Verify GitHub integration:** ```bash # Test GitHub connection documcp github test # Should output: ✅ GitHub connection successful ``` ### GitHub Pages Setup 1. **Enable GitHub Pages in your repository:** Go to your repository → Settings → Pages - Source: GitHub Actions - Branch: main (or your preferred branch) 2. **Configure deployment:** ```bash # Configure GitHub Pages deployment documcp github configure-pages --repository "username/repository" ``` ## 🧠 Memory System Setup ### Initialize Memory System ```bash # Initialize memory system with custom storage documcp memory init --storage-dir ./.documcp/memory # Initialize with specific configuration documcp memory init --storage-dir ./.documcp/memory --enable-learning --retention-days 90 ``` ### Memory System Configuration Create a memory configuration file: ```json { "storage": { "directory": "./.documcp/memory", "enableCompression": true, "maxSize": "500MB" }, "learning": { "enabled": true, "retentionDays": 90, "enableAnalytics": true, "enablePatternRecognition": true }, "userPreferences": { "enablePersonalization": true, "defaultUserId": "developer123" } } ``` ### Memory System Testing ```bash # Test memory system documcp memory test # Check memory statistics documcp memory stats # Export memories for backup documcp memory export --format json --output ./documcp-memories-backup.json ``` ## 🔧 Advanced Configuration ### Custom SSG Configuration ```bash # Configure custom SSG settings documcp config set --key "ssg.docusaurus.theme" --value "classic" documcp config set --key "ssg.hugo.baseURL" --value "https://docs.example.com" documcp config set --key "ssg.mkdocs.theme" --value "material" ``` ### User Preferences Setup ```bash # Set user preferences documcp preferences set --user-id "developer123" --priority performance --ecosystem javascript # Set team preferences documcp preferences set --user-id "team" --priority simplicity --ecosystem any # Export preferences documcp preferences export --user-id "developer123" --output ./preferences.json ``` ### Cache Configuration ```bash # Configure caching documcp cache config --enable --max-size "200MB" --ttl "24h" # Clear cache documcp cache clear # Cache statistics documcp cache stats ``` ## 🐳 Docker Setup ### Docker Compose Configuration Create a `docker-compose.yml` file: ```yaml version: "3.8" services: documcp: image: documcp/documcp:latest container_name: documcp volumes: - ./:/workspace - ./documcp-data:/app/.documcp environment: - GITHUB_TOKEN=${GITHUB_TOKEN} - DOCUMCP_STORAGE_DIR=/app/.documcp working_dir: /workspace command: ["documcp", "serve", "--port", "3000", "--host", "0.0.0.0"] ports: - "3000:3000" ``` ### Docker Usage ```bash # Start DocuMCP with Docker Compose docker-compose up -d # Run specific commands docker-compose exec documcp documcp analyze-repository --path . # Stop services docker-compose down ``` ## 🔄 CI/CD Integration ### GitHub Actions Setup Create `.github/workflows/docs.yml`: ```yaml name: Documentation Deployment on: push: branches: [main] paths: ["docs/**", "src/**", "README.md"] pull_request: branches: [main] jobs: analyze: runs-on: ubuntu-latest steps: - uses: actions/checkout@v4 - name: Setup Node.js uses: actions/setup-node@v4 with: node-version: "20" - name: Install DocuMCP run: npm install -g documcp - name: Analyze Repository run: | ANALYSIS_ID=$(documcp analyze-repository --path . --depth standard | jq -r '.data.id') echo "analysis_id=$ANALYSIS_ID" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT id: analyze - name: Validate Documentation run: | documcp validate-content --docs-path ./docs deploy: needs: analyze runs-on: ubuntu-latest if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' steps: - uses: actions/checkout@v4 - name: Setup Node.js uses: actions/setup-node@v4 with: node-version: "20" - name: Install DocuMCP run: npm install -g documcp - name: Deploy Documentation run: | documcp deploy-pages --repository ${{ github.repository }} --ssg docusaurus env: GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} ``` ### GitLab CI Setup Create `.gitlab-ci.yml`: ```yaml stages: - analyze - deploy variables: NODE_VERSION: "20" analyze: stage: analyze image: node:${NODE_VERSION}-alpine before_script: - npm install -g documcp script: - documcp analyze-repository --path . --depth standard - documcp validate-content --docs-path ./docs artifacts: reports: junit: documcp-results.xml paths: - .documcp/ expire_in: 1 hour deploy: stage: deploy image: node:${NODE_VERSION}-alpine before_script: - npm install -g documcp script: - documcp deploy-pages --repository $CI_PROJECT_PATH --ssg docusaurus only: - main environment: name: production url: https://$CI_PROJECT_NAMESPACE.gitlab.io/$CI_PROJECT_NAME ``` ## 🔍 Development Setup ### Local Development ```bash # Clone DocuMCP repository git clone https://github.com/tosin2013/documcp.git cd documcp # Install dependencies npm install # Build the project npm run build # Run in development mode npm run dev # Run tests npm test # Run linting npm run lint ``` ### IDE Configuration #### VS Code Configuration Create `.vscode/settings.json`: ```json { "typescript.preferences.importModuleSpecifier": "relative", "typescript.suggest.autoImports": true, "editor.formatOnSave": true, "editor.codeActionsOnSave": { "source.fixAll.eslint": true }, "files.associations": { "*.mcp": "json" } } ``` #### VS Code Extensions Recommended extensions: - TypeScript and JavaScript Language Features - ESLint - Prettier - GitLens - REST Client (for testing API endpoints) ## 🧪 Testing Setup ### Unit Testing ```bash # Install testing dependencies npm install --save-dev jest @types/jest ts-jest # Create jest.config.js cat > jest.config.js << EOF module.exports = { preset: 'ts-jest', testEnvironment: 'node', testMatch: ['**/__tests__/**/*.test.ts'], collectCoverage: true, coverageDirectory: 'coverage', coverageReporters: ['text', 'lcov', 'html'] }; EOF # Run tests npm test ``` ### Integration Testing ```bash # Create test repository mkdir test-repo cd test-repo git init echo "# Test Repository" > README.md git add README.md git commit -m "Initial commit" # Test DocuMCP with test repository cd .. documcp analyze-repository --path ./test-repo --depth quick ``` ### Performance Testing ```bash # Run performance benchmarks documcp benchmark run --repository ./test-repo --iterations 10 # Check performance metrics documcp benchmark current ``` ## 🔧 Troubleshooting ### Common Issues #### Issue 1: Permission Denied **Problem:** `Permission denied: Cannot read directory` **Solution:** ```bash # Check permissions ls -la /path/to/repository # Fix permissions chmod -R 755 /path/to/repository # Or run with sudo (not recommended for production) sudo documcp analyze-repository --path /path/to/repository ``` #### Issue 2: GitHub Token Invalid **Problem:** `GitHub authentication failed` **Solution:** ```bash # Check token validity curl -H "Authorization: token $GITHUB_TOKEN" https://api.github.com/user # Regenerate token with correct permissions # Go to GitHub → Settings → Developer settings → Personal access tokens # Update environment variable export GITHUB_TOKEN="new_token_here" ``` #### Issue 3: Memory System Errors **Problem:** `Memory system initialization failed` **Solution:** ```bash # Clear memory storage rm -rf ./.documcp/memory # Reinitialize memory system documcp memory init --storage-dir ./.documcp/memory # Check memory system status documcp memory status ``` #### Issue 4: Build Failures **Problem:** `Documentation build failed` **Solution:** ```bash # Check for syntax errors documcp validate-content --docs-path ./docs # Test local build documcp test-local --docs-path ./docs --ssg docusaurus # Check SSG configuration cat ./docs/docusaurus.config.js ``` ### Debug Mode ```bash # Enable debug logging export DOCUMCP_LOG_LEVEL="debug" # Run with verbose output documcp analyze-repository --path . --depth standard --verbose # Check logs tail -f ./.documcp/logs/documcp.log ``` ### Health Check ```bash # Run comprehensive health check documcp health-check # Should output: # ✅ Node.js version: v20.0.0 # ✅ npm version: 8.0.0 # ✅ Git version: 2.30.0 # ✅ GitHub token: valid # ✅ Memory system: healthy # ✅ Cache system: healthy ``` ## 📚 Next Steps After completing the environment setup: 1. **Read the [User Onboarding Guide](./user-onboarding.md)** for usage patterns 2. **Explore [Usage Examples](../how-to/usage-examples.md)** for practical examples 3. **Check the [API Reference](/api/)** for complete function documentation 4. **Join the [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/tosin2013/documcp/issues)** for community support and feature requests ## 🆘 Getting Help - **Documentation**: Check the comprehensive documentation - **GitHub Issues**: Report bugs and request features - **GitHub Discussions**: Ask questions and share ideas - **Community**: Join the DocuMCP community for support Your DocuMCP environment is now ready! 🎉