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Update the product docs at docs.bagofwords.com (Mintlify) with text and fresh screenshots after a user-facing change ships. Use when a merged change alters user-visible behavior, adds a feature, or when asked to update/refresh documentation.

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Docs Update — Mintlify + fresh screenshots

The product docs live on Mintlify (docs.bagofwords.com), managed through the Mintlify MCP server — not in this repo. docs/ here contains internal design docs only.

When to run

After a user-facing change merges: new feature, changed flow, renamed UI, changed configuration. Skip for internal refactors.

Flow

  1. Find what's affected. With the Mintlify MCP: checkout the deployment (this opens an isolated editing session/branch — surface the returned editorUrl to the user), then search / read / list_nodes for pages mentioning the touched feature. List affected pages before editing.
  2. Capture fresh screenshots of the new behavior from a seeded local stack (see the ui-evidence skill for the full capture procedure):
    tools/agent/boot_stack.sh && cd backend && uv run python ../tools/agent/seed_org.py --demo
    cd ../frontend && node ../tools/agent/capture.mjs http://localhost:3000/<page> shot.png
    
    Stage them under docs/screenshots/pending-changes/<page-slug>/ in this repo so they're reviewable alongside the docs PR. Match the style of existing docs images (clean seeded data, 1440px wide, no dev toolbars).
  3. Edit pages via the session tools:
    • body text → edit_page (string replace) or write_page (full rewrite)
    • frontmatter (title, description, icon) → update_node, never edit_page
    • new pages / navigation → create_node; site config → update_config
  4. Images: if the MCP session cannot upload binary images, reference the staged files and note in the docs PR description that the images in docs/screenshots/pending-changes/<page-slug>/ must be uploaded via the Mintlify editor (editorUrl) before merge. Do not publish pages pointing at broken image paths.
  5. Review the diff (diff / get_session_state), then save — this opens a docs PR. Never use Mintlify code-mode (execute_code) for content work: it writes straight to the live deployment with no PR safety net.
  6. Report back: affected pages, the docs PR link, and the editorUrl.

Writing rules

  • Describe what the user sees now — don't narrate the change ("previously…", "as of this release…") unless editing a changelog page.
  • Verify every claim against the running app you just booted, not against the code diff — docs describe behavior, and this catches half-shipped UI.
  • Screenshots must come from seeded sandbox data only — never real customer names, tokens, or connection strings.
  • Keep terminology consistent with the app's locale catalogs (locales/en.json) — the UI string is the source of truth for feature names.