orchardcore-docs-writer

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Authors OrchardCore documentation — MkDocs Material pages, module README docs, nav entries, admonitions, tabbed content, and redirects. Use when the user needs to add or edit a docs page, document a new module, build/serve the docs site, or wire a page into the navigation.

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OrchardCore Docs Writer

This skill guides you through writing OrchardCore documentation following project conventions.

Docs are MkDocs + Material for MkDocs. Config: mkdocs.yml at repo root; pages live under src/docs/. The nav is explicit in mkdocs.yml — a new .md file is invisible until you add it to nav:.

Where pages live

Section	Path under `src/docs/`
Home	`README.md`
Getting started	`getting-started/`
Guides (tutorials)	`guides/<name>/README.md`
Key topics	`topics/<topic>/README.md`
Module reference	`reference/modules/<Name>/README.md`
Releases	`releases/`
Contributing	`contributing/`

Module name in the path drops the OrchardCore. prefix: OrchardCore.Title → reference/modules/Title/README.md.

Workflow A: add a page to an existing area

Step 1: Write the Markdown

Create the file under the right section. For a module, use the header convention:

# Title (`OrchardCore.Title`)

Short description of what the module does.

## Section
...

Step 2: Add it to the nav

Edit mkdocs.yml nav: under the matching parent. Format - Page Title: path/to/file.md:

nav:
  - Reference:
      - Modules:
          - Core Modules:
              - Display Management: reference/modules/DisplayManagement/README.md
              - My Module: reference/modules/MyModule/README.md   # added

Step 3: Build / preview

pip install -r src/docs/requirements.txt   # first time (Python 3.11+)
python -m mkdocs serve                      # http://127.0.0.1:8000
python -m mkdocs build                      # static site

Workflow B: document a new module

Create src/docs/reference/modules/<Name>/README.md (no OrchardCore. prefix) with the # Name (OrchardCore.Name) header.
Link it from src/docs/reference/modules/README.md (the module index).
Add a nav: entry in mkdocs.yml under the right category (CMS Modules / Core Modules / Content Parts / …).
If it's a content part, also link from reference/modules/ContentParts/README.md.

Module docs are not auto-discovered from the manifest — every link is manual.

Markdown conventions

Admonitions

!!! note
    A neutral aside.

!!! warning
    Something that can bite.

!!! tip
    A helpful suggestion.

Tabbed content

=== "App.razor"

    ```razor
    <!DOCTYPE html>
    ```

=== "_Imports.razor"

    ```csharp
    @using System.Net.Http
    ```

Code fences

Always tag the language: ```csharp, ```json, ```bash, ```liquid.

YouTube embeds

Use privacy mode — https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/<id>.

Moving / renaming a page

Add a redirect so old links survive. In mkdocs.yml under plugins: redirects: redirect_maps::

redirect_maps:
  'old/path/README.md': 'new/path/README.md'

Quick Reference

Toolchain

Item	Value
Generator	MkDocs + Material for MkDocs
Config	`mkdocs.yml` (root)
Docs dir	`src/docs`
Deps	`src/docs/requirements.txt`
Serve	`python -m mkdocs serve`
Build	`python -m mkdocs build`

Enabled Markdown extensions

Admonitions (!!! type), pymdownx.superfences (code), pymdownx.tabbed (=== "Tab"), pymdownx.snippets (file embed), pymdownx.tasklist, toc with permalinks.

Module header

# <Display Name> (`OrchardCore.<Id>`)

Gotchas

A new page must be added to nav: in mkdocs.yml or it won't appear (build warns about pages not in nav).
Tabbed content needs a blank line after === "Label" and 4-space indentation of the block.
Use repo-relative Markdown links between docs pages (../Placement/README.md), not absolute URLs.
When moving a page, add a redirect_maps entry — broken inbound links otherwise.
Match the module-header convention exactly; the docs are scanned for consistency.

References

references/docs-structure.md — full directory map, nav anatomy, extensions, redirects
src/docs/contributing/contributing-documentation.md (repo) — official guide
mkdocs.yml (repo root) — config + nav
AGENTS.md (repo root) — build commands