adding-documentation-pages

Documents

Creates documentation pages for guides, tutorials, knowledge base articles, and troubleshooting content in docs/. Use when adding how-to guides, writing KB articles, creating troubleshooting docs, adding pages to get-started/, applications/, databases/, knowledge-base/, or integrations/. NOT for service pages - use adding-service-documentation for docs/services/.

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Add Documentation Page

Create new documentation pages for the Coolify docs (guides, tutorials, KB articles, troubleshooting).

When NOT to Use This Skill

Use adding-service-documentation instead for:

Service pages in docs/services/
One-click services from Coolify's catalog

Services use a frontmatter-driven generation pipeline (the listing and all.md are regenerated from each service page's frontmatter) and have specific logo handling — covered by that skill.

Quick Start

Create file in the appropriate section directory
Add frontmatter with title and description
Write content with clear headings
Update sidebar in docs/.vitepress/config.mts (if needed)
Add images using <ZoomableImage> component

Documentation Sections

Section	Path	Content Type
Get Started	`docs/get-started/`	Introduction, installation, basics
Applications	`docs/applications/`	Framework deployment guides
Databases	`docs/databases/`	Database deployment docs
Knowledge Base	`docs/knowledge-base/`	How-tos, concepts, guides
Troubleshoot	`docs/troubleshoot/`	Problem-solution articles
Integrations	`docs/integrations/`	Third-party integration guides

Required Frontmatter

---
title: "Page Title"
description: "SEO-friendly description (used in meta tags)."
---

File Naming

Use lowercase kebab-case: my-guide.md
Be descriptive but concise

Detailed References

Page-specific:

TEMPLATES.md - Ready-to-use page templates
SIDEBAR.md - How to update sidebar configuration

Shared guidelines:

FRONTMATTER.md - Title, description, Open Graph
IMAGES.md - Image syntax and optimization
LINKS.md - Internal and external link formatting
CONTAINERS.md - VitePress callout containers

Key Rules

Images:
- Small images/icons: use standard markdown ![alt](path)
- Screenshots/large images: use <ZoomableImage> component
- Format: .webp preferred, absolute paths (/docs/images/...)
Links: Internal use absolute paths; external add ?utm_source=coolify.io
Sidebar: Update docs/.vitepress/config.mts (starts ~line 130)

Verification

Frontmatter has title and description
Screenshots use <ZoomableImage>
External links have UTM parameters
Page added to sidebar (if applicable)
Renders at http://localhost:5173/docs/[path]

Related Skills

adding-service-documentation - For docs/services/ pages
renaming-services - Renaming service docs
disabling-services - Deprecating services