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Documentation Technical Workflow

This diagram illustrates how the Daktela documentation system works from a technical perspective.

Documentation Creation Sources

flowchart TB
    subgraph TOP[" "]
        direction LR
        subgraph SOURCES["User Input"]
            CU[("**ClickUp**<br/>PRDs & Tickets")]
            GL[("**GitLab**<br/>Code & Commits")]
            FG[("**Figma**<br/>UI Designs")]
        end

        subgraph GENERATOR["Claude Code Aggregation"]
            GEN[Claude Code]
            AGG[Aggregate by<br/>ticket number]
            OUT[Generate markdown]
            GEN --> AGG --> OUT
        end
    end

    subgraph LOCAL["Human Review"]
        direction LR
        EDIT[Edit & review] --> PREVIEW[mkdocs serve] --> COMMIT[Commit] --> PUSH[Push to updates]
    end

    CU --> GEN
    GL --> GEN
    FG --> GEN
    OUT --> EDIT

    style CU fill:#7b68ee,color:#fff
    style GL fill:#fc6d26,color:#fff
    style FG fill:#a259ff,color:#fff
    style GEN fill:#1976d2,color:#fff
    style PUSH fill:#4caf50,color:#fff
    style TOP fill:none,stroke:none

Review & Deployment Pipeline

flowchart TB
    subgraph TOP[" "]
        direction LR
        subgraph LOCAL["πŸ‘€ Local Development"]
            D[Push to updates branch]
        end

        subgraph REVIEW["πŸ” Review Process"]
            E[Create Merge Request] --> F[Reviewer reviews]
            F --> G{Approved?}
            G -->|Yes| I[Merge into main]
            G -->|No| H[Request changes]
            H --> D
        end
    end

    subgraph BOTTOM[" "]
        direction LR
        subgraph CICD["βš™οΈ GitLab CI/CD"]
            J[Pipeline triggered] --> M[mkdocs build]
        end

        subgraph DEPLOY["πŸš€ Deployment"]
            O[rsync to server] --> Q[docs.daktela.com]
        end
    end

    D --> E
    I --> J
    M --> O

    style LOCAL fill:#e1f5fe
    style REVIEW fill:#fff3e0
    style CICD fill:#f3e5f5
    style DEPLOY fill:#e8f5e9
    style TOP fill:none,stroke:none
    style BOTTOM fill:none,stroke:none

Documentation Creation Workflows

1. ClickUp Workflow

PRDs and feature specifications are managed in ClickUp with ticket numbers.

Step Action
1 Create ClickUp task with ticket number (e.g., Feature #123456)
2 Add requirements, specs, and context to task description
3 Ticket number links all related work across systems

Ticket number formats supported: - Task name: Feature #123456 - Custom field "Ticket Number": 123456 - ClickUp Custom ID: PROJ-123

2. GitLab Codebase Workflow

Code commits reference ticket numbers to link implementation details.

Step Action
1 Developers implement feature in codebase
2 Commits include ticket reference: fix: update login flow #123456
3 Generator searches commits by ticket number

3. Figma Workflow

UI/UX designs provide visual documentation and screenshots.

Step Action
1 Designers create mockups in Figma
2 Generator exports screenshots with --export-screenshots flag
3 Images are embedded in generated documentation

4. Documentation Generator

The generator aggregates all sources into draft documentation.

# Generate docs for ticket #123456
./generate_docs.py 123456 -p contact-centre -v 2025.2

# With Figma screenshots
./generate_docs.py 123456 -p contact-centre -t feature --export-screenshots

Required API tokens: - ClickUp: app.clickup.com/settings/apps - GitLab: gitlab.daktela.com/-/profile/personal_access_tokens - Figma: www.figma.com/settings (optional)

Component Details

Local Development

Component Description
MkDocs Static site generator for documentation
Material Theme Modern, responsive documentation theme
mkdocs serve Local preview server (http://localhost:8000)
Doc Generator Aggregates ClickUp, GitLab, and Figma sources

CI/CD Pipeline

Stage Action
Trigger Push to main branch
Container squidfunk/mkdocs-material:latest
Build mkdocs build β†’ output/ directory
Deploy rsync -avzP --delete to production

Infrastructure

β”Œβ”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”  β”Œβ”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”  β”Œβ”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”
β”‚   ClickUp    β”‚  β”‚    GitLab    β”‚  β”‚    Figma     β”‚
β”‚  (PRDs &     β”‚  β”‚  (Commits &  β”‚  β”‚  (UI/UX      β”‚
β”‚   Tickets)   β”‚  β”‚   Code)      β”‚  β”‚   Designs)   β”‚
β””β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”¬β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”˜  β””β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”¬β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”˜  β””β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”¬β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”˜
       β”‚                 β”‚                 β”‚
       β””β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”¬β”΄β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”˜
                        β”‚
                        β–Ό
              β”Œβ”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”
              β”‚  Doc Generator      β”‚
              β”‚  generate_docs.py   β”‚
              β””β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”¬β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”˜
                         β”‚
                         β–Ό
β”Œβ”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”
β”‚                     GitLab Repository                        β”‚
β”‚  β”Œβ”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”    β”Œβ”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”    β”Œβ”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”     β”‚
β”‚  β”‚   updates   │───▢│    main     │───▢│  CI/CD      β”‚     β”‚
β”‚  β”‚   branch    β”‚ MR β”‚   branch    β”‚    β”‚  Pipeline   β”‚     β”‚
β”‚  β””β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”˜    β””β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”˜    β””β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”¬β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”˜     β”‚
β””β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”‚β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”˜
                                               β”‚
                                               β–Ό
                              β”Œβ”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”
                              β”‚     Production Server          β”‚
                              β”‚  vmakestest.daktela.com        β”‚
                              β”‚  β”Œβ”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”  β”‚
                              β”‚  β”‚   /opt/doc/              β”‚  β”‚
                              β”‚  β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ en/                β”‚  β”‚
                              β”‚  β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ cs/                β”‚  β”‚
                              β”‚  β”‚   └── assets/            β”‚  β”‚
                              β”‚  β””β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”˜  β”‚
                              β””β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”˜

Quick Reference

Local preview:

mkdocs serve
# or using Docker:
docker run --rm -v "$(pwd):/docs" -p 8000:8000 squidfunk/mkdocs-material:latest serve -a 0.0.0.0:8000

Manual build:

./scripts/build-docs.sh

Key files: - mkdocs.yml - Main MkDocs configuration - .gitlab-ci.yml - CI/CD pipeline definition - .doc-generator/ - Documentation generator tool - docs/ - Source documentation (Markdown) - output/ - Built site (generated)

End-to-End Example

1. PM creates ClickUp task: "Add dark mode toggle #789012"
2. Developer commits: "feat: implement dark mode #789012"
3. Designer uploads Figma mockups for dark mode UI
                            ↓
4. Run: ./generate_docs.py 789012 -p contact-centre --export-screenshots
                            ↓
5. Generator outputs draft markdown with:
   - Feature description from ClickUp PRD
   - Technical details from GitLab commits
   - Screenshots from Figma designs
                            ↓
6. Author reviews, edits, runs mkdocs serve
7. Push to updates branch β†’ Merge Request
8. Reviewer approves β†’ Merge to main
9. CI/CD builds & deploys to production