Doctective

Doctective is a developer tool that automatically detects when code changes make documentation stale. It integrates with GitHub to analyze pull requests and generate AI-powered documentation updates.

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About

What is Doctective?

Doctective is an automated documentation platform designed to keep your code documentation in sync with your codebase. It integrates with GitHub to analyze every pull request, identifying when code changes might make existing documentation outdated. The tool then flags affected documentation for review and can automatically generate companion pull requests with AI-powered suggestions for updates. Doctective supports a wide range of programming languages, including TypeScript, Python, Java, Go, Rust, and SQL, and works with various documentation formats like Markdown, MDX, JSDoc, and docstrings. This ensures that READMEs, method documentation, and cross-repository code relationships are always current, helping engineering teams maintain accurate and up-to-date documentation with minimal manual effort.

Best used for

Ideal for individual developers and engineering teams who need to automatically detect stale documentation, generate AI-powered updates for pull requests, and visualize cross-repository code relationships. Especially valuable for maintaining accurate and up-to-date documentation across diverse programming languages and formats.

Common actions

automate documentation

update code documentation

detect stale documentation

generate documentation updates

visualize code dependencies

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Capabilities

Key features

PR impact detection
Companion PR generation
LLM-powered updates
Multi-language support
Auto-update README
Visualize code relationships

Target Audience

developer

Integrations

github

Pricing & Plans

Paid

Not publicly disclosed. Check doctective.app for current pricing.

FAQs

What programming languages and documentation formats does Doctective support?

Doctective supports a wide array of programming languages including TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Java, Go, Rust, and SQL. It is compatible with various documentation formats such as Markdown, MDX, JSDoc, and docstrings, ensuring broad applicability across different tech stacks.

How does Doctective detect and update stale documentation?

Doctective indexes your codebase and documentation to create semantic links. When a pull request changes code, it identifies affected documentation and flags it for review. It then generates a companion PR with AI-powered suggestions for context-aware documentation fixes.

What are the pricing plans for Doctective?

Doctective offers several plans: Solo at $9.99/month for 1 repository, Professional at $29.99/month for 3 repositories, and Team at $349.99/month for 10 repositories and up to 10 seats. Enterprise plans are also available with custom pricing.

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