# Review Report: TASK-DOC-FCD8

## Generate MkDocs Documentation Site for YouTube Transcript MCP

## Executive Summary

This review audited the MkDocs documentation setups in **GuardKit** and **RequireKit** repositories, analyzed the current YouTube Transcript MCP project structure, and produced a complete documentation site design. Both reference repos follow an identical pattern: Material for MkDocs theme, 3-dependency stack (`mkdocs`, `mkdocs-material`, `pymdown-extensions`), GitHub Actions deploying to GitHub Pages via OIDC. This project should adopt the same pattern.

The YouTube Transcript MCP project has 4 MCP tools, a full CLI, 6 focus area presets, and no existing documentation beyond a minimal README. This review provides a complete `mkdocs.yml`, `docs/` structure, GitHub Actions workflow, and content outlines for all pages.

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## Review Details

- **Mode**: Architectural Review
- **Depth**: Standard
- **Task ID**: TASK-DOC-FCD8
- **References Audited**: GuardKit (`appmilla_github/guardkit`), RequireKit (`appmilla_github/require-kit`)

---

## Findings from Reference Repository Audit

### Common Patterns (Both Repos)

| Aspect | GuardKit | RequireKit | Recommendation |
|--------|----------|------------|----------------|
| Theme | Material for MkDocs | Material for MkDocs | **Material for MkDocs** |
| Color scheme | Indigo primary + dual light/dark | Indigo primary + dual light/dark | **Indigo primary + light/dark toggle** |
| Dependencies | 3 packages | 3 packages | **Same 3-package stack** |
| CI/CD | GitHub Actions + OIDC | GitHub Actions + OIDC | **Same pattern** |
| Python version | 3.12 | 3.12 | **3.12** |
| Custom CSS/JS | None | None | **None needed** |
| Strict mode | Off | Off | **Off** (allows warnings) |
| Deployment | actions/deploy-pages@v4 | actions/deploy-pages@v4 | **Same** |
| Concurrency | pages group | pages group | **Same** |

### Dependencies (Identical in Both)

```
mkdocs>=1.5.3
mkdocs-material>=9.5.0
pymdown-extensions>=10.7
```

### Key Material Features Used

Both repos enable: `navigation.instant`, `navigation.tabs`, `navigation.top`, `navigation.tracking`, `search.suggest`, `search.highlight`, `content.code.copy`, `content.code.annotate`.

RequireKit additionally uses: `navigation.instant.prefetch`, `navigation.sections`, `navigation.expand`, `navigation.indexes`, `header.autohide`, `content.tabs.link`, `content.tooltips`, `toc.follow`, `toc.integrate`.

### Markdown Extensions Used

Both use: admonition, tables, attr_list, md_in_html, toc (with permalinks), pymdownx.highlight, pymdownx.superfences (with Mermaid), pymdownx.inlinehilite, pymdownx.snippets, pymdownx.tabbed, pymdownx.tasklist.

### GitHub Actions Workflow Pattern

Both use an identical 2-job workflow:
1. **Build job**: checkout → setup Python 3.12 → install from `docs/requirements.txt` → `mkdocs build` → upload-pages-artifact
2. **Deploy job**: deploy-pages with OIDC authentication

Triggered on push to `main` when `docs/**` or `mkdocs.yml` changes, plus manual `workflow_dispatch`.

---

## Proposed Configuration

### 1. mkdocs.yml

```yaml
site_name: YouTube Transcript MCP
site_description: MCP server for fetching YouTube transcripts and extracting insights
site_author: AppMilla
site_url: https://appmilla.github.io/youtube-transcript-mcp/
repo_url: https://github.com/appmilla/youtube-transcript-mcp
repo_name: appmilla/youtube-transcript-mcp
edit_uri: edit/main/docs/

theme:
  name: material
  language: en
  palette:
    - media: "(prefers-color-scheme: light)"
      scheme: default
      primary: red
      accent: amber
      toggle:
        icon: material/brightness-7
        name: Switch to dark mode
    - media: "(prefers-color-scheme: dark)"
      scheme: slate
      primary: red
      accent: amber
      toggle:
        icon: material/brightness-4
        name: Switch to light mode
  font:
    text: Roboto
    code: Roboto Mono
  icon:
    logo: material/youtube
    repo: fontawesome/brands/github
  features:
    - navigation.instant
    - navigation.instant.prefetch
    - navigation.tabs
    - navigation.sections
    - navigation.top
    - navigation.tracking
    - navigation.indexes
    - search.suggest
    - search.highlight
    - content.code.copy
    - content.code.annotate
    - content.tabs.link

plugins:
  - search:
      lang: en

markdown_extensions:
  - admonition
  - tables
  - footnotes
  - attr_list
  - md_in_html
  - toc:
      permalink: true
      toc_depth: 3
  - pymdownx.highlight:
      anchor_linenums: true
      line_spans: __span
      pygments_lang_class: true
  - pymdownx.superfences:
      custom_fences:
        - name: mermaid
          class: mermaid
          format: !!python/name:pymdownx.superfences.fence_mermaid
  - pymdownx.inlinehilite
  - pymdownx.keys
  - pymdownx.snippets
  - pymdownx.tabbed:
      alternate_style: true
  - pymdownx.tasklist:
      custom_checkbox: true
  - pymdownx.details
  - pymdownx.emoji:
      emoji_index: !!python/name:material.extensions.emoji.twemoji
      emoji_generator: !!python/name:material.extensions.emoji.to_svg

nav:
  - Home: index.md
  - Getting Started:
    - getting-started/index.md
    - Installation: getting-started/installation.md
    - Quick Start: getting-started/quickstart.md
    - Configuration: getting-started/configuration.md
  - MCP Tools:
    - tools/index.md
    - get_transcript: tools/get-transcript.md
    - list_available_transcripts: tools/list-transcripts.md
    - extract_insights: tools/extract-insights.md
    - list_focus_areas: tools/list-focus-areas.md
  - CLI Guide:
    - cli/index.md
    - Commands: cli/commands.md
    - Examples: cli/examples.md
  - Focus Areas:
    - focus-areas/index.md
    - Presets Reference: focus-areas/presets.md
    - Custom Focus Areas: focus-areas/custom.md
  - Development:
    - development/index.md
    - Architecture: development/architecture.md
    - Contributing: development/contributing.md
  - Troubleshooting: troubleshooting.md

extra:
  social:
    - icon: fontawesome/brands/github
      link: https://github.com/appmilla/youtube-transcript-mcp

docs_dir: docs
site_dir: site
use_directory_urls: true
strict: false

dev_addr: 127.0.0.1:8000
watch:
  - mkdocs.yml
  - docs
```

**Color choice rationale**: Red primary matches YouTube branding. Amber accent provides good contrast. Both work well in light and dark modes.

### 2. docs/ Directory Structure

```
docs/
├── index.md                        # Homepage / overview
├── troubleshooting.md              # FAQ and troubleshooting
├── getting-started/
│   ├── index.md                    # Getting Started overview
│   ├── installation.md             # Install from PyPI / source
│   ├── quickstart.md               # First transcript in 5 minutes
│   └── configuration.md            # .mcp.json, env vars, Claude Desktop
├── tools/
│   ├── index.md                    # MCP Tools overview
│   ├── get-transcript.md           # get_transcript tool reference
│   ├── list-transcripts.md         # list_available_transcripts reference
│   ├── extract-insights.md         # extract_insights tool reference
│   └── list-focus-areas.md         # list_focus_areas tool reference
├── cli/
│   ├── index.md                    # CLI overview
│   ├── commands.md                 # All CLI commands reference
│   └── examples.md                 # CLI usage examples
├── focus-areas/
│   ├── index.md                    # Focus areas overview
│   ├── presets.md                  # All 6 preset definitions
│   └── custom.md                   # Creating custom focus areas
├── development/
│   ├── index.md                    # Developer overview
│   ├── architecture.md             # Architecture diagram + patterns
│   └── contributing.md             # Contributing guidelines
└── requirements.txt                # MkDocs dependencies
```

**Total pages**: 18 markdown files

### 3. docs/requirements.txt

```
mkdocs>=1.5.3
mkdocs-material>=9.5.0
pymdown-extensions>=10.7
```

### 4. GitHub Actions Workflow (`.github/workflows/docs.yml`)

```yaml
name: Build and Deploy MkDocs

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
    paths:
      - 'docs/**'
      - 'mkdocs.yml'
      - '.github/workflows/docs.yml'
  workflow_dispatch:

permissions:
  contents: read
  pages: write
  id-token: write

concurrency:
  group: 'pages'
  cancel-in-progress: true

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Setup Python
        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
        with:
          python-version: '3.12'
          cache: 'pip'
          cache-dependency-path: docs/requirements.txt

      - name: Install dependencies
        run: |
          pip install --upgrade pip
          pip install -r docs/requirements.txt

      - name: Build documentation
        run: mkdocs build

      - name: Upload Pages artifact
        uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v3
        with:
          path: site

  deploy:
    needs: build
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    environment:
      name: github-pages
      url: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.page_url }}
    steps:
      - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
        id: deployment
        uses: actions/deploy-pages@v4
```

---

## Content Outlines

### `docs/index.md` - Homepage

```
# YouTube Transcript MCP

Overview paragraph: what it does, who it's for.

## Features
- Fetch transcripts from any YouTube video
- Intelligent language fallback
- Extract structured insights with 6 focus area presets
- Full CLI for shell/scripting usage
- MCP protocol compliant for Claude Desktop

## Quick Example
Code block showing get_transcript usage via Claude.

## Architecture
Mermaid diagram: Claude Desktop → MCP Server → YouTube API

## Navigation Cards
Links to Getting Started, Tools Reference, CLI Guide.
```

### `docs/getting-started/index.md` - Overview

```
Brief overview of setup steps. Links to installation, quickstart, configuration.
```

### `docs/getting-started/installation.md`

```
## Prerequisites
- Python >= 3.10

## Install from Source
pip install -e . steps

## Install from PyPI (when published)
pip install youtube-transcript-mcp

## Verify Installation
python -m src --help
```

### `docs/getting-started/quickstart.md`

```
## 5-Minute Quick Start

### Step 1: Install
### Step 2: Configure Claude Desktop (.mcp.json)
### Step 3: Use in Claude
Example conversation showing tool usage.

### Step 4: Try the CLI
CLI command examples.
```

### `docs/getting-started/configuration.md`

```
## Claude Desktop Configuration
.mcp.json template with absolute paths explained.

## Environment Variables
LOG_LEVEL, etc.

## Multiple Transports
stdio (default) configuration.
```

### `docs/tools/index.md` - MCP Tools Overview

```
Table listing all 4 tools with brief descriptions and links.
```

### `docs/tools/get-transcript.md`

```
## get_transcript

### Description
### Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Default | Description |
| video_url | string | Yes | - | YouTube URL or video ID |
| language | string | No | "en" | Preferred language code |

### Language Fallback Strategy
1. Exact match
2. Manual transcript in requested language
3. Auto-generated in requested language
4. Any available transcript

### Response Format
JSON example with all fields explained.

### Error Handling
Table of error types with descriptions.

### Examples
Multiple URL format examples.
```

### `docs/tools/list-transcripts.md`

```
## list_available_transcripts

### Description
### Parameters
### Response Format
### Examples
```

### `docs/tools/extract-insights.md`

```
## extract_insights

### Description
### Parameters (with focus_areas enum values)
### How It Works
Diagram of extraction flow.
### Chunking Behavior
When/how transcripts are chunked.
### Response Format
### Focus Area Examples
One example per focus area preset.
```

### `docs/tools/list-focus-areas.md`

```
## list_focus_areas

### Description
### Response Format
### Available Presets
All 6 with their categories.
```

### `docs/cli/index.md` - CLI Overview

```
Overview of CLI capabilities. How it wraps MCP tools.
```

### `docs/cli/commands.md`

```
## Command Reference

### ping
### video-info
### get-transcript (with --language, --no-segments)
### list-transcripts
### extract-insights (with --focus, --video-id, --max-insights, stdin)
### list-focus-areas

Each with: syntax, flags, output format.
```

### `docs/cli/examples.md`

```
## CLI Examples

### Basic Transcript Fetch
### Piping to jq
### Extracting Insights from Stdin
### Batch Processing
### Integration with Shell Scripts
```

### `docs/focus-areas/index.md`

```
Overview of the insight extraction system and focus area concept.
```

### `docs/focus-areas/presets.md`

```
## Built-in Focus Area Presets

### General (default)
Categories: key_insight, practical_advice, interesting_fact, expert_opinion

### Entrepreneurial
Categories: business_strategy, market_opportunity, leadership_lesson, growth_tactic

### Investment
Categories: market_analysis, risk_assessment, investment_thesis, financial_insight

### Technical
Categories: architecture_decision, best_practice, tool_recommendation, performance_tip

### YouTube Channel
Categories: content_strategy, audience_growth, monetization, production_tip

### AI Learning
Categories: ai_concept, prompt_engineering, model_comparison, implementation_pattern

Each with: description, when to use, example output.
```

### `docs/focus-areas/custom.md`

```
How the category system works. All 24 InsightCategory values.
How to combine categories for custom extraction.
```

### `docs/development/index.md`

```
Overview for contributors.
```

### `docs/development/architecture.md`

```
## Architecture

### Project Structure
Directory tree.

### Component Diagram
Mermaid diagram: __main__.py → services → external APIs

### Key Patterns
- FastMCP framework
- Module-level tool registration
- stderr logging
- Async-first with asyncio.to_thread
- Pydantic validation

### Service Layer
- TranscriptClient
- YouTubeClient
- InsightExtractor
```

### `docs/development/contributing.md`

```
## Contributing

### Development Setup
### Running Tests
### Code Quality (ruff, mypy)
### Adding New Tools
### PR Guidelines
```

### `docs/troubleshooting.md`

```
## Troubleshooting

### Common Issues
- "TranscriptsDisabled" error
- "VideoUnavailable" error
- Language not found
- Server not connecting to Claude Desktop

### FAQ
- Supported URL formats
- Rate limiting
- Auto-generated vs manual transcripts
```

---

## Implementation Plan

### Wave 1: Foundation (1 task)

**TASK-DOC-001: Create MkDocs skeleton and CI/CD**
- Create `mkdocs.yml` (from proposed config above)
- Create `docs/requirements.txt`
- Create `.github/workflows/docs.yml`
- Create `docs/index.md` (homepage)
- Create all `index.md` section files (placeholder content)
- Verify `mkdocs build` succeeds locally
- **Complexity**: 3
- **Implementation mode**: task-work

### Wave 2: Core Content (3 tasks, parallelizable)

**TASK-DOC-002: Write MCP Tools reference pages**
- `docs/tools/get-transcript.md`
- `docs/tools/list-transcripts.md`
- `docs/tools/extract-insights.md`
- `docs/tools/list-focus-areas.md`
- Auto-generate parameter tables from source code docstrings
- **Complexity**: 4
- **Implementation mode**: task-work

**TASK-DOC-003: Write CLI guide pages**
- `docs/cli/commands.md`
- `docs/cli/examples.md`
- **Complexity**: 3
- **Implementation mode**: task-work

**TASK-DOC-004: Write Getting Started pages**
- `docs/getting-started/installation.md`
- `docs/getting-started/quickstart.md`
- `docs/getting-started/configuration.md`
- **Complexity**: 3
- **Implementation mode**: task-work

### Wave 3: Supplementary Content (2 tasks, parallelizable)

**TASK-DOC-005: Write Focus Areas and Troubleshooting pages**
- `docs/focus-areas/presets.md`
- `docs/focus-areas/custom.md`
- `docs/troubleshooting.md`
- **Complexity**: 3
- **Implementation mode**: task-work

**TASK-DOC-006: Write Development pages**
- `docs/development/architecture.md`
- `docs/development/contributing.md`
- **Complexity**: 3
- **Implementation mode**: task-work

### Wave 4: Polish and Deploy (1 task)

**TASK-DOC-007: Final review, polish, and first deployment**
- Review all pages for consistency
- Verify all internal links work
- Run `mkdocs build --strict` to catch warnings
- Test local preview with `mkdocs serve`
- Push to main to trigger first deployment
- Verify GitHub Pages site is live
- **Complexity**: 2
- **Implementation mode**: direct

### Execution Summary

| Wave | Tasks | Can Parallel | Est. Complexity |
|------|-------|-------------|-----------------|
| 1 | 1 | N/A | 3 |
| 2 | 3 | Yes | 3-4 each |
| 3 | 2 | Yes | 3 each |
| 4 | 1 | N/A | 2 |
| **Total** | **7** | | |

---

## Recommendations

1. **Use red primary color** instead of indigo to match YouTube branding — differentiates from GuardKit/RequireKit
2. **Keep it simple**: No custom CSS/JS, no extra plugins beyond the 3-dependency stack
3. **Content-first**: Focus on accurate tool documentation with real examples over design polish
4. **Auto-generate where possible**: Tool parameter tables can be derived from source code docstrings
5. **Enable GitHub Pages** in repo settings before first deployment (`Settings → Pages → Source: GitHub Actions`)

---

## Review Metadata

```yaml
review_results:
  mode: architectural
  depth: standard
  score: 95
  findings_count: 6
  recommendations_count: 5
  decision: implement
  report_path: .claude/reviews/TASK-DOC-FCD8-review-report.md
  completed_at: 2026-03-10T00:00:00Z
```
