readme

To auto-generate a README from project structure, run the readme command in your project root. It analyzes your code and config files like package.json, setup.py, or Cargo.toml to extract metadata and automatically generate installation instructions, usage examples, and API references.

You can update an existing README.md while preserving custom sections. The tool adapts to project evolution by analyzing your current codebase and updating the generated documentation sections without overwriting your manually added content.

This README generator works with Python, Node.js, and Rust projects by reading common config files like setup.py, package.json, and Cargo.toml. It determines the project type and extracts key metadata to create appropriate installation instructions and quick start guides.

The best way to create documentation for a CLI tool or library is to automate it by analyzing your project structure. This approach reads your configuration files to automatically generate installation instructions, configuration options, and contribution guidelines in a well-structured README.

An auto-generated README includes installation instructions, quick start guides, usage examples, API references, configuration options, and contributing guidelines. The generated content is structured based on the metadata extracted from your project's configuration files and code analysis.

You need to generate a README instead of writing it manually when you want to automate documentation maintenance and ensure accuracy. It is particularly useful for libraries, CLI tools, APIs, and apps where keeping installation instructions and API references synchronized with code changes is time-consuming.