| name | dynamo-docs |
| description | Maintain Dynamo Fern docs site -- add, update, move, or remove pages. Use for any documentation changes. |
Dynamo Docs Maintenance
Unified skill for adding, updating, moving, and removing pages on the Dynamo Fern documentation site.
Branch Rule
ALL edits happen on main (or a feature branch based on main).
The docs-website branch is CI-managed and must never be edited by hand.
Operations
Add a Page
- Gather: page title, target section, filename (kebab-case
.md), subdirectory under docs/.
- Create
docs/<subdirectory>/<filename>.md:
---
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025-2026 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
title: <Page Title>
---
# <Page Title>
- Add a nav entry in
docs/index.yml under the correct section:
- page: <Page Title>
path: <subdirectory>/<filename>.md
Update a Page
- Locate by file path, page title, or keyword search (
grep -rn in docs/).
- Content only -- edit the markdown file directly.
- Title change -- update both the frontmatter
title: and the - page: name in docs/index.yml.
- Section move --
git mv the file, remove old nav entry, add new one, update all incoming links.
Remove a Page
- Find incoming links:
grep -r "<filename>" docs/ --include="*.md".
git rm docs/<subdirectory>/<filename>.md.
- Remove the
- page: block from docs/index.yml. If it was the last page in a section, remove the entire - section: block.
- Fix or remove all incoming links found in step 1.
Content Guidelines
Use GitHub-flavored markdown. CI auto-converts callouts to Fern format:
| GitHub Syntax | Fern Component |
|---|
> [!NOTE] | <Note> |
> [!TIP] | <Tip> |
> [!IMPORTANT] | <Info> |
> [!WARNING] | <Warning> |
> [!CAUTION] | <Error> |
Reference images from docs/assets/.
Section Banners in index.yml
Search for:
# ==================== Getting Started ====================
# ==================== Kubernetes Deployment ====================
# ==================== User Guides ====================
# ==================== Backends ====================
# ==================== Components ====================
# ==================== Integrations ====================
# ==================== Documentation ====================
# ==================== Design Docs ====================
# ==================== Blog ====================
# ==================== Hidden Pages ====================
Validate
fern check
fern docs broken-links
Optional local preview: fern docs dev (localhost:3000, hot reload, no token).
Commit
git add docs/
git commit -s -m "docs: <add|update|remove> <page-title>"
Debugging
| Symptom | Fix |
|---|
fern check YAML error | Check 2-space indent; - page: must be inside contents: |
| Missing/orphaned file | path: in index.yml must match actual file location |
| Broken links in CI | grep -r "<filename>" docs/ and fix stale references |
| MDX parse error | Replace <https://...> with [text](https://...) |
| Page missing from site | Ensure nav entry exists in index.yml; allow a few minutes for sync |
Key References
| File | Purpose |
|---|
docs/index.yml | Navigation tree |
docs/ | Content directory |
docs/assets/ | Images, SVGs, fonts |
fern/docs.yml | Fern site configuration |
fern/convert_callouts.py | Callout conversion (GitHub -> Fern) |
docs/README.md | Full architecture guide |