dochia-explain

name	dochia-explain
description	Get detailed explanations of Dochia playbooks, mutators, response codes, and error reasons. Use when the user wants to understand what a specific playbook does, what a 9XX response code means, or get details about an error reason from a Dochia test report. Also use after running dochia test or dochia fuzz when the user asks about a specific result, error, or response code in the report.
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Overview

dochia explain provides detailed information about playbooks, mutators, response codes, and error reasons. This is useful for understanding test results and debugging failures.

Basic Usage

# Explain a 9XX response code
dochia explain --type response_code 953

# Explain a playbook
dochia explain --type playbook BypassAuthentication

# Explain a mutator
dochia explain --type mutator RandomString

# Explain an error reason
dochia explain --type error_reason "Error details leak"

Options

Option	Description
-t, --type	Type to explain: PLAYBOOK, MUTATOR, RESPONSE_CODE, ERROR_REASON (required)
<info>	The name, code, or search term to explain (positional argument)

Types

• PLAYBOOK — Search and describe test playbooks by name (partial match supported)
• MUTATOR — Search and describe mutators by name (partial match supported)
• RESPONSE_CODE — Explain Dochia's custom 9XX response codes and standard HTTP codes
• ERROR_REASON — Explain error reasons found in test reports (partial match supported)

Examples

# Find all playbooks related to "json"
dochia explain --type playbook json

# Understand what response code 999 means
dochia explain --type response_code 999

# Search for error reasons containing "leak"
dochia explain --type error_reason leak

Documentation

Full reference: https://docs.dochia.dev/cli/explain