> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://mint-tsdocs.saulo.engineer/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Implementation Guide

> How to implement OpenDocs support in your tool or language

# Implementation Guide

<Warning>
  **RFC Status**: This implementation guide is part of the OpenDocs Specification RFC.

  Please provide feedback via [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/svallory/mintlify-tsdocs/issues)
  or join the [discussion](https://github.com/svallory/mintlify-tsdocs/discussions).
</Warning>

## Overview

This guide walks you through implementing OpenDocs support in your documentation tool, language extractor, or documentation generator. OpenDocs is designed to be easy to implement while providing powerful capabilities.

## Implementation Roadmap

### Phase 1: Basic DocItem Support

1. Implement the core DocItem model
2. Add basic metadata extraction
3. Generate simple JSON output

**Guide**: [DocItem Model](/opendocs/implementation/docitem-model)

### Phase 2: Documentation Integration

1. Extract documentation comments
2. Map to DocBlock format
3. Handle language-specific features

**Guides**: [DocItem Model](/opendocs/implementation/docitem-model), [Extractors](/opendocs/implementation/extractors)

### Phase 3: Advanced Features

1. Implement workspace organization
2. Add file format optimization
3. Support cross-references

**Guides**: [Documentation Set Builder](/opendocs/implementation/docset-builder), [Performance](/opendocs/implementation/performance)

## Implementation Path

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="DocItem Model" icon="shapes" href="/opendocs/implementation/docitem-model">
    Learn how to implement the core DocItem and DocBlock classes
  </Card>

  <Card title="Language Extractors" icon="code" href="/opendocs/implementation/extractors">
    Build extractors for your programming language
  </Card>

  <Card title="Documentation Set Builder" icon="box" href="/opendocs/implementation/docset-builder">
    Create and organize documentation sets
  </Card>

  <Card title="Testing" icon="flask" href="/opendocs/implementation/testing">
    Test your OpenDocs implementation
  </Card>

  <Card title="Performance" icon="gauge" href="/opendocs/implementation/performance">
    Optimize for large codebases
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Quick Start

The fastest way to get started:

1. **Start with DocItem**: Implement the basic DocItem class
2. **Add extraction**: Extract from your language's AST
3. **Generate JSON**: Serialize to OpenDocs format
4. **Iterate**: Add features incrementally

## Language-Specific Resources

### TypeScript

* [TypeScript Compiler API](https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/wiki/Using-the-Compiler-API)
* [TSDoc](https://tsdoc.org/)

### Rust

* [Syn](https://github.com/dtolnay/syn) - Rust parser
* [Quote](https://github.com/dtolnay/quote) - Rust code generation

### Go

* [Go AST](https://pkg.go.dev/go/ast)
* [Go Parser](https://pkg.go.dev/go/parser)

### Python

* [AST Module](https://docs.python.org/3/library/ast.html)
* [Docstring parsing](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0257/)

## Common Libraries

### JSON Processing

* [@apidevtools/json-schema-ref-parser](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@apidevtools/json-schema-ref-parser) - Resolve JSON Schema \$ref

### Validation

* [ajv](https://www.npmjs.com/package/ajv) - JSON Schema validation

## Next Steps

Choose your path based on your needs:

* **New to OpenDocs?** → Start with [DocItem Model](/opendocs/implementation/docitem-model)
* **Building an extractor?** → Jump to [Extractors](/opendocs/implementation/extractors)
* **Optimizing performance?** → See [Performance](/opendocs/implementation/performance)

## Contributing

Help improve this implementation guide by:

1. Sharing your implementation experiences in [Discussions](https://github.com/svallory/mintlify-tsdocs/discussions)
2. Contributing language-specific examples via [Pull Requests](https://github.com/svallory/mintlify-tsdocs/pulls)
3. Reporting issues or suggesting improvements via [Issues](https://github.com/svallory/mintlify-tsdocs/issues)

## See Also

* [DocItem Model](/opendocs/opendocs-model) - Core documentation concepts
* [Examples](/opendocs/examples/index) - Real-world implementations