Content & Documentation

VitePress Documentation

Create fast, Vite-powered documentation sites with VitePress using Markdown and Vue components.

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Overview

VitePress is a static site generator designed for documentation, powered by Vite and Vue. AI coding agents can create documentation pages, configure the theme, manage sidebar navigation, and integrate Vue components into Markdown content.

Agents can generate Markdown documentation with VitePress-specific extensions like custom containers, code groups, and line highlighting. They can configure the config.ts file for navigation, search, and social links, and create custom Vue components for interactive documentation.

VitePress offers excellent performance with instant hot reload during development and optimized static output for production. Teams can use AI agents to build comprehensive documentation sites that leverage Vue's component model for interactive examples and demos.

Who Is This For?

Create VitePress documentation sites from scratch
Generate sidebar configuration from directory structure
Build custom Vue components for interactive docs
Configure search, i18n, and theme customization

Installation

Setup for Claude Code

npm install -D vitepress

Configuration

// .vitepress/config.ts
import { defineConfig } from 'vitepress';

export default defineConfig({
  title: 'My Documentation',
  description: 'Project documentation',
  themeConfig: {
    nav: [
      { text: 'Guide', link: '/guide/' },
      { text: 'API', link: '/api/' },
    ],
    sidebar: {
      '/guide/': [
        { text: 'Getting Started', link: '/guide/' },
        { text: 'Configuration', link: '/guide/config' },
      ],
    },
    socialLinks: [
      { icon: 'github', link: 'https://github.com/user/repo' },
    ],
  },
});