# Documentation Plan for Files-DB-MCP
This document outlines the comprehensive documentation strategy for Files-DB-MCP, intended to satisfy TASK-011 and prepare for Phase 3 of the project.
## Documentation Structure
The documentation will be organized into the following sections:
1. **Getting Started**
- Quick installation guide
- First-time setup
- Basic usage examples
2. **User Guide**
- Complete installation options
- Configuration reference
- Command-line interface
- MCP interface usage
- Search capabilities and examples
- Monitoring and diagnostics
3. **Integration Guides**
- Claude Code integration
- General MCP client integration
- IDE plugins and extensions
- CI/CD integration
4. **API Reference**
- MCP API specification
- HTTP API endpoints
- SSE API reference
- Search query format
5. **Developer Guide**
- Architecture overview
- Contributing guidelines
- Code organization
- Testing framework
- Release process
6. **Troubleshooting & FAQ**
- Common issues and solutions
- Performance optimization
- Resource usage guidelines
- Known limitations
## Priority Documentation Items
Based on current project status and user needs, these are the highest priority documentation tasks:
1. **Complete installation guide** (beyond Docker setup)
- Native installation option
- Global CLI tool installation
- Environment configuration
2. **API reference documentation**
- Complete MCP interface specification
- REST API endpoints documentation
- Authentication and authorization
3. **Troubleshooting guide**
- Common startup issues
- Connection problems
- Performance troubleshooting
- Error message reference
4. **Integration examples**
- More Claude Code examples
- Integration with popular IDEs
- Custom MCP client examples
## Documentation Format and Tools
- Markdown format for all documentation
- API reference to follow OpenAPI format where applicable
- Automated example testing where possible
- Version-specific documentation branches
## Timeline
| Documentation Component | Target Completion | Dependencies |
|------------------------|-------------------|--------------|
| Installation Guide | Sprint 3 | None |
| API Reference | Sprint 3 | API stability |
| Troubleshooting Guide | Sprint 4 | User feedback |
| Integration Examples | Sprint 4 | Claude MCP testing |
| Complete User Guide | Sprint 5 | All features complete |
| Full Developer Guide | Sprint 5 | Architecture stabilization |
## Documentation Maintenance
- Documentation will be updated with each new feature
- Quarterly review of all documentation for accuracy
- User feedback process for identifying documentation gaps
- Documentation test suite to verify examples are functional