Glean Developer Site

The official developer documentation site for Glean. This site provides comprehensive documentation for Glean's APIs, SDKs, and developer tools.

What's Inside

This documentation site includes:

• API Reference: Complete documentation for Glean's Client API and Indexing API
• Getting Started Guides: Step-by-step tutorials for new developers
• API Client Documentation: Libraries for Python, Java, Go, and TypeScript
• Integration Guides: Examples for popular frameworks and platforms
• MCP (Model Context Protocol): Documentation for Glean's MCP implementation
• Changelog: Release notes and updates

Prerequisites

This project uses mise to manage tool versions. Install mise first, then run:

mise install

This will automatically install the correct versions of Node.js and pnpm as specified in mise.toml.

Installation

Clone the repository and install dependencies:

git clone <repository-url>
cd glean-developer-site
pnpm install

Development

Start the development server:

pnpm start

This command starts a local development server and opens your browser to http://127.0.0.1:8888. Most changes are reflected live without having to restart the server.

Available Scripts

• pnpm start - Start development server
• pnpm build - Build the site for production
• pnpm serve - Serve the built site locally
• pnpm clear - Clear Docusaurus cache

Link Checking

The project includes automated link checking to ensure all documentation links are valid:

Check production site:

pnpm links:check

Check local build:

# Automatically builds, serves on port 8888, and checks links
pnpm links:check:local

This command automatically builds the site, starts a server on port 8888, runs the link checker, and cleans up when done.

Note: Link checking requires lychee. Install it with:

brew install lychee  # macOS
# or see https://github.com/lycheeverse/lychee for other platforms

The link checker validates all links in the site by:

• Fetching the sitemap.xml (only available in production builds)
• Crawling each page to find and validate all links
• Excluding known problematic URLs (auth-required sites, placeholders, etc.)

Project Structure

├── docs/                    # Documentation content
│   ├── api/                # API reference documentation
│   ├── api-info/           # API authentication and setup guides
│   ├── get-started/        # Getting started guides
│   ├── guides/             # Feature guides and tutorials
│   └── libraries/          # SDK and library documentation
├── src/                    # React components and utilities
│   ├── components/         # Custom React components
│   ├── theme/              # Docusaurus theme customizations
│   └── utils/              # Utility functions
├── static/                 # Static assets
├── changelog/              # Changelog entries
├── openapi/                # OpenAPI specifications
└── scripts/                # Build and utility scripts

Content Management

Changelog Management

Use the pnpm command to create new changelog entries:

pnpm changelog:new

OpenAPI Integration

The site automatically generates API documentation from OpenAPI specifications located in the openapi/ directory.

Environment Variables

The build optionally includes a Google verification meta tag. Set the GOOGLE_SITE_VERIFICATION environment variable with your verification token if you want this tag injected at build time:

export GOOGLE_SITE_VERIFICATION=your-token
pnpm build

If the variable is not set, the tag is omitted.

🧪 Testing

Run the build command to test for any issues:

pnpm build

This will catch any broken links, missing imports, or other build-time errors.

License

This project is licensed under the same terms as the Glean platform.

Support

For questions about the documentation or to report issues:

• Create an issue in this repository
• Check the Glean Help Center