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twenty/packages/twenty-docs
martmull 0786f9e793 Seed CHANGELOG.md and SETUP.md in create-twenty-app scaffold (#22769)
Projects scaffolded with `create-twenty-app` now include two additional
seed files:

- `CHANGELOG.md` with an initial `0.1.0` entry matching the template's
package version
- `SETUP.md` with step-by-step local setup instructions (prerequisites,
install, local server, dev sync, verification commands)

Both files live in `src/constants/template/`, so they flow through the
existing `fs.copy` scaffolding and the vite `copy-assets` build step
with no code changes. Verified `dist/constants/template/` contains both
files after `nx build create-twenty-app`.

The scaffolded `README.md` was also simplified into a marketable front
page for the app being built: a pitch placeholder, a features section,
and links to `SETUP.md` for setup instructions and `CHANGELOG.md` for
history, instead of duplicating dev commands.

Also:

- Adds a regression test asserting the template directory contains both
seed files
- Updates `project-structure.mdx` docs to list the new files in the
scaffold directory tree

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Co-authored-by: Martin <martin@twenty.com>
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Twenty Documentation

Official documentation for Twenty CRM, powered by Mintlify.

🌐 Live Site

Visit the documentation at docs.twenty.com

📚 Content

This repository contains:

  • User Guide (46 pages) - Complete guide for Twenty users
  • Developers (24 pages) - Technical documentation for developers
  • Twenty UI (25 pages) - UI component library documentation

🚀 Local Development

To run the documentation locally:

# From the twenty monorepo root
npx nx run twenty-docs:dev

The documentation will be available at http://localhost:3000

📝 Editing Content

Adding/Editing Pages

  1. Edit MDX files in the appropriate directory:

    • user-guide/ - User documentation
    • developers/ - Developer documentation
    • twenty-ui/ - Component documentation
  2. Update navigation/base-structure.json if you need to change the tab/group hierarchy or add/remove pages. This file stays in the repo and is not uploaded to Crowdin.

  3. Keep the translation template (navigation/navigation.template.json) in sync by running yarn docs:generate-navigation-template after editing the base structure. This template is the only file that should be pushed to Crowdin.

  4. For each translated locale pulled from Crowdin, ensure a packages/twenty-docs/l/<language>/navigation.json file exists. These files contain labels only; page slugs always come from the base structure.

  5. Run yarn docs:generate to rebuild docs.json from the base structure + translated labels.

MDX Format

All documentation pages use MDX format with frontmatter:

---
title: Page Title
description: Page description
image: /images/path/to/image.png
---

Your content here...

Adding Images

  1. Place images in the /images/ directory
  2. Reference them in MDX: ![Alt text](/images/your-image.png)
  3. Or use Mintlify Frame component:
<Frame>
  <img src="/images/your-image.png" alt="Description" />
</Frame>

🔧 Configuration

  • navigation/base-structure.json - Source of truth for tabs, groups, icons, and page slugs (English only, not sent to Crowdin).
  • navigation/navigation.template.json - Generated translation template (labels only) that is uploaded to Crowdin.
  • l/<language>/navigation.json - Locale-specific label files pulled from Crowdin.
  • docs.json - Generated Mintlify configuration (always run yarn docs:generate after modifying navigation files).
  • package.json - Package dependencies and scripts (docs:generate, docs:generate-navigation-template, …).
  • project.json - Nx workspace configuration

📦 Validation

# Validate the documentation build
npx nx run twenty-docs:validate

🤝 Contributing

To contribute to the documentation:

  1. Fork the repository
  2. Make your changes in the packages/twenty-docs directory
  3. Test locally with npx nx run twenty-docs:dev
  4. Submit a pull request

📄 License

This documentation is part of the Twenty project and is licensed under AGPL-3.0.