# Use the power of AI to write documentations ### Introduction What's up my fellow brogrammers have you ever been assigned to write documentation for a project and don't know where to start or do you like many developers just hate the thought of writing documentation then boy do I have the solution for you. Let me introduce [spreading ai](https://www.spreading.ai/) an **AI-Powered** Knowledge Base Platform for Developers, which makes it easy to build a self-service knowledge base for your customers and developers. This powerful tool will help 10x your productivity and save you a lot of time. and the best part is that it is **100% free** ### Getting started **Spreading AI** is very easy to get started with it's as easy as pressing the **follow** and the **like** buttons 😉. Just go to this [link](https://www.spreading.ai/) and press the sign-up button. ![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1698696938196/1aaae9e0-e71b-4d1d-ad77-efea4dfd7bd7.png align="center") Enter your details and name your **workspace.** I named mine Rayan Abid's workshop. ![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1698696955270/18ed8244-e30e-4f4d-a00f-f0030eaa45d4.png align="center") You will be navigated to this dashboard, Where you can see all of your Spaces and projects. ![]( align="center") ![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1698697028208/01488a7a-65a6-4b87-8e7a-c149cdb29e33.png align="center") Click on the **add page** button and generate a page in the private space. ![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1698697083190/4df375b0-08ef-4f2a-a4b6-ec4132e20aef.png align="center") Now this is where all of the magic happens. ![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1698697126013/985478dc-e829-4e0c-8438-b8c740226ccc.png align="center") Now let's take a look into some of the features of [spreading ai](https://www.spreading.ai/). ### Generating documentation from code. This has to be my favourite feature of [spreading ai](https://www.spreading.ai/) as you can just add your code sample and it will generate the documentation for you. ![]( align="center") ![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1698697961905/8fef39e5-20a9-4365-89c4-27e08742af08.png align="center") ![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1698697275565/25524465-a973-48d8-b3d4-ee00177beab5.png align="center") As you can see in the image above we have **5 options** to choose from I'm going to choose the **feature explanation** type and enter my code from my Nodejs Starter video. You can check it out if interested. %[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Pp-w2C-9Ik] So after Adding the code click generate. ![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1698697540170/96689865-fd2b-4af4-af57-5ec2a3ee27ea.png align="center") ![]( align="center") and here you go it has generated the doc for me explaining the code that I had. Isn't it great? ![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1698697719501/d64b0e69-6bd9-4c7c-ace5-fa701892a647.png align="center") ### Generate outline So you might be in a situation where you might just need an outline for your documentation. [spreading ai](https://www.spreading.ai/) can help you in this situation as well. Just create a new page. Now when in editing mode select the generate an outline option. Explain a bit what you need the outline for. You can see the info that I entered below and click generate. ![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1698698015220/a909b564-132a-45f6-8d7e-b0ded35f92d0.png align="center") And Voilà the outline has been generated. ![]( align="center") ![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1698698097827/7a1e2367-f2ce-448d-972e-03709a69a2e8.png align="center") ### Generating a directory The last but not the least feature that we are going to talk about is generating a directory. This feature is my favourite as you can generate al the directories that you might need. Press the plus icon and select the option of **Generate Directory** ![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1698698405421/3970225a-5487-457f-8e93-6b3f867c0f2e.png align="center") You should see a modal like this. Enter the details about the directory ![]( align="center") ![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1698698444780/383a97e5-c8f3-4af9-b6c1-5c951cdf1f6e.png align="center") ![]( align="center") And just like magic it has generated the directory. ![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1698698548735/3ab6d47c-09bc-4ebb-bb12-9531e3d0d9fd.png align="center") Click apply and it will be added to your Private Space ![]( align="center") ![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1698699136023/0505c12c-07f8-4f07-97ae-a8eeb7d1c1a8.png align="center") Now you can use this and update the docs if you want to. ### Making a public doc To make a public doc first you will have to create a new project under teams. Go to homepage and goto the teams page. Click on **Create a new project** enter name of project and click **Save** ![]( align="center") ![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1698699257826/4a49eb87-cc07-4f9a-a209-d0f04f3c41b7.png align="center") ![]( align="center") Then go to the doc that you want to host. Move the project under the Project that you just created. ![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1698699391076/5075896b-f02e-401b-9c9c-e0fd4927d146.png align="center") ![]( align="center") You should be able to see your doc under the team projects ![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1698699439673/25a2fb3f-a312-499a-8baa-88b333917526.png align="center") ![]( align="center") Go to the online site link and click on create a site. ![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1698699468448/804d42e6-6756-42d8-ac29-3deb4ec2413e.png align="center") Enter the details and click save ![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1698699513596/2e0b18c0-ebe0-4a48-a706-326bf5d2ee5a.png align="center") And that's it you have successfully hosted your document. It might take a few minutes for it to get hosted. ### Conclusion That's it. using [spreading ai](https://www.spreading.ai/) is very easy and very useful as it makes it easier to focus on things that we love the most which is developing, and there is no excuse in not using this as it totally free as well. I know I'm going to be adding this to my workflow. If you use it to create any documentation please share the link in the comment section as I would love to see what you guys have generated. ![]( align="center")