Episode highlights:

• Ask AI straight from search. Start typing in search, then hand your question to the AI chat instead of opening a result — press ⌘/Ctrl+Enter or click Ask AI in the search footer. The question is appended to your chat conversation so you can keep a thread going, and plain Enter still jumps to the top result. AI Chat →
• Copy answers and transcripts. Every AI chat answer has a copy button that grabs the Markdown source, and a Copy transcript action in the chat header copies the whole conversation as role-labeled Markdown — handy for pasting into an issue or a doc. AI Chat →
• Smarter chat auto-scroll. The chat only follows a streaming answer when you're already at the bottom. Scroll up to re-read an earlier reply and it stays put instead of yanking you down; scroll back to the bottom and it re-pins.
• Custom CSS in local preview (CLI). jamdesk dev applies your custom CSS the same way the published build does, so you can check styling before deploying. Drop any .css file in your project root — style.css, or several combined alphabetically — and it loads on browser refresh. No docs.json entry needed, matching how Mintlify includes root stylesheets. Custom CSS →
• Custom social previews from frontmatter. Set any Open Graph or Twitter/X meta tag directly in a page's frontmatter — og:title, og:description, og:image, twitter:card, keywords, and the full metatag set. Use flat top-level keys or a nested seo: block; both work, and per-page values override your docs.json defaults. SEO →
• Hidden pages. Keep drafts, internal handbooks, or deprecated guides out of your sidebar and search results without deleting them. Add hidden: true to a page's frontmatter, or to a group or tab in docs.json. Hidden pages stay reachable by direct URL but disappear from navigation, sitemap, on-site search, and AI context — and pick up an automatic noindex tag. Need a hidden group whose pages still rank in search? Add searchable: true alongside hidden. Hidden pages →
• Grid and windows decorations. Two new background patterns join the Jam theme's gradient default. Set background.decoration to "grid" for a subtle 24px dot grid, or "windows" for two Windows 11–style frosted spots in the upper corners. The gradient and "none" flat fill still work as before — pick the look that fits your brand. Background →
• Background customization. A new background block in docs.json disables the Jam light-mode gradient, overrides the page color per mode, or tunes the gradient's color, size, position, and opacity. No custom CSS needed. Background →
• D2 Diagrams. A second diagram language joins Mermaid. Tag a fenced code block d2 and Jamdesk renders it as a build-time SVG, with light and dark themes baked in. Same workflow as Mermaid — pick whichever language fits the diagram you're drawing. D2 Diagrams →
• Grouped search results. Search no longer repeats the same page for every section match. Hits bucket under their parent page in the search modal, with up to three sections visible by default and an inline expander for the rest. Snippet highlighting stays put — you find the right section in fewer scans.
• Auto-detect docs.json on connect. Connecting a GitHub repo finds your docs.json wherever it lives. The connect flow scans the whole tree and flags a Mintlify mint.json if it stumbles on one instead. Monorepos and nested configs work with no manual setup. Connecting GitHub →
• docs.json location hints in the CLI. Misplaced configs are easier to spot. jamdesk validate, jamdesk dev, and jamdesk doctor report where your docs.json actually is — or where it should go — instead of a generic "not found" error. Fix it in seconds instead of decoding a stack trace. CLI overview →

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Episode highlights:

• PDF Export. Render your whole docs site to a single PDF from Settings → PDF Exports in the dashboard. Paid plans only. Multi-language projects pick a locale per export, results are cached per commit, and you get an email with a download link when rendering finishes.
• Multi-language OpenAPI Specs. Endpoint pages now render translated OpenAPI specs alongside translated MDX. Drop a <spec>.<lang>.<ext> file (e.g., openapi/api.fr.yaml) next to your source spec and Jamdesk picks it up on that language's URLs, falling back to the English spec when a language variant is missing. Operation summaries, parameter descriptions, response descriptions, and schema descriptions all localize. Setup: Translating OpenAPI Specs.
• Visibility Component. New <Visibility for="humans|agents"> component lets you carve out content for human readers or AI agents on the same page. Human-only blocks render in the browser but are stripped from .md exports and llms-full.txt; agent-only blocks do the reverse. Agents requesting Accept: text/markdown on canonical URLs automatically get the agent view.
• Password Protection, rebuilt. You can now lock your whole site behind a shared password, or gate just a handful of pages while the rest stay public. Set auth.password.enabled: true for whole-site mode, or mark individual pages with private: true in frontmatter (or list them under auth.password.private) for specific-pages mode. The Settings page in the dashboard walks you through setting, rotating, and revoking the password. Visitors hit a branded unlock screen with your site's logo, primary color, and an optional hint you define in docs.json. Setup guide: Password Protection.
• Automatic WebP Image Conversion. Jamdesk can convert your PNG and JPG images to WebP at build time. Converted files are usually 60-80% smaller than the originals with no visible quality loss, so your pages load faster without any manual image processing. Opt in via images.convertToWebp: true in docs.json. Favicons, og:image, and twitter:image stay in their original format for social crawler compatibility. A new Optimizing images step shows live progress in the dashboard and CLI during each build. Automatic Image Conversion →
• API Playground. Endpoint pages now have an interactive "Try it" button. Fill in parameters, watch code examples update in real time, and send live requests without leaving your docs. Enabled by default on all API pages. Works with both OpenAPI and MDX-authored endpoints.
• Claude Code Plugin. Install the Jamdesk plugin for Claude Code to give Claude deep knowledge of MDX components, docs.json configuration, navigation patterns, and CLI commands. Two-step install from the plugin marketplace. Pairs with CLAUDE.md and the MCP server for AI-assisted doc writing.
• Build Warnings for Missing Branding. Builds now warn when favicon or logo paths in docs.json reference files that don't exist in your project. Warnings appear in the dashboard build details and in the CLI via jamdesk dev and jamdesk validate. No email; the warning is informational only.
• YouTube Shorts. The <YouTube> component now supports vertical Shorts via the short prop, rendering a centered 9:16 player with no black bars. Use <YouTube id="VIDEO_ID" short />.

Learn more about Jamdesk at jamdesk.com.

Episode highlights:

• What Jamdesk is: An API docs platform where you write in MDX, push to GitHub, and your docs go live — priced at $29/month flat with everything included (analytics, white-labeling, custom domain, AI chat with no token fees, three themes: standard, Nebula, Pulsar).
• SEO & discoverability: Near-100 Google PageSpeed scores, automatic sitemap and llms.txt generation, IndexNow submissions to Bing/Yandex, and social metadata handling so your docs get found by both search engines and AI chatbots.
• CLI power: A command-line tool for local testing, broken link checks, and spell-checking — designed to plug into agentic coding workflows (Claude Code, Codex) so LLMs can edit, test, and publish docs autonomously.
• Two publishing paths: A GitHub app that auto-builds on push, or CLI-driven publishing from your AI coding agent.
• API Playground (newly launched): Lets users hit your test or production API directly from the docs, configurable via OpenAPI spec or manually in MDX.
• The pitch: 14-day free trial, founders use it themselves, aimed at API/software companies who nned a polished docs site without stitching one together.

Learn more about Jamdesk at jamdesk.com.