YAML-based help catalog with topic search
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Co-Authored-By: Virgil <virgil@lethean.io>
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docs docs: graduate TODO/FINDINGS into production documentation 2026-02-20 15:01:55 +00:00
templates feat(help): Phase 2 — HTTP server, rendering, static site generator, CLI ingestion 2026-02-20 08:50:10 +00:00
.gitignore chore: add gitignore entries for IDE/build artifacts 2026-02-20 09:15:27 +00:00
catalog.go feat: extract go-help from core/go pkg/help 2026-02-19 16:09:34 +00:00
catalog_test.go feat(search): add fuzzy matching, phrase search, and improved scoring 2026-02-20 01:21:35 +00:00
CLAUDE.md docs: graduate TODO/FINDINGS into production documentation 2026-02-20 15:01:55 +00:00
generate.go feat(help): Phase 2 — HTTP server, rendering, static site generator, CLI ingestion 2026-02-20 08:50:10 +00:00
generate_test.go feat(help): Phase 2 — HTTP server, rendering, static site generator, CLI ingestion 2026-02-20 08:50:10 +00:00
go.mod chore: bump go directive to 1.26.0 2026-02-22 20:33:48 +00:00
go.sum feat(help): Phase 2 — HTTP server, rendering, static site generator, CLI ingestion 2026-02-20 08:50:10 +00:00
ingest.go feat(help): Phase 2 — HTTP server, rendering, static site generator, CLI ingestion 2026-02-20 08:50:10 +00:00
ingest_test.go feat(help): Phase 2 — HTTP server, rendering, static site generator, CLI ingestion 2026-02-20 08:50:10 +00:00
parser.go feat: extract go-help from core/go pkg/help 2026-02-19 16:09:34 +00:00
parser_test.go test: complete Phase 0 hardening — 124 tests, 94% coverage, 8 benchmarks 2026-02-20 04:43:48 +00:00
README.md docs: add README with quick start and docs links 2026-02-20 15:11:19 +00:00
render.go feat(help): Phase 2 — HTTP server, rendering, static site generator, CLI ingestion 2026-02-20 08:50:10 +00:00
render_test.go feat(help): Phase 2 — HTTP server, rendering, static site generator, CLI ingestion 2026-02-20 08:50:10 +00:00
search.go feat(search): add English stemmer for improved search recall 2026-02-20 08:07:50 +00:00
search_bench_test.go test: complete Phase 0 hardening — 124 tests, 94% coverage, 8 benchmarks 2026-02-20 04:43:48 +00:00
search_test.go test: complete Phase 0 hardening — 124 tests, 94% coverage, 8 benchmarks 2026-02-20 04:43:48 +00:00
server.go feat(help): Phase 2 — HTTP server, rendering, static site generator, CLI ingestion 2026-02-20 08:50:10 +00:00
server_test.go feat(help): Phase 2 — HTTP server, rendering, static site generator, CLI ingestion 2026-02-20 08:50:10 +00:00
stemmer.go feat(search): add English stemmer for improved search recall 2026-02-20 08:07:50 +00:00
stemmer_test.go feat(search): add English stemmer for improved search recall 2026-02-20 08:07:50 +00:00
templates.go feat(help): Phase 2 — HTTP server, rendering, static site generator, CLI ingestion 2026-02-20 08:50:10 +00:00
templates_test.go feat(help): Phase 2 — HTTP server, rendering, static site generator, CLI ingestion 2026-02-20 08:50:10 +00:00
topic.go feat: extract go-help from core/go pkg/help 2026-02-19 16:09:34 +00:00

go-help

Display-agnostic help content management library. Provides a YAML/Markdown topic catalogue, full-text search with inverted index, stemming, fuzzy matching, and relevance scoring, goldmark-based Markdown rendering, an HTTP server with six routes (three HTML, three JSON), a static site generator with client-side JavaScript search, and CLI help text ingestion. No runtime dependency on a database, network, or external service.

Module: forge.lthn.ai/core/go-help Licence: EUPL-1.2 Language: Go 1.25

Quick Start

import "forge.lthn.ai/core/go-help"

catalog := help.DefaultCatalog()
catalog.Add(&help.Topic{ID: "rate-limiting", Title: "Rate Limiting", Content: "..."})

// Search
results := catalog.Search("sliding window token")

// HTTP server (HTML + JSON routes)
srv := help.NewServer(catalog, ":8080")
srv.ListenAndServe()

// Static site output
help.Generate(catalog, "./dist")

Documentation

  • Architecture — catalog, parser, search engine, HTTP server, static site generator, CLI ingestion
  • Development Guide — building, testing, benchmarks, coding standards
  • Project History — completed phases and known limitations

Build & Test

go test ./...
go test -bench=. -benchmem ./...
go vet ./...
go build ./...

Licence

European Union Public Licence 1.2 — see LICENCE for details.