Improve documentation look & feel via MkDocs Material template enhancements (#5)

# Improve documentation look & feel via MkDocs Material template enhancements

## Summary

This MR improves the overall **documentation experience and visual presentation** of the doc-forge docs by enhancing the MkDocs Material template configuration.

The changes focus on **navigation usability, code readability, and richer Markdown rendering**, resulting in a cleaner and more professional documentation site.

Docstring changes were made across the codebase for consistency, but this MR description focuses on the **template and presentation improvements**.

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## Navigation Improvements

The navigation system has been enhanced to provide a clearer structure and better discoverability.

Key improvements include:

* Section-aware navigation in the sidebar
* Automatic expansion of module/package hierarchy
* Scroll tracking within the sidebar
* Clickable package index pages

Material navigation features added:

* `navigation.sections`
* `navigation.expand`
* `navigation.tracking`
* `navigation.indexes`

This results in a **single cohesive navigation tree** that exposes the entire documentation hierarchy from the sidebar.

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## Code Block Improvements

Code blocks previously appeared relatively plain. The template now enables richer syntax highlighting and improved readability.

Enhancements include:

* Syntax highlighting using `pymdownx.highlight`
* Line numbers for code blocks
* Anchored line numbers for deep linking
* Improved fenced code block rendering

Additional Material features:

* `content.code.copy` — copy button for code blocks
* `content.code.annotate` — support for code annotations

These changes significantly improve the readability of examples and API snippets throughout the documentation.

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## Markdown Rendering Enhancements

Additional Markdown extensions were enabled to support richer documentation features:

* `pymdownx.superfences` for advanced fenced blocks
* `pymdownx.inlinehilite` for inline code highlighting
* `pymdownx.snippets` for reusable snippets
* `admonition` and `pymdownx.details` for callouts and collapsible sections
* `pymdownx.tabbed` for tabbed content blocks
* `pymdownx.tasklist` for checklist-style items
* `tables`, `footnotes`, and advanced formatting extensions

These extensions make it easier to write expressive and structured documentation.

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## Search Experience

The documentation search experience has been improved using Material search features:

* `search.highlight`
* `search.share`
* `search.suggest`

These enhancements provide:

* highlighted search matches
* sharable search URLs
* auto-suggestions while typing

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## mkdocstrings Improvements

The mkdocstrings configuration has been expanded to produce clearer API documentation.

Notable improvements include:

* grouping objects by category
* explicit category headings
* improved symbol headings
* cleaner object path display

This results in more structured API documentation pages.

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## Result

Overall, these changes provide:

* cleaner and more intuitive navigation
* significantly improved code presentation
* richer Markdown capabilities
* better search usability

The documentation now has a **more polished, modern appearance** and improved usability for both readers and contributors.

Reviewed-on: #5
Co-authored-by: Vishesh 'ironeagle' Bangotra <aetoskia@gmail.com>
Co-committed-by: Vishesh 'ironeagle' Bangotra <aetoskia@gmail.com>
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"module": "docforge.loaders",
"content": {
"path": "docforge.loaders",
"docstring": "# Loader Layer\n\nThe `docforge.loaders` package is responsible for discovering Python source files\nand extracting their documentation using static analysis.\n\n## Core Features\n\n- **Discovery**: Automatically find all modules and packages in a project\n directory.\n- **Introspection**: Uses `griffe` to parse docstrings, signatures, and\n hierarchical relationships without executing the code.\n- **Filtering**: Automatically excludes private members (prefixed with `_`) to\n ensure clean public documentation.",
"docstring": "Loader layer for doc-forge.\n\nThe ``docforge.loaders`` package is responsible for discovering Python modules\nand extracting documentation data using static analysis.\n\n---\n\nOverview\n--------\n\nThis layer converts Python source code into an intermediate documentation\nmodel used by doc-forge. It performs module discovery, introspection, and\ninitial filtering before the data is passed to the core documentation models.\n\nCore capabilities include:\n\n- **Module discovery** Locate Python modules and packages within a project.\n- **Static introspection** Parse docstrings, signatures, and object\n hierarchies using the ``griffe`` library without executing the code.\n- **Public API filtering** Exclude private members (names prefixed with\n ``_``) to produce clean public documentation structures.\n\n---",
"objects": {
"GriffeLoader": {
"name": "GriffeLoader",
"kind": "class",
"path": "docforge.loaders.GriffeLoader",
"signature": "<bound method Alias.signature of Alias('GriffeLoader', 'docforge.loaders.griffe_loader.GriffeLoader')>",
"docstring": "Loads Python modules and extracts documentation using the Griffe introspection engine.",
"docstring": "Load Python modules using Griffe and convert them into doc-forge models.\n\nThis loader uses the Griffe introspection engine to analyze Python source\ncode and transform the extracted information into ``Project``, ``Module``,\nand ``DocObject`` instances used by doc-forge.",
"members": {
"load_project": {
"name": "load_project",
"kind": "function",
"path": "docforge.loaders.GriffeLoader.load_project",
"signature": "<bound method Alias.signature of Alias('load_project', 'docforge.loaders.griffe_loader.GriffeLoader.load_project')>",
"docstring": "Load multiple modules and combine them into a single Project models.\n\nArgs:\n module_paths: A list of dotted paths to the modules to load.\n project_name: Optional name for the project. Defaults to the first module name.\n skip_import_errors: If True, modules that fail to import will be skipped.\n\nReturns:\n A Project instance containing the loaded modules."
"docstring": "Load multiple modules and assemble them into a Project model.\n\nEach module path is introspected and converted into a ``Module``\ninstance. All modules are then aggregated into a single ``Project``\nobject.\n\nArgs:\n module_paths: List of dotted module import paths to load.\n project_name: Optional override for the project name. Defaults\n to the top-level name of the first module.\n skip_import_errors: If True, modules that fail to load will be\n skipped instead of raising an error.\n\nReturns:\n A populated ``Project`` instance containing the loaded modules.\n\nRaises:\n ValueError: If no module paths are provided.\n ImportError: If a module fails to load and\n ``skip_import_errors`` is False."
},
"load_module": {
"name": "load_module",
"kind": "function",
"path": "docforge.loaders.GriffeLoader.load_module",
"signature": "<bound method Alias.signature of Alias('load_module', 'docforge.loaders.griffe_loader.GriffeLoader.load_module')>",
"docstring": "Load a single module and convert its introspection data into the docforge models.\n\nArgs:\n path: The dotted path of the module to load.\n\nReturns:\n A Module instance."
"docstring": "Load and convert a single Python module.\n\nThe module is introspected using Griffe and then transformed into\na doc-forge ``Module`` model.\n\nArgs:\n path: Dotted import path of the module.\n\nReturns:\n A populated ``Module`` instance."
}
}
},
@@ -32,14 +32,14 @@
"kind": "function",
"path": "docforge.loaders.discover_module_paths",
"signature": "<bound method Alias.signature of Alias('discover_module_paths', 'docforge.loaders.griffe_loader.discover_module_paths')>",
"docstring": "Discover all Python modules under a package via filesystem traversal.\n\nRules:\n- Directory with __init__.py is treated as a package.\n- Any .py file is treated as a module.\n- All paths are converted to dotted module paths.\n\nArgs:\n module_name: The name of the package to discover.\n project_root: The root directory of the project. Defaults to current working directory.\n\nReturns:\n A sorted list of dotted module paths."
"docstring": "Discover Python modules within a package directory.\n\nThe function scans the filesystem for ``.py`` files inside the specified\npackage and converts them into dotted module import paths.\n\nDiscovery rules:\n\n- Directories containing ``__init__.py`` are treated as packages.\n- Each ``.py`` file is treated as a module.\n- Results are returned as dotted import paths.\n\nArgs:\n module_name: Top-level package name to discover modules from.\n project_root: Root directory used to resolve module paths. If not\n provided, the current working directory is used.\n\nReturns:\n A sorted list of unique dotted module import paths.\n\nRaises:\n FileNotFoundError: If the specified package directory does not exist."
},
"griffe_loader": {
"name": "griffe_loader",
"kind": "module",
"path": "docforge.loaders.griffe_loader",
"signature": null,
"docstring": "This module provides the GriffeLoader, which uses the 'griffe' library to\nintrospect Python source code and populate the doc-forge Project models.",
"docstring": "Utilities for loading and introspecting Python modules using Griffe.\n\nThis module provides the ``GriffeLoader`` class and helper utilities used to\ndiscover Python modules, introspect their structure, and convert the results\ninto doc-forge documentation models.",
"members": {
"logging": {
"name": "logging",
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
"kind": "class",
"path": "docforge.loaders.griffe_loader.Module",
"signature": "<bound method Alias.signature of Alias('Module', 'docforge.models.Module')>",
"docstring": "Represents a documented Python module or package.\n\nAttributes:\n path: Dotted import path of the module.\n docstring: Module-level docstring content.\n members: Dictionary mapping object names to their DocObject representations.",
"docstring": "Representation of a documented Python module or package.\n\nA ``Module`` stores metadata about the module itself and maintains a\ncollection of top-level documentation objects discovered during\nintrospection.\n\nAttributes:\n path: Dotted import path of the module.\n docstring: Module-level documentation string, if present.\n members: Mapping of object names to their corresponding\n ``DocObject`` representations.",
"members": {
"path": {
"name": "path",
@@ -130,21 +130,21 @@
"kind": "function",
"path": "docforge.loaders.griffe_loader.Module.add_object",
"signature": "<bound method Alias.signature of Alias('add_object', 'docforge.models.module.Module.add_object')>",
"docstring": "Add a documented object to the module.\n\nArgs:\n obj: The object to add."
"docstring": "Add a documented object to the module.\n\nArgs:\n obj: Documentation object to register as a top-level\n member of the module."
},
"get_object": {
"name": "get_object",
"kind": "function",
"path": "docforge.loaders.griffe_loader.Module.get_object",
"signature": "<bound method Alias.signature of Alias('get_object', 'docforge.models.module.Module.get_object')>",
"docstring": "Retrieve a member object by name.\n\nArgs:\n name: The name of the object.\n\nReturns:\n The requested DocObject."
"docstring": "Retrieve a documented object by name.\n\nArgs:\n name: Name of the object to retrieve.\n\nReturns:\n The corresponding ``DocObject`` instance.\n\nRaises:\n KeyError: If no object with the given name exists."
},
"get_all_objects": {
"name": "get_all_objects",
"kind": "function",
"path": "docforge.loaders.griffe_loader.Module.get_all_objects",
"signature": "<bound method Alias.signature of Alias('get_all_objects', 'docforge.models.module.Module.get_all_objects')>",
"docstring": "Get all top-level objects in the module.\n\nReturns:\n An iterable of DocObject instances."
"docstring": "Return all top-level documentation objects in the module.\n\nReturns:\n An iterable of ``DocObject`` instances representing the\n module's public members."
}
}
},
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
"kind": "class",
"path": "docforge.loaders.griffe_loader.Project",
"signature": "<bound method Alias.signature of Alias('Project', 'docforge.models.Project')>",
"docstring": "Represents a documentation project, serving as a container for modules.\n\nAttributes:\n name: Name of the project.\n modules: Dictionary mapping module paths to Module instances.",
"docstring": "Representation of a documentation project.\n\nA ``Project`` serves as the root container for all modules discovered during\nintrospection. Each module is stored by its dotted import path.\n\nAttributes:\n name: Name of the project.\n modules: Mapping of module paths to ``Module`` instances.",
"members": {
"name": {
"name": "name",
@@ -174,28 +174,28 @@
"kind": "function",
"path": "docforge.loaders.griffe_loader.Project.add_module",
"signature": "<bound method Alias.signature of Alias('add_module', 'docforge.models.project.Project.add_module')>",
"docstring": "Add a module to the project.\n\nArgs:\n module: The module to add."
"docstring": "Register a module in the project.\n\nArgs:\n module: Module instance to add to the project."
},
"get_module": {
"name": "get_module",
"kind": "function",
"path": "docforge.loaders.griffe_loader.Project.get_module",
"signature": "<bound method Alias.signature of Alias('get_module', 'docforge.models.project.Project.get_module')>",
"docstring": "Retrieve a module by its dotted path.\n\nArgs:\n path: The dotted path of the module (e.g., 'pkg.mod').\n\nReturns:\n The requested Module."
"docstring": "Retrieve a module by its dotted path.\n\nArgs:\n path: Fully qualified dotted module path (for example ``pkg.module``).\n\nReturns:\n The corresponding ``Module`` instance.\n\nRaises:\n KeyError: If the module does not exist in the project."
},
"get_all_modules": {
"name": "get_all_modules",
"kind": "function",
"path": "docforge.loaders.griffe_loader.Project.get_all_modules",
"signature": "<bound method Alias.signature of Alias('get_all_modules', 'docforge.models.project.Project.get_all_modules')>",
"docstring": "Get all modules in the project.\n\nReturns:\n An iterable of Module objects."
"docstring": "Return all modules contained in the project.\n\nReturns:\n An iterable of ``Module`` instances."
},
"get_module_list": {
"name": "get_module_list",
"kind": "function",
"path": "docforge.loaders.griffe_loader.Project.get_module_list",
"signature": "<bound method Alias.signature of Alias('get_module_list', 'docforge.models.project.Project.get_module_list')>",
"docstring": "Get the list of all module dotted paths.\n\nReturns:\n A list of module paths."
"docstring": "Return the list of module import paths.\n\nReturns:\n A list containing the dotted paths of all modules in the project."
}
}
},
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
"kind": "class",
"path": "docforge.loaders.griffe_loader.DocObject",
"signature": "<bound method Alias.signature of Alias('DocObject', 'docforge.models.DocObject')>",
"docstring": "Represents a documented Python object (class, function, method, etc.).\n\nAttributes:\n name: Local name of the object.\n kind: Type of object (e.g., 'class', 'function', 'attribute').\n path: Full dotted import path to the object.\n signature: Callable signature, if applicable.\n docstring: Raw docstring content extracted from the source.\n members: Dictionary mapping member names to their DocObject representations.",
"docstring": "Representation of a documented Python object.\n\nA ``DocObject`` models a single Python entity discovered during\nintrospection. Objects may contain nested members, allowing the structure\nof modules, classes, and other containers to be represented recursively.\n\nAttributes:\n name: Local name of the object.\n kind: Type of object (for example ``class``, ``function``,\n ``method``, or ``attribute``).\n path: Fully qualified dotted path to the object.\n signature: Callable signature if the object represents a callable.\n docstring: Raw docstring text extracted from the source code.\n members: Mapping of member names to child ``DocObject`` instances.",
"members": {
"name": {
"name": "name",
@@ -253,21 +253,21 @@
"kind": "function",
"path": "docforge.loaders.griffe_loader.DocObject.add_member",
"signature": "<bound method Alias.signature of Alias('add_member', 'docforge.models.object.DocObject.add_member')>",
"docstring": "Add a child member to this object (e.g., a method to a class).\n\nArgs:\n obj: The child DocObject to add."
"docstring": "Add a child documentation object.\n\nThis is typically used when attaching methods to classes or\nnested objects to their parent containers.\n\nArgs:\n obj: Documentation object to add as a member."
},
"get_member": {
"name": "get_member",
"kind": "function",
"path": "docforge.loaders.griffe_loader.DocObject.get_member",
"signature": "<bound method Alias.signature of Alias('get_member', 'docforge.models.object.DocObject.get_member')>",
"docstring": "Retrieve a child member by name.\n\nArgs:\n name: The name of the member.\n\nReturns:\n The requested DocObject."
"docstring": "Retrieve a member object by name.\n\nArgs:\n name: Name of the member to retrieve.\n\nReturns:\n The corresponding ``DocObject`` instance.\n\nRaises:\n KeyError: If the member does not exist."
},
"get_all_members": {
"name": "get_all_members",
"kind": "function",
"path": "docforge.loaders.griffe_loader.DocObject.get_all_members",
"signature": "<bound method Alias.signature of Alias('get_all_members', 'docforge.models.object.DocObject.get_all_members')>",
"docstring": "Get all members of this object.\n\nReturns:\n An iterable of child DocObject instances."
"docstring": "Return all child members of the object.\n\nReturns:\n An iterable of ``DocObject`` instances representing nested members."
}
}
},
@@ -282,29 +282,29 @@
"name": "discover_module_paths",
"kind": "function",
"path": "docforge.loaders.griffe_loader.discover_module_paths",
"signature": "<bound method Function.signature of Function('discover_module_paths', 23, 62)>",
"docstring": "Discover all Python modules under a package via filesystem traversal.\n\nRules:\n- Directory with __init__.py is treated as a package.\n- Any .py file is treated as a module.\n- All paths are converted to dotted module paths.\n\nArgs:\n module_name: The name of the package to discover.\n project_root: The root directory of the project. Defaults to current working directory.\n\nReturns:\n A sorted list of dotted module paths."
"signature": "<bound method Function.signature of Function('discover_module_paths', 26, 73)>",
"docstring": "Discover Python modules within a package directory.\n\nThe function scans the filesystem for ``.py`` files inside the specified\npackage and converts them into dotted module import paths.\n\nDiscovery rules:\n\n- Directories containing ``__init__.py`` are treated as packages.\n- Each ``.py`` file is treated as a module.\n- Results are returned as dotted import paths.\n\nArgs:\n module_name: Top-level package name to discover modules from.\n project_root: Root directory used to resolve module paths. If not\n provided, the current working directory is used.\n\nReturns:\n A sorted list of unique dotted module import paths.\n\nRaises:\n FileNotFoundError: If the specified package directory does not exist."
},
"GriffeLoader": {
"name": "GriffeLoader",
"kind": "class",
"path": "docforge.loaders.griffe_loader.GriffeLoader",
"signature": "<bound method Class.signature of Class('GriffeLoader', 65, 224)>",
"docstring": "Loads Python modules and extracts documentation using the Griffe introspection engine.",
"signature": "<bound method Class.signature of Class('GriffeLoader', 76, 264)>",
"docstring": "Load Python modules using Griffe and convert them into doc-forge models.\n\nThis loader uses the Griffe introspection engine to analyze Python source\ncode and transform the extracted information into ``Project``, ``Module``,\nand ``DocObject`` instances used by doc-forge.",
"members": {
"load_project": {
"name": "load_project",
"kind": "function",
"path": "docforge.loaders.griffe_loader.GriffeLoader.load_project",
"signature": "<bound method Function.signature of Function('load_project', 79, 115)>",
"docstring": "Load multiple modules and combine them into a single Project models.\n\nArgs:\n module_paths: A list of dotted paths to the modules to load.\n project_name: Optional name for the project. Defaults to the first module name.\n skip_import_errors: If True, modules that fail to import will be skipped.\n\nReturns:\n A Project instance containing the loaded modules."
"signature": "<bound method Function.signature of Function('load_project', 97, 144)>",
"docstring": "Load multiple modules and assemble them into a Project model.\n\nEach module path is introspected and converted into a ``Module``\ninstance. All modules are then aggregated into a single ``Project``\nobject.\n\nArgs:\n module_paths: List of dotted module import paths to load.\n project_name: Optional override for the project name. Defaults\n to the top-level name of the first module.\n skip_import_errors: If True, modules that fail to load will be\n skipped instead of raising an error.\n\nReturns:\n A populated ``Project`` instance containing the loaded modules.\n\nRaises:\n ValueError: If no module paths are provided.\n ImportError: If a module fails to load and\n ``skip_import_errors`` is False."
},
"load_module": {
"name": "load_module",
"kind": "function",
"path": "docforge.loaders.griffe_loader.GriffeLoader.load_module",
"signature": "<bound method Function.signature of Function('load_module', 117, 130)>",
"docstring": "Load a single module and convert its introspection data into the docforge models.\n\nArgs:\n path: The dotted path of the module to load.\n\nReturns:\n A Module instance."
"signature": "<bound method Function.signature of Function('load_module', 146, 162)>",
"docstring": "Load and convert a single Python module.\n\nThe module is introspected using Griffe and then transformed into\na doc-forge ``Module`` model.\n\nArgs:\n path: Dotted import path of the module.\n\nReturns:\n A populated ``Module`` instance."
}
}
}