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How it works

Three steps to your health report

Paste your docs URL, let AI detect staleness signals, and get actionable results — no repo required.

Step 01

Paste your docs URL

Drop in the URL of your public docs site — API reference, SDK guide, developer portal, anything. Mintlify, ReadMe, GitBook, custom domains — all supported. No repo needed.

Step 02

AI analyzes your docs

We crawl every page, detect staleness signals — outdated dates, placeholder content, version inconsistencies, broken references — then run AI analysis on each page.

Step 03

Get your report

Receive a full health report: page-by-page freshness scores, categorized findings, and prioritized recommendations. Shareable link included.

Sample report

Here's what you'll discover

A real audit from a popular open-source project. Names changed to protect the guilty.

Docs Health Audit — acme/payments-api
Drifting
Overall Health Score
64/100
Needs attention — 23 pages drifting
Total Pages
70
Last Commit
2h ago
Docs Updated
11 days
Critical Issues
6
/api/v2/webhooks
CriticalEndpoint removed in v2.4
/api/v2/payments/refund
CriticalNew required param missing
/guides/authentication
HighOAuth flow updated
/guides/rate-limiting
MediumNew tier limits
/api/v2/customers
/guides/quickstart
+ 64 more pages in full report

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What the audit checks

Each page is analyzed by AI against common freshness signals — no repo access required.

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Last-updated timestamps
Detects pages with no recent activity
⚠️
Outdated terminology
Flags deprecated APIs, old product names
🔗
Broken references
Spots links to removed or renamed features
📋
Content gaps
Identifies missing or thin coverage areas
FAQ

Common questions

What do you need access to?

Just your public docs site URL — nothing else. We crawl only the publicly accessible pages of your documentation. No repo access, no tokens, no OAuth, no code needed.

Is any of my data stored?

We store only the audit results (page scores, staleness findings, recommendations) for 30 days so you can share the report link. We do not store your docs content permanently.

How long does the audit take?

Most audits complete in 1–3 minutes depending on the size of your docs site. If you provide your email, we'll send you the results link when it's ready.

What does 'Current', 'Needs Review', and 'Stale' mean?

Current means the page appears fresh based on available signals. Needs Review means the page shows potential staleness indicators that warrant a manual check. Stale means the page has clear signals of being outdated — old dates, placeholder content, or deprecated references.

Do I need an account to run an audit?

No. The free audit is completely standalone — no sign-up, no login, no credit card. If you want continuous monitoring tied to your code changes, that's the paid product.

How is this different from the paid product?

The free audit analyzes your docs in isolation — it looks for staleness signals in the docs themselves. The paid product connects to your repository and detects drift at the moment a PR is merged, mapping exact code changes to specific docs pages. It's the difference between a one-time health check and continuous, code-aware monitoring.

what comes next

The audit shows you the problem. The paid product prevents it.

The free audit finds staleness in your docs as they stand today. DocsCanary's paid monitoring connects to your repo and catches drift the moment a PR merges — before any customer sees it.

Free Audit

A snapshot of today

  • Page-by-page staleness scores
  • Health score out of 100
  • Prioritized findings
  • Shareable report link
  • No repo connection needed
  • One-time only
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Paid Monitoring

Continuous protection

  • Alerts on every merged PR
  • Exact pages flagged per PR
  • AI-generated doc fixes
  • Slack + email alerts
  • Dashboard with full history
  • Catches drift before customers do
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