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How to Verify and Monitor Your Documentation Deployment

This guide shows you how to verify your deployed documentation site and monitor deployment health using DocuMCP's built-in tools.

Quick Setup​

# Verify your deployment:
"verify my GitHub Pages deployment and check for issues"

Deployment Verification Overview​

DocuMCP provides deployment verification and health monitoring capabilities:

Verification Features​

  • Deployment Status: Check if GitHub Pages deployment succeeded
  • Site Accessibility: Verify your site is reachable
  • Content Validation: Check documentation accuracy and links
  • Build Health: Monitor deployment pipeline health

Health Monitoring​

  • Deployment Analytics: Track success/failure rates over time
  • Build Time Monitoring: Monitor deployment performance
  • Error Detection: Identify common deployment issues

Setup Methods​

Method 1: Deployment Verification​

# Verify deployment status:
"verify my GitHub Pages deployment and check for issues"

This will:

  1. Check GitHub Pages deployment status
  2. Verify site accessibility
  3. Validate documentation links
  4. Check content accuracy
  5. Generate health report

Method 2: Content Validation​

# Check documentation links:
"check all my documentation links for broken references"

Step 2: Content Accuracy​

# Validate content accuracy:
"validate my documentation content for errors and inconsistencies"

Step 3: Deployment Health​

# Check deployment health:
"analyze my deployment health and provide recommendations"

Deployment Health Monitoring​

Using MCP Tools​

// Check deployment verification
import { verifyDeployment } from "./dist/tools/verify-deployment.js";

const verification = await verifyDeployment({
  repository: "username/repo-name",
  url: "https://username.github.io/repo-name",
});

// Check documentation links
import { checkDocumentationLinks } from "./dist/tools/check-documentation-links.js";

const linkCheck = await checkDocumentationLinks({
  documentation_path: "./docs",
  check_external_links: true,
  check_internal_links: true,
});

Key Health Indicators​

  • Deployment Success: GitHub Pages build status
  • Link Health: Broken/working link ratio
  • Content Accuracy: Documentation validation score
  • Build Performance: Deployment time trends

Troubleshooting​

Common Issues​

Problem: Deployment verification fails Solution: Check GitHub Pages settings and repository permissions

Problem: Link checker reports false broken links Solution: Verify external link accessibility and adjust timeout settings

Problem: Content validation shows low accuracy Solution: Review code examples and update outdated documentation

Problem: Health score seems low Solution: Analyze deployment failures and optimize configurations

Advanced Configuration​

Custom Validation​

# validation-config.yml
validation:
  links:
    timeout: 30s
    check_external: true
    check_internal: true
  content:
    accuracy_threshold: 70
    include_code_validation: true
  deployment:
    health_threshold: 80
    track_build_times: true

Integration Options​

  • GitHub Actions: Automated validation in CI/CD workflows
  • MCP Tools: Direct integration with documcp verification tools
  • Custom Scripts: Tailored monitoring solutions

Best Practices​

  1. Set Realistic Thresholds: Avoid alert fatigue
  2. Monitor Key Pages: Focus on critical documentation
  3. Regular Reviews: Check metrics weekly
  4. Automated Responses: Set up auto-healing where possible

Next Steps​