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  Docsy is a React/Vite–Node.js system on Cloud Run integrating Gemini, Firestore, Google Docs/Drive, and a TeX service.

Inspiration

Technical documentation is everywhere, but collaboration around it is surprisingly fragile.

Developers write documentation in many formats — Markdown, HTML, LaTeX, and more.
When teams work together, these differences quickly create friction: updates are missed, formats drift, and documentation becomes inconsistent.

We wanted to build a tool that removes this friction and lets teams focus on writing knowledge — not managing formats.

What it does

Docsy is an AI-powered documentation editor that unifies multiple document formats into a single workflow.

Instead of rewriting documents for different systems, users can write once and seamlessly convert between Markdown, HTML, LaTeX, and structured formats.

Docsy also includes an intelligent AI agent powered by Gemini that understands document context across files and suggests updates before applying them — keeping documentation consistent while leaving final control to the user.

How we built it

Docsy combines three core components:

• Multi-format document parsing to interpret Markdown, HTML, and LaTeX structures
  
• A unified document representation layer that allows seamless conversion between formats
  
• An AI assistant powered by Gemini that analyzes document context and proposes updates

This architecture allows users to edit, convert, and maintain documentation within a single environment.

Challenges we ran into

One major challenge was preserving structure and meaning when converting between formats.

Markdown, HTML, and LaTeX represent document structure in fundamentally different ways, so maintaining consistency across conversions required careful parsing and design.

Another challenge was designing AI assistance that supports users without replacing human control — ensuring that every AI suggestion is transparent and reviewable.

What we learned

This project showed us how complex documentation workflows can become when tools and formats are fragmented.

We learned that combining structured document systems with AI assistance can dramatically simplify collaboration and maintenance.

Docsy demonstrates how intelligent tooling can transform documentation from a maintenance burden into a collaborative knowledge system.

Built With

• cloud-run
• firebase
• firestore
• gemini
• html
• javascript
• node.js
• react
• tiptap
• typescript
• vertex
• vite