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LLM-friendly single-file documentation template for phpDocumentor.

Generates documentation in a format optimized for Large Language Models (LLMs) context input.

Output

This template generates two files:

Installation

composer require --dev cyto/phpdocumentor-llms

Usage

Command Line

phpdoc --directory=src --target=docs --template="vendor/cyto/phpdocumentor-llms/themes/llms"

Configuration File (phpdoc.xml)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<phpdocumentor configVersion="3">
    <template name="vendor/cyto/phpdocumentor-llms/themes/llms"/>
</phpdocumentor>

Composer Script

{
    "scripts": {
        "docs:llms": "phpdoc --directory=src --target=docs --template='vendor/cyto/phpdocumentor-llms/themes/llms'"
    }
}

Then run:

composer docs:llms

Example Output

llms.txt (Index)

# My Project

> API Documentation for My Project

## Overview

This documentation covers the following namespaces:

- `\App\Controller` (5 classes)
- `\App\Service` (3 classes)
- `\App\Repository` (2 classes, 1 interfaces)

## Classes

- `\App\Controller\UserController`: Handles user-related HTTP requests
- `\App\Service\AuthService`: Authentication and authorization service
...

llms-full.txt (Full Documentation)

# My Project - Full API Documentation

> Complete API documentation for My Project

---

## \App\Controller\UserController

Handles user-related HTTP requests

- **Type**: Class
- **Extends**: `\App\Controller\AbstractController`

### Methods

#### index()

\`\`\`php
public index(): Response
\`\`\`

Returns list of all users.

**Returns:** Response - JSON response with user list

---
...

Use Cases

• AI Code Assistants: Feed API documentation as context to Claude, GPT, etc.
• RAG Systems: Single file is easier to chunk and index
• Code Reviews: Quick reference for understanding project structure

Related

• llms.txt specification
• phpDocumentor
• saggre/phpdocumentor-markdown - Markdown template (this project was inspired by)

License

MIT