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Move Generated Files to Docusaurus

This guide shows how to move the Markdown files generated by Just Doc It into your Docusaurus site.

Where the plugin writes files​

After you run Just Doc It → Export Docs from the Content Browser, the output is written here:

<YourProject>/Saved/JustDocIt/Docusaurus/

Inside you’ll see:

/index.md                   # master index of all materials
/<MaterialName>/index.md    # material page (defaults)
/<MaterialName>/*.md        # instance pages (overrides only)

Each page already includes Docusaurus front‑matter (id/title/sidebar_position), so you can drop them straight into your site.

Option A — Manual copy (quickest)​

Copy the entire folder into your Docusaurus docs (recommend a materials category):

<YourDocusaurusRepo>/
  docs/
    materials/
      index.md
      <MaterialName>/
        index.md
        <Instance>.md

Then update your sidebars.js (or rely on autogenerated sidebars if you use them). Example:

sidebars.js
module.exports = {
  docsSidebar: [
    {
      type: 'category',
      label: 'Materials',
      collapsed: false,
      items: [
        // Docusaurus will auto-include nested docs if you use autogenerated sidebars,
        // otherwise you can list docs or categories explicitly.
        { type: 'autogenerated', dirName: 'materials' }
      ],
    },
  ],
};

Option B — Scripted copy (repeatable)​

Windows (PowerShell)​

$src = "C:\Path\To\UEProject\Saved\JustDocIt\Docusaurus"
$dst = "C:\Path\To\YourDocusaurusRepo\docs\materials"

# Create destination if missing
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $dst | Out-Null

# Mirror copy (overwrites changed files, removes deleted)
robocopy $src $dst /MIR

macOS/Linux (bash)​

SRC="/path/to/UEProject/Saved/JustDocIt/Docusaurus/"
DST="/path/to/YourDocusaurusRepo/docs/materials/"

mkdir -p "$DST"
rsync -av --delete "$SRC" "$DST"

Add these as npm scripts in your Docusaurus repo if you like:

{
  "scripts": {
    "pull-material-docs": "rsync -av --delete ../UEProject/Saved/JustDocIt/Docusaurus/ ./docs/materials/",
    "docusaurus": "docusaurus start"
  }
}

That’s it—after copy/sync, run your Docusaurus site as usual:

npm run start
# or
npm run build