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* docs: migrate from mkdocs to mdbook

- Rename old mkdocs docs/ to old-docs/ for reference
- Set up new docs/ with mdbook (book.toml + src/ tree)
- Mirror full nav structure from mkdocs.yml into SUMMARY.md
- Add Justfile-docs with docs-serve, docs-build, docs-check, docs-install recipes
- Import Justfile-docs from root Justfile
- Rewrite .github/workflows/docs.yml: build step uses taiki-e/install-action
  to install mdbook, split into separate build + deploy jobs, PR builds
  run the check step too

* ci(docs): pin actions to SHAs, install mdbook via release binary

* ci(docs): install mdbook from apt instead of curling a release binary

* dev: replace mkdocs python stack with mdbook in dev image

* ci(docs): apt only works on Debian; restore release binary install for Ubuntu CI

* docs: fix duplicate file entries in SUMMARY.md

* docs: remove docs-install recipe

* docs: remove site-url from book.toml to fix asset loading

* dev: install mdbook from upstream release binary, not Debian apt

The Debian package (0.4.x+ds) strips bundled font assets, leaving the
built site without fonts/fonts.css. Use the upstream tarball (same as CI)
so the theme is complete. Handles x86_64 and aarch64.

* docs: vendor mdbook tarballs in dev/mdbook/, install from there

Dockerfile.dev uses COPY + tar to install the right arch at build time.
CI extracts the x86_64 tarball directly from the checkout.
No network access required for either — and no stripped-fonts Debian package.

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# Documentation Guide
The documentation component of Tachi powers the website you're currently viewing. Hi!
## Pre-Setup
You must have [Setup a local dev environment](../setup.md) in order to work nicely with the docs!
## Component Overview
All of the content for this component is inside the `docs/` folder.
It contains another folder, inconveniently called `docs/`, which contains all of the markdown files that are our documentation.
There's another folder called `includes/`, which contains some things that are constantly
referenced throughout the documentation.
At the top level, there's `mkdocs.yml` which configures how our documentation works later.
## Software Overview
We use [MKDocs Material](https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material/) for our documentation.
It extends markdown a bit to let us add things like admonitions and references.
Their documentation is **incredibly** good, so check their stuff out there if you want to see what features are available.
Other than that, our documentation is [markdown](https://www.markdownguide.org/basic-syntax/). If you know how to format a discord message, you know how to write documentation!
## Running the Documentation
Use `just docs start` inside Tachi to start up a local documentation viewer on http://localhost:8001.
This will automatically refresh when you edit anything related to the documentation, so you can quickly see how your stuff goes.
## A bit about mkdocs.yml
MKDocs has only one configuration file -- `mkdocs.yml`. This is a [YAML](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YAML) file that configures the documentation we output.
It also manages the order of pages on the site. **You need to edit this if you're adding new pages! They aren't automatically added!**
## Contributing Back
It's just documentation. Make the changes and commit them up, ideally with `docs:` as the commit prefix.
That is to say: your commit messages should look like `docs: fixed typo in API route`.