# rspress-description-generator

A skill that fills in the description frontmatter field on Rspress pages that lack one. Useful when the docs site has grown and meta descriptions are missing in places.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 498 installs · ★ 97
- Author: rstackjs
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/rstackjs/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/rspress-description-generator/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/rspress-description-generator

## What it does

The skill globs `**/*.md` and `**/*.mdx` under the docs root and inspects each page's frontmatter. Pages that already carry a non-empty `description` are skipped. For the rest it writes a 50–160 character plain-text description in the language of the content. Home pages with `pageType: home` get their text from `hero.text`, `hero.tagline` or the features list instead of the body.

It starts by locating the Rspress config (`rspress.config.ts`, `.js`, `.mjs` or `.cjs`) and reading the `root` option. When `root` is absent, the `docs` folder next to the config is used. i18n projects are handled per language directory, so `en/` and `zh/` pages get descriptions in their own language. New fields go after `title`; files without a frontmatter block get one created. Descriptions containing colons or quotes are wrapped in double quotes, otherwise the YAML breaks.

Excluded from the scan: `node_modules`, build output (`doc_build`, `.rspress`, `dist`), `_meta.json` and `_nav.json`, plus `**/shared/**` folders, which hold snippets rather than pages. On larger sites the skill suggests parallel agent calls grouped by directory, then a second pass to catch anything missed.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add rstackjs/agent-skills --skill rspress-description-generator -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/rspress-description-generator/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/rspress-description-generator/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add rstackjs/agent-skills --skill rspress-description-generator -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/rspress-description-generator/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add rstackjs/agent-skills --skill rspress-description-generator -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/rspress-description-generator/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install rstackjs/agent-skills rspress-description-generator
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/rspress-description-generator/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add rstackjs/agent-skills --skill rspress-description-generator -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/rstackjs/agent-skills --path skills/rspress-description-generator
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/rspress-description-generator/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add rstackjs/agent-skills --skill rspress-description-generator -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/rstackjs/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/rspress-description-generator/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- fill in descriptions across a large Rspress docs site
- refresh SEO metadata for every page
- add frontmatter to a new md file that has none
- keep descriptions in the right language per i18n directory
- leave pages with existing descriptions untouched

## Example prompts
- scan the Rspress docs and add description where it's missing
- update meta descriptions for every page under docs/guide
- list the pages in docs that still have no description

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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````text
---
name: rspress-description-generator
description: Generate missing description frontmatter for Rspress Markdown/MDX pages, including new docs pages and site-wide SEO metadata updates.
---

# Rspress description generator

The `description` field in Rspress frontmatter generates `<meta name="description" content="...">` tags, which are used for search engine snippets, social media previews, and AI-oriented formats like llms.txt.

## Step 1 — locate the docs root

1. Find the Rspress config file. Search for `rspress.config.ts`, `.js`, `.mjs`, or `.cjs`. It may be at the project root or inside a subdirectory like `website/`.
2. Read the config and extract the `root` option.
   - The value might be a plain string (`root: 'docs'`) or a JS expression (`root: path.join(__dirname, 'docs')`). In either case, determine the resolved directory path.
   - If `root` is set, resolve it relative to the config file's directory.
   - If `root` is not set, default to `docs` relative to the config file's directory.
3. Confirm the directory exists. If neither `docs` nor the configured root exists, check for `doc` as a fallback.

## Step 2 — detect i18n structure

Rspress i18n projects place language subdirectories (e.g., `en/`, `zh/`) directly under the docs root:

```
docs/
├── en/
│   ├── guide/
│   └── index.md
└── zh/
    ├── guide/
    └── index.md
```

Check if the docs root contains language subdirectories (two-letter codes like `en`, `zh`, `ja`, `ko`, etc.). If so, process each language directory separately — the description language should match the content language.

If there are no language subdirectories, treat the entire docs root as a single-language site.

## Step 3 — scan and process files

Glob for `**/*.md` and `**/*.mdx` under the docs root. Exclude:

- `node_modules`, build output (`doc_build`, `.rspress`, `dist`)
- `_meta.json` / `_nav.json` (sidebar/nav config files, not doc pages)
- `**/shared/**` directories (reusable snippets included via `@import`, not standalone pages)

For each file:

1. **Read the file.**
2. **Check for existing `description` in frontmatter.** If it exists and is non-empty, skip.
````
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