# JSDoc JavaScript API Documentation Generator

> JSDoc is the standard API documentation generator for JavaScript. It parses specially-formatted comments in JavaScript source code to produce HTML documentation pages. With 15,000+ GitHub stars and millions of npm downloads, it is the most widely adopted JavaScript documentation tool and the foundation of the JSDoc comment standard used across the entire JS ecosystem.

- Skill: `agentskillexchange/jsdoc-javascript-api-documentation-generator` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add agentskillexchange/jsdoc-javascript-api-documentation-generator`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/agentskillexchange/jsdoc-javascript-api-documentation-generator/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Web & Frontend
- Author: agentskillexchange (https://skillmd.com/u/agentskillexchange)
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/agentskillexchange/jsdoc-javascript-api-documentation-generator

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# JSDoc JavaScript API Documentation Generator

JSDoc is the standard API documentation generator for JavaScript. It parses specially-formatted comments in JavaScript source code to produce HTML documentation pages. With 15,000+ GitHub stars and millions of npm downloads, it is the most widely adopted JavaScript documentation tool and the foundation of the JSDoc comment standard used across the entire JS ecosystem.

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- npm install -g jsdoc
- npm install --save-dev jsdoc

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- JSDoc supports stable versions of Node.js 8.15.0 and later. You can install
- To install the latest version on npm globally (might require sudo;

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- JSDoc globally or in your project's node_modules folder.
- [learn how to fix this](https://docs.npmjs.com/resolving-eacces-permissions-errors-when-installing-packages-globally)):
- To install the latest version on npm locally and save it in your package's

- Source: https://github.com/jsdoc/jsdoc
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jsdoc/jsdoc/HEAD/README.md

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/jsdoc-javascript-api-documentation-generator/)