Education & Content$5K-20K MRRLow competition1-3 Monthsnew

DocLint

Catch broken links, outdated screenshots, and style violations in your docs.

The Problem

Technical documentation rots. Links break, screenshots show old UIs, API examples use deprecated endpoints, and style guide rules are ignored. Docs drift from reality faster than anyone can manually audit.

The Solution

A CI tool that lints your documentation. Checks for broken links, validates code examples, compares screenshots against live UI, and enforces style rules (terminology, formatting, voice). Runs on every PR.

Key Signals

MRR Potential

$5K-20K

Competition

Low

Build Time

1-3 Months

Search Trend

emerging

Market Timing

Developer experience is a competitive advantage. Documentation quality directly affects adoption and retention of developer products.

MVP Feature List

  1. 1Broken link detection
  2. 2Code example validation
  3. 3Style guide enforcement
  4. 4GitHub PR comments
  5. 5Markdown/MDX support

Suggested Tech Stack

Node.jsGitHub APIPuppeteerOpenAI API

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Replit Agent

Full-stack MVP app

Build a full-stack MVP for "DocLint". PRODUCT Catch broken links, outdated screenshots, and style violations in your docs.

Bolt.new

Next.js prototype

Create a working prototype of "DocLint". OVERVIEW Catch broken links, outdated screenshots, and style violations in your docs.

v0 by Vercel

Marketing landing page

Design a high-converting marketing landing page for "DocLint". PRODUCT DocLint: Catch broken links, outdated screenshots, and style violations in your docs.

Go-to-Market Strategy

Open-source the link checker for community adoption. Monetize the full platform (style enforcement, screenshot validation, analytics). Target DevTools companies and API-first businesses.

Target Audience

Developer RelationsTechnical WritersDevTools Companies

Monetization

SaaS Subscription

Competitive Landscape

Vale handles prose linting. Markdownlint checks formatting. Nothing combines link checking, code validation, and screenshot comparison in one tool. The bundled solution is the value.

Why Now?

Developer experience is king. Bad docs cost real revenue in churned developers. AI makes screenshot comparison and style enforcement practical at scale.

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