Quickstart

Follow these simple steps to generate your first local wiki with Davia.

Prerequisites

Before installing the Davia CLI, make sure you have Node.js and npm installed. You can install them from the official Node.js downloads page.

Installation

1. Install Davia CLI

   Install the Davia CLI globally so you can run Davia commands from any project:

   npm i -g davia
   

   You can run this command from anywhere on your machine.

2. Initialize Davia with your coding agent

   Inside your project, initialize Davia and tell it which AI coding agent you’re using:

   Cursor

   davia init --agent=cursor
   

   davia init --agent=claude-code
   

   davia init --agent=github-copilot
   

   davia init --agent=open-code
   

   davia init --agent=windsurf
   

   If you don’t want to link your IDE’s agent, simply run davia init.

3. Generate documentation with your AI agent

   Open your AI coding agent in this repository and ask it to document your codebase using Davia.

   For example, you might say:

   Generate an interactive documentation for this project,
   include visualizations and editable whiteboards.
   

   Your agent will use Davia’s paradigm to create interactive documents (diagrams, flows, and editable spaces) directly from your code and project structure.

4. View your documentation locally

   Once your agent has generated the documentation, open the Davia workspace to visualize the generated wiki:

   davia open
   

   This will open the workspace in your browser. If the page doesn’t load immediately, simply refresh your browser tab and the doc should appear.

5. Sync your workspace to the cloud

   When you’re happy with the local wiki, push it to the cloud so you can collaborate with your team in real time:

   davia push
   

   This command will:

   • Ask you to log in if you haven’t already (via a browser window)
   • Create a new workspace for your project
   • Upload your generated documentation
   • Open the cloud workspace in your browser

See Davia in action!

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Not yet supported: updating an existing cloud workspace you’ve already pushed.
For now, each davia push creates a new workspace. Support for updating an existing workspace is coming soon.