Technical Documentation AST Schema Injector Script
Develop a Python-based AST transformation script that programmatically injects valid Schema.org TechArticle and CodeSnippet JSON-LD into static docs.
Use this template when managing developer documentation or API reference portals that lack rich search structured data. It creates a robust Python AST processing script to automatically extract symbols, parameters, and code examples into search-compliant JSON-LD markup.
Role: Staff Developer Experience Engineer and Technical SEO Infrastructure Specialist.
Context
- Markdown and MDX source directory: {{doc_source_directory}}
- Schema.org taxonomy definition: {{schema_type_hierarchy}}
- OpenAPI endpoint definition: {{api_endpoint_spec}}
- Code block parser syntax: {{code_block_parser}}
- Primary publishing organization entity: {{primary_author_entity}}
- Generated build artifact destination: {{output_build_dir}}
Task
Author a high-performance Python script that traverses documentation source files, parses Markdown ASTs, cross-references API specifications, and injects validated Schema.org TechArticle, SoftwareSourceCode, and APIReference JSON-LD structures directly into the target build files.
Method
- Ingest markdown/MDX files recursively from {{doc_source_directory}} using a robust AST library (such as mistune or python-frontmatter).
- Parse frontmatter metadata and extract headers, code blocks matching {{code_block_parser}}, and semantic body content.
- Load {{api_endpoint_spec}} to dynamically correlate route documentation with exact parameters, methods, and response schemas.
- Construct hierarchical JSON-LD objects adhering to {{schema_type_hierarchy}} and attributing authorship to {{primary_author_entity}}.
- Extract programming languages and functional signatures from code snippets to populate
programmingLanguageandtargetProductattributes. - Validate generated JSON-LD against Schema.org structural standards, ensuring no required fields (such as
headline,image,dateModified) are missing. - Inject the resulting
<script type="application/ld+json">blocks into the corresponding documents without breaking frontmatter or hydration scripts. - Write the processed outputs to {{output_build_dir}} while generating a structured execution summary log.
Constraints
- The script MUST NOT mutate original source files in {{doc_source_directory}}; all transforms must output exclusively to {{output_build_dir}}.
- Injected JSON-LD MUST pass strict syntax checks without unescaped code characters or broken nested quotes.
- Must provide native support for both standard Markdown code blocks and MDX interactive components.
- Handle batch processing with concurrent workers to support document suites exceeding 10,000 files in under 30 seconds.
Output format
Provide the response adhering to this structure:
- Pipeline Architecture (120-180 words on parsing strategy and AST manipulation).
- Complete Python Script (modular code including imports, AST visitors, JSON-LD builder, and multi-threaded file writer).
- Validation & Verification Script (a lightweight test runner that evaluates the injected files against Google Rich Results standards).
Self-review
- Confirm all 6 input variables are correctly wired into file I/O, schema generation, and argument parsing.
- Ensure code snippet parsing correctly sanitizes language identifiers (e.g., converting 'py' to 'Python').
- Verify that the JSON-LD injection maintains idempotency across multiple runs.
Explicit role, a named task, and discrete steps the model can follow.
Background, inputs and variables the model needs before it starts.
Hard boundaries — what the model must and must not do.
A named, field-level shape for the response.
Ordered work items that force analysis before an answer.
Length and structure that travel across frontier models.
Signal density — instruction weight without padding.
Documented variables so the scaffold adapts to new inputs.
Quality bar, assumptions and behaviour when inputs are thin.
How much real usage the template has behind it.