---
title: "JSDoc JavaScript API Documentation Generator"
description: "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."
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/jsdoc/jsdoc"
category:
  - "Library & API Reference"
framework:
  - "Custom Agents"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "jsdoc/jsdoc"
  github_stars: 15426
  npm_package: "jsdoc"
  npm_weekly_downloads: 2663272
---

# 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

Choose whichever fits your setup:

1. Copy this skill folder into your local skills directory.
2. Clone the repo and symlink or copy the skill into your agent workspace.
3. Add the repo as a git submodule if you manage shared skills centrally.
4. Install it through your internal provisioning or packaging workflow.
5. Download the folder directly from GitHub and place it in your skills collection.

## Source

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