Content Mentor (formerly known as DocuMentor) is an internal Microsoft AI-assisted tool to author and publish content on Microsoft platforms. It helps internal content creators improve their documentation with AI-powered suggestions, content conversion, and best practices.
Installation
Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
Content Mentor is a Visual Studio Code extension that provides AI-powered assistance for authoring, editing, and managing Markdown and YAML content, especially for Microsoft Learn and documentation scenarios. It integrates with GitHub Copilot Chat and offers a wide range of productivity features for content creators.
Key Features
AI Chat Participant: Adds a @content-mentor chat participant to Copilot Chat, providing domain-specific help for documentation tasks.
Content Suggestions: Use AI to suggest quick or detailed edits, improvements based on customer feedback, and engagement or SEO enhancements.
Metadata Generation: Automatically generate or update metadata such as title, description, customer intent, and ms.date fields.
Markdown Auto-Fix: One-click command to automatically fix common Markdown formatting issues (lists, images, tables, links, alerts, spacing, and more) with customizable rules.
Link Validation: Detect and validate all links in documents, checking for broken URLs, timeouts, and redirects with detailed reporting.
Word to Markdown Conversion: Convert Word documents (.docx) to Markdown directly within VS Code.
Table of Contents (TOC) Management: Visual TOC tree view for managing documentation structure, including adding, moving, and deleting TOC items.
Redirects and File Management: Easily create redirects, move files with automatic redirect creation, and find unreferenced files.
Feedback Integration: View and send feedback, including UUF (User Update Feedback) integration.
Prompt Library: Access a library of reusable prompts for common documentation tasks.
Social Media Suggestions: Generate content suggestions for social media sharing.
Release Plan Guidance: Get AI-powered suggestions for release plans and product overviews.
Keyboard Shortcuts: Quickly manage TOC items and other features with built-in keybindings.
