Redocly / Redocly/redocly-cli

Document the difference between `redoc`, `redoc-cli`, and `@redocly/cli` packages

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Description

I'm a new user reading the documentation for the first time. I don't understand the relationship between

Are some of these deprecated? redoc says it can "Generate interactive API documentation from OpenAPI definitions", but so can npx @redocly/cli build-docs. However, I don't see any build-docs command on this page: https://redocly.com/docs/cli/commands/

Which should I use to generate html documentation from openapi spec?

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Research direction

Start with the linked documentation pages and the npm pages for redoc, redoc-cli, and @redocly/cli. Verify how the packages relate, whether any are deprecated, and where the HTML-generation command is documented. Done means the documentation clearly explains which package and command a new user should use to generate HTML from an OpenAPI specification.

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Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
cli, documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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