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Documentation for the OpenSAFELY platform

Stars: 48
Forks: 10
Open beginner issues: 0
Indexed issues: 71
Avg merge: 2d 19h
Merged PRs (30d): 17

Dominant language: Python
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Last GitHub push: Sep 16, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 20, 2026
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71 open issues indexed

Address `ruff` formatting issues for local development Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 85/100

opensafely/documentation#2051 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 2, 2026
Log search queries in Analytics Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

opensafely/documentation#2046 · Opened Aug 25, 2026
Spike: how to improve search in OS docs Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 45/100

opensafely/documentation#2041 · Opened Aug 19, 2026
Enhancement request: Update docs about Installing Docker Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 68/100

opensafely/documentation#2035 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 11, 2026
Update frequency of database builds Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 84/100

opensafely/documentation#2028 · Opened Aug 4, 2026
Extending output checking guidance to make requests easier to review Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 78/100

opensafely/documentation#2017 · 9 comments · Opened Jul 30, 2026
Unpin `click` Open

Difficulty 2/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 72/100

opensafely/documentation#2006 · Opened Jul 8, 2026
Explain the status labels for an Action in Job Server Open

job-ux

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 68/100

opensafely/documentation#2000 · Opened Jun 26, 2026
Use `import codelists` in our code samples Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

opensafely/documentation#1931 · Opened Mar 9, 2026
Switch over to use `uv` Open

deck scrubbing

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

opensafely/documentation#1886 · Opened Dec 17, 2025
Migrate away from Material for MkDocs Open

deck scrubbing

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

opensafely/documentation#1885 · 4 comments · Opened Dec 17, 2025
Use `update-dependencies-action` for Python dependencies Open

deck scrubbing

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

opensafely/documentation#1884 · Opened Dec 17, 2025
Spike: how to improve the docs search functionality Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

opensafely/documentation#1860 · 2 comments · Opened Oct 20, 2025
Explain non-COVID restrictions in Data Sources docs Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

opensafely/documentation#1851 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 14, 2025
Improve signposting to OS exec in our docs Open

Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 68/100

opensafely/documentation#1645 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 10, 2024
Remove csv.gz from ehrql tutorials and how-tos Open

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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

opensafely/documentation#1610 · 3 comments · Opened Aug 29, 2024
Suggestions for improving the OpenSafely documentation Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

opensafely/documentation#1592 · Opened Aug 5, 2024
Update links to example research code where that code is old and unmaintained Open

improve content

opensafely/documentation#1573 · 6 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Jul 17, 2024
More Git guidance Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

opensafely/documentation#1567 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 10, 2024
[WIP] Keeping Git branches in sync with job-server workspaces Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

opensafely/documentation#1507 · 1 comment · Opened May 3, 2024
Check anchor links Open

deck scrubbing

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

opensafely/documentation#1500 · 4 comments · Opened Apr 30, 2024
Investigate why link check doesn't catch broken URLs in the ehrQL documentation Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

opensafely/documentation#1403 · Opened Dec 7, 2023
Organise source files better Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

opensafely/documentation#1400 · Opened Nov 30, 2023
Update Getting Started guide to use `core` tables and not `tpp` Open

improve content

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

opensafely/documentation#1399 · Opened Nov 29, 2023
MkDocs build is slow Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

opensafely/documentation#1397 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Nov 29, 2023
Test ehrQL dataset definitions that are outside of the core ehrQL documentation Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

opensafely/documentation#1373 · Opened Nov 7, 2023
Check ehrQL content with Vale Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

opensafely/documentation#1310 · Opened Aug 10, 2023
Check links in ehrQL included snippet files Open

enhancement

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

opensafely/documentation#1288 · Opened Jul 26, 2023
Try restructuring the documentation content hierarchy Open

improve content

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

opensafely/documentation#1277 · 2 comments · Opened Jul 18, 2023
Consider using mkdocs-redirects plugin over Cloudflare redirects Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

opensafely/documentation#1207 · Opened May 2, 2023
Revisit instructions to install Anaconda Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 42/100

opensafely/documentation#1172 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 24, 2023
Introduce link check on pull requests Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

opensafely/documentation#1165 · Opened Mar 14, 2023
Add a Pilot's Manual page Open

opensafely/documentation#1103 · 2 assignees · Opened Jan 20, 2023
Update the documentation on small number suppression Open

improve content

opensafely/documentation#1039 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Nov 23, 2022
Improve accessibility Open

improve content

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

opensafely/documentation#1007 · Opened Oct 25, 2022
Update instructions for publishing your GitHub repo Open

improve content

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 48/100

opensafely/documentation#979 · Opened Sep 29, 2022
Link data source docs to database builds reports? Open

improve content

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 35/100

opensafely/documentation#975 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 23, 2022
Add high cost drugs to data sources Open

new content

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 42/100

opensafely/documentation#974 · Opened Sep 23, 2022
Consider running the `pre-commit` checks in build workflow Open

enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

opensafely/documentation#945 · Opened Sep 7, 2022
Enable site preview for Dependabot builds Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

opensafely/documentation#930 · 4 comments · Opened Aug 31, 2022
Consider implementing Material for MkDocs feedback option Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

opensafely/documentation#916 · Opened Aug 16, 2022
Tidy installation guides Open

improve content

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

opensafely/documentation#811 · Opened Jun 16, 2022
Ensure screenshots are optimised Open

enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

opensafely/documentation#805 · Opened Jun 15, 2022
Update screenshots regularly Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

opensafely/documentation#804 · 2 comments · Opened Jun 15, 2022
Add a date or commit ID somewhere to published HTML Open

enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

opensafely/documentation#762 · 3 comments · Opened Jun 1, 2022
Consolidate best practice documentation Open

improve content new content

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

opensafely/documentation#732 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · Opened May 19, 2022
Improve URL structure Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

opensafely/documentation#717 · 6 comments · Opened May 10, 2022
Decouple this Repo from cohortextractor Open

enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

opensafely/documentation#705 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened May 4, 2022
Add section providing advice on reducing RAM use Open

new content

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 58/100

opensafely/documentation#688 · Opened Apr 12, 2022
Add a checklist for users to work against before the co-pilot period Open

new content

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 35/100

opensafely/documentation#682 · Opened Apr 7, 2022

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