Public Docs

Public docs let readers access published workspace content without signing in. A workspace serves anonymous readers only when its access mode is Public (set in Admin > Settings > Publishing); the Internal and Private modes are covered in Workspaces.

Platform subdomain

Each organization gets a ContextOwl docs host. Use it when you do not need a custom domain yet.

https://{assigned-subdomain}.contextowl.co

The ContextOwl product docs live at:

https://docs.contextowl.co

Developer docs live at:

https://developer.contextowl.co

Custom domains

Open Admin > Settings > Organization to add a domain like docs.example.com. ContextOwl gives you a DNS TXT value. After verification, the domain can serve your public docs.

Sitemap and robots.txt

Public docs include crawler surfaces:

Private, locked, encrypted, archived, and unpublished pages are excluded.

Press Ctrl/Cmd + K to open search. It covers the articles visible to the current visitor, so public readers only search public content. Results show a snippet with matched terms highlighted and a % match score. Use the TEXT / SEMANTIC toggle (or press Alt+R) to rank results by exact text or by meaning; semantic ranking needs an embeddings provider and otherwise falls back to text.

Search learns from use. When people and agents open a page after similar searches, that page ranks higher, and its result says opened after similar searches. The toggle then reads TEXT + LEARNED or SEMANTIC + LEARNED. An agent key counts once, and a reader counts once a day. A page moves after 3 keys, or 3 readers on one day, open it. A signal loses half its weight every 30 days. The exact text order of the toggle leaves learning out. To turn learning off for a workspace, open Admin > Settings > Publishing and turn off Search learning.

Reader tools

Every published page gives readers a few ways to take the content with them: