Automating VBCS Documentation with AI — A Node.js CLI Tool
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Documentation is one of those tasks every developer knows is important… but rarely enjoys doing. Especially in Oracle Visual Builder (VBCS) projects — pages, flows, business objects, REST endpoints — it quickly becomes repetitive.
So, I decided to build a small Node.js CLI utility that automatically extracts metadata from a VBCS export and converts it into a clean documentation format.
And the best part? 👇
✨ This tool was built by AI to help generate documentation using AI ✨
What This Tool Does
Extracts metadata from a VBCS application export for Business Objects, Service Connection, Variables, Event Listeners etc.
Uses AI internally to summarize certain components like JS Functions, HTML Summary and Action Chain Summary.
Generates structured Markdown documentation.
Runs fully locally as a CLI.
Built by VIBE Coding
Even without deep Node.js knowledge, I built this tool efficiently using VIBE Coding. In this case I used Qwen3-Coder as it was free with generous limits.
It enabled:
Real-time code generation
Iterative refinement through prompts
Faster development workflow
No deep framework expertise required
It felt like pairing with an expert developer 🤝
Demo Video
I created a walkthrough video if you want to see the tool in action 👇
