refactor(docs): separate Pages site source (#6176)

* refactor(docs): separate Pages site source

* fix(docs): preserve published guide pages

* fix(ci): run asset ownership tests for site changes

* fix(docs): track future website media

* fix(ci): let Pages deployments finish

* build(deps): update Pages checkout action

* fix(ci): follow moved setup guide

* fix(docs): repair published setup guide

* fix(docs): retarget preview encoder

.dockerignore

@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ secrets.env~
 .idea/
 dev-docs/
 docs/
+website/
+assets/branding/
 *.md
 *.db
 *.sqlite

.github/CODEOWNERS

@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 # A per-area ownership map (security/auth, CI, frontend, agent internals, with
 # multiple named owners per line) is being worked out in issue #593; once
 # agreed it replaces this file. Until then, required reviews and the security
-# CI gate (docs/security-ci.md) remain in force via branch protection.
+# CI gate (website/security-ci.md) remain in force via branch protection.

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
           persist-credentials: false
 
-      # Detect whether this PR only touches documentation files.
+      # Detect whether this PR only touches repository prose outside the Pages site.
       # If so, skip the expensive pytest run while still reporting a passing check.
       - name: Check for docs-only changes
         id: docs-check
@@ -122,9 +122,10 @@ jobs:
             BASE="${{ github.event.before }}"
             HEAD="${{ github.sha }}"
           fi
-          # List all changed files; if every file matches docs/markdown patterns, skip pytest.
+          # Keep website/ and assets/branding/ out of this bypass: pytest owns
+          # regression guards for their published-file and orphan-asset contracts.
           changed=$(git diff --name-only "$BASE" "$HEAD" 2>/dev/null || git diff --name-only HEAD~1 HEAD)
-          non_docs=$(echo "$changed" | grep -Ev '^(docs/|.*\.md$|\.github/[^/]+\.md$)' || true)
+          non_docs=$(echo "$changed" | grep -Ev '^(docs/|[^/]+\.md$|\.github/[^/]+\.md$)' || true)
           if [ -z "$non_docs" ]; then
             echo "docs_only=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
             echo "Docs-only change detected — skipping pytest."

.github/workflows/container-trivy.yml

@@ -23,12 +23,16 @@ on:
     paths-ignore:
       - '**.md'
       - 'docs/**'
+      - 'website/**'
+      - 'assets/branding/**'
       - '.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/**'
   push:
     branches: [main]
     paths-ignore:
       - '**.md'
       - 'docs/**'
+      - 'website/**'
+      - 'assets/branding/**'
       - '.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/**'
   workflow_dispatch:
 

.github/workflows/deploy-pages.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+name: Deploy GitHub Pages
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+    paths:
+      - 'website/**'
+      - '.github/workflows/deploy-pages.yml'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions: {}
+
+concurrency:
+  group: pages
+  cancel-in-progress: false
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Package static site
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      pages: read
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1  # v7.0.1
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+      - uses: actions/configure-pages@45bfe0192ca1faeb007ade9deae92b16b8254a0d  # v6.0.0
+      - uses: actions/jekyll-build-pages@44a6e6beabd48582f863aeeb6cb2151cc1716697  # v1.0.13
+        with:
+          source: website
+          destination: _site
+      - uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@fc324d3547104276b827a68afc52ff2a11cc49c9  # v5.0.0
+        with:
+          path: _site
+
+  deploy:
+    name: Deploy static site
+    needs: build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      pages: write
+      id-token: write
+    environment:
+      name: github-pages
+      url: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.page_url }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
+        id: deployment
+        uses: actions/deploy-pages@cd2ce8fcbc39b97be8ca5fce6e763baed58fa128  # v5.0.0

.github/workflows/docker-publish.yml

@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ on:
     paths-ignore:
       - '**.md'
       - 'docs/**'
+      - 'website/**'
+      - 'assets/branding/**'
       - '.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/**'
 
 concurrency:

.gitignore

@@ -85,6 +85,24 @@ output.txt.txt
 !docs/**/*.gif
 !docs/**/*.webp
 
+# …except shipped website and branding media.
+!website/**/*.jpg
+!website/**/*.jpeg
+!website/**/*.png
+!website/**/*.gif
+!website/**/*.bmp
+!website/**/*.webp
+!website/**/*.tiff
+!website/**/*.pdf
+!assets/branding/**/*.jpg
+!assets/branding/**/*.jpeg
+!assets/branding/**/*.png
+!assets/branding/**/*.gif
+!assets/branding/**/*.bmp
+!assets/branding/**/*.webp
+!assets/branding/**/*.tiff
+!assets/branding/**/*.pdf
+
 # Reports and temp files
 reports/
 tasks/

README.md

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <p align="center">
-  <img src="docs/odysseus-wordmark.png" alt="Odysseus" width="238">
+  <img src="assets/branding/odysseus-wordmark.png" alt="Odysseus" width="238">
 </p>
 
 <p align="center">
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 <p align="center">
   <a href="#quick-start">Quick Start</a> ·
-  <a href="docs/setup.md">Setup Guide</a> ·
+  <a href="website/setup.md">Setup Guide</a> ·
   <a href="CONTRIBUTING.md">Contributing</a> ·
   <a href="ROADMAP.md">Roadmap</a>
 </p>
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 </p>
 
 <p align="center">
-  <img src="docs/odysseus-browser.jpg" alt="Odysseus interface">
+  <img src="assets/branding/odysseus-browser.jpg" alt="Odysseus interface">
 </p>
 
 ---
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ docker compose up -d --build
 
 Open `http://localhost:7000` when the containers are healthy. The first admin password is printed in `docker compose logs odysseus`.
 
-Native installs, GPU notes, Windows/macOS instructions, HTTPS, and configuration live in the [setup guide](docs/setup.md).
+Native installs, GPU notes, Windows/macOS instructions, HTTPS, and configuration live in the [setup guide](website/setup.md).
 
 ## Features
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Native installs, GPU notes, Windows/macOS instructions, HTTPS, and configuration
 
 ## Demo
 
-A full hover-to-play tour lives on the landing page: [`docs/index.html`](docs/index.html).
+A full hover-to-play tour lives on the [Odysseus landing page](https://odysseus-dev.github.io/odysseus/). Its source lives under [`website/`](website/).
 
 ## Contributing
 
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Odysseus is a self-hosted workspace with powerful local tools. Keep auth enabled
 - Keep `AUTH_ENABLED=true` for any network-accessible deployment.
 - Keep `LOCALHOST_BYPASS=false` outside local development.
 
-Deployment details are in the [setup guide](docs/setup.md#security-notes).
+Deployment details are in the [setup guide](website/setup.md#security-notes).
 
 ## Star History
 

build-macos-app.sh

@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@ echo "  port:        $PORT"
 rm -rf "$APP"
 mkdir -p "$APP/Contents/MacOS" "$APP/Contents/Resources"
 
-# ── Icon (best effort) — center-crop docs/odysseus.jpg to a square .icns ──
-if [ -f "$REPO_DIR/docs/odysseus.jpg" ] && command -v sips >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+# ── Icon (best effort) — center-crop the branding image to a square .icns ──
+if [ -f "$REPO_DIR/assets/branding/odysseus.jpg" ] && command -v sips >/dev/null 2>&1; then
   TMPIMG="$(mktemp -d)"
   # Center-crop to a square, scale to 512 (sips' icns encoder caps at 512), and
   # let sips emit the .icns directly — more robust across macOS versions than
   # building an .iconset by hand.
-  sips -c 720 720 "$REPO_DIR/docs/odysseus.jpg" --out "$TMPIMG/sq.png" >/dev/null 2>&1 || cp "$REPO_DIR/docs/odysseus.jpg" "$TMPIMG/sq.png"
+  sips -c 720 720 "$REPO_DIR/assets/branding/odysseus.jpg" --out "$TMPIMG/sq.png" >/dev/null 2>&1 || cp "$REPO_DIR/assets/branding/odysseus.jpg" "$TMPIMG/sq.png"
   sips -z 512 512 "$TMPIMG/sq.png" --out "$TMPIMG/icon.png" >/dev/null 2>&1
   if sips -s format icns "$TMPIMG/icon.png" --out "$APP/Contents/Resources/odysseus.icns" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     echo "  icon:        odysseus.icns"
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ if [ -f "$REPO_DIR/docs/odysseus.jpg" ] && command -v sips >/dev/null 2>&1; then
   fi
   rm -rf "$TMPIMG"
 else
-  echo "  icon:        (skipped — no docs/odysseus.jpg)"
+  echo "  icon:        (skipped — no assets/branding/odysseus.jpg)"
 fi
 
 # ── Info.plist ──

scripts/encode_previews.sh

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # Encode a source screen-recording (.mkv) into web-optimized preview clips for
-# the landing page: docs/<name>.webm (VP9) + docs/<name>.mp4 (H.264).
+# the landing page: website/<name>.webm (VP9) + website/<name>.mp4 (H.264).
 #
 #   ./encode_previews.sh <input> <name> [max_secs]
 #
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ set -euo pipefail
 IN="${1:?input file}"
 NAME="${2:?output basename}"
 MAX="${3:-30}"
-OUT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/../docs" && pwd)"
+OUT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/../website" && pwd)"
 
 dur=$(ffprobe -v error -show_entries format=duration -of csv=p=0 "$IN" | cut -d. -f1)
 dur=${dur:-0}

tests/test_docs_no_orphan_images.py

@@ -1,30 +1,39 @@
-"""Regression guard for issue #1335 — PR review screenshots were committed into
-docs/ (docs/a11y/*.png from #738, docs/gallery-314-*.png from #644) where they
-served no purpose: nothing in the repo referenced them, so they just showed up
-as "random images" in the doc folder.
+"""Repository asset ownership guards for issues #1335 and #6175.
 
-This test fails if any image under docs/ is orphaned — present in the tree but
-referenced by no tracked text file. The intended doc assets (the README hero
-image and the feature preview clips) are referenced, so they pass; a stray
-screenshot dropped in by a future PR would not.
+Public Markdown and landing-page media belong in website/, while shared
+README/packaging imagery belongs in assets/branding/. Images in either managed
+root must be referenced by tracked text, and every tracked website video must
+be referenced by the site's entry point.
 """
+import re
 import subprocess
 from pathlib import Path
+from urllib.parse import urlsplit
 
 import pytest
 
 REPO = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
 IMAGE_EXTS = {".png", ".jpg", ".jpeg", ".gif", ".webp", ".bmp"}
+VIDEO_EXTS = {".webm", ".mp4", ".mov", ".m4v"}
+PUBLIC_GUIDES = {
+    "agent-migration.md",
+    "attachments.md",
+    "backup-restore.md",
+    "email-outlook.md",
+    "pr-blocker-audit.md",
+    "security-ci.md",
+    "setup.md",
+}
 # Files a referenced image name could legitimately appear in.
 TEXT_EXTS = {".md", ".html", ".htm", ".js", ".ts", ".css", ".py", ".sh",
              ".json", ".yml", ".yaml", ".txt"}
 
 
-def _tracked(paths_under):
-    """Git-tracked files under a path, or None if git isn't available."""
+def _tracked(*paths_under):
+    """Git-tracked files under paths, or None if git isn't available."""
     try:
         out = subprocess.run(
-            ["git", "ls-files", paths_under],
+            ["git", "ls-files", "--", *paths_under],
             cwd=REPO, capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=30,
         )
     except (OSError, subprocess.SubprocessError):
@@ -34,12 +43,14 @@ def _tracked(paths_under):
     return [REPO / line for line in out.stdout.splitlines() if line.strip()]
 
 
-def test_no_orphan_images_in_docs():
-    docs_images = _tracked("docs")
-    if docs_images is None:
+def test_no_orphan_documentation_or_branding_images():
+    managed_files = _tracked("website", "assets/branding")
+    if managed_files is None:
         pytest.skip("not a git checkout")
-    docs_images = [p for p in docs_images if p.suffix.lower() in IMAGE_EXTS]
-    assert docs_images, "expected docs/ to still contain referenced doc assets"
+    managed_images = [p for p in managed_files if p.suffix.lower() in IMAGE_EXTS]
+    assert any("assets/branding" in p.as_posix() for p in managed_images), (
+        "expected assets/branding/ to contain the shared project imagery"
+    )
 
     # All tracked text we might reference an image from.
     all_tracked = _tracked(".") or []
@@ -55,10 +66,117 @@ def test_no_orphan_images_in_docs():
 
     orphans = [
         str(img.relative_to(REPO))
-        for img in docs_images
+        for img in managed_images
         if img.name not in blob
     ]
     assert not orphans, (
-        "unreferenced image(s) committed under docs/ — likely PR screenshots "
-        f"added by accident (see #1335): {orphans}"
+        "unreferenced image(s) committed under website/ or assets/branding/ "
+        f"(see #1335 and #6175): {orphans}"
     )
+
+
+def test_pages_site_owns_its_entrypoint_and_media():
+    docs_files = _tracked("docs")
+    website_files = _tracked("website")
+    if docs_files is None or website_files is None:
+        pytest.skip("not a git checkout")
+
+    assert REPO / "website/index.html" in website_files
+    assert REPO / "docs/index.html" not in docs_files
+    assert not [p for p in docs_files if p.suffix.lower() in VIDEO_EXTS | {".md"}]
+
+    website_paths = {p.relative_to(REPO / "website").as_posix() for p in website_files}
+    assert PUBLIC_GUIDES <= website_paths
+    for guide in PUBLIC_GUIDES:
+        text = (REPO / "website" / guide).read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+        assert text.startswith("---\nlayout: default\n---\n"), guide
+
+    website_videos = [p for p in website_files if p.suffix.lower() in VIDEO_EXTS]
+    assert website_videos, "expected website/ to contain the landing-page videos"
+
+    entrypoint = (REPO / "website/index.html").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    unreferenced = [
+        str(video.relative_to(REPO))
+        for video in website_videos
+        if video.name not in entrypoint
+    ]
+    assert not unreferenced, f"unreferenced website video(s): {unreferenced}"
+
+    workflow = (REPO / ".github/workflows/deploy-pages.yml").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    assert "actions/jekyll-build-pages@" in workflow
+    assert "source: website" in workflow
+    assert "destination: _site" in workflow
+    assert "path: _site" in workflow
+    assert "cancel-in-progress: false" in workflow
+
+
+def test_pages_guides_keep_relative_links_inside_site():
+    site_root = (REPO / "website").resolve()
+
+    for guide in sorted(PUBLIC_GUIDES):
+        guide_path = REPO / "website" / guide
+        text = guide_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+        for target in re.findall(r"\]\(([^)]+)\)", text):
+            parsed = urlsplit(target)
+            if parsed.scheme or parsed.netloc or not parsed.path:
+                continue
+
+            resolved = (guide_path.parent / parsed.path).resolve()
+            assert resolved.is_relative_to(site_root), (
+                f"{guide} links outside the Pages source: {target}"
+            )
+            assert resolved.exists(), f"{guide} has a missing local link: {target}"
+
+
+def test_setup_preserves_docker_go_template_literal():
+    setup = (REPO / "website/setup.md").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    guarded_command = """<!-- {% raw %} -->
+```bash
+docker info --format '{{.DockerRootDir}}'
+```
+<!-- {% endraw %} -->"""
+
+    assert guarded_command in setup
+
+
+def test_preview_encoder_targets_pages_source():
+    encoder = (REPO / "scripts/encode_previews.sh").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+
+    assert "landing page: website/<name>.webm" in encoder
+    assert 'OUT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/../website" && pwd)"' in encoder
+
+
+def test_ci_runs_asset_ownership_guards_for_managed_roots():
+    workflow = (REPO / ".github/workflows/ci.yml").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    match = re.search(r"grep -Ev '([^']+)'", workflow)
+    assert match, "expected the docs-only path classifier in CI"
+    docs_only = re.compile(match.group(1))
+
+    assert docs_only.match("README.md")
+    assert docs_only.match("docs/example.md")
+    assert not docs_only.match("website/setup.md")
+    assert not docs_only.match("website/new-preview.webm")
+    assert not docs_only.match("assets/branding/new-logo.png")
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "path",
+    [
+        "website/favicon.png",
+        "website/media/social-card.jpg",
+        "website/guides/reference.pdf",
+        "assets/branding/new-logo.gif",
+        "assets/branding/print/logo.tiff",
+    ],
+)
+def test_managed_site_media_is_not_ignored(path):
+    result = subprocess.run(
+        ["git", "check-ignore", "--no-index", "--quiet", path],
+        cwd=REPO,
+        capture_output=True,
+        text=True,
+        timeout=30,
+    )
+    if result.returncode == 128:
+        pytest.skip("not a git checkout")
+    assert result.returncode == 1, f"{path} is unexpectedly ignored"

tests/test_kokoro_optional_requirements.py

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def test_kokoro_feature_markers_match_supported_python_range(python_version, sel
 
 
 def test_setup_documents_container_constraint_and_install_command():
-    setup = (ROOT / "docs" / "setup.md").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    setup = (ROOT / "website" / "setup.md").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
 
     assert "pip install -r requirements-optional.txt" in setup
     assert "default Docker image currently uses Python 3.14" in setup

tests/test_security_regressions.py

@@ -123,10 +123,10 @@ def test_docker_compose_binds_web_ui_to_loopback_by_default():
 
 
 def test_readme_native_quickstart_uses_loopback():
-    # The README refresh (#4306) moved the native quickstart into docs/setup.md,
+    # The Pages source split (#6175) moved the native quickstart into website/setup.md,
     # so accept the loopback guidance from either the README or the setup guide.
     docs = Path("README.md").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
-    docs += "\n" + Path("docs/setup.md").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    docs += "\n" + Path("website/setup.md").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
     assert "python -m uvicorn app:app --host 127.0.0.1 --port 7000" in docs
     assert "0.0.0.0` only when you intentionally want" in docs
 

tests/test_setup_admin_user.py

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def test_create_default_admin_normalizes_env_username(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
 def test_main_loads_admin_password_from_env_file(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
     """Regression: setup.py must honor an admin password pre-seeded in .env on
     native installs, even when the var is not exported into the shell
-    (docs/setup.md documents this). Previously setup.py never called
+    (website/setup.md documents this). Previously setup.py never called
     load_dotenv(), so os.getenv() saw nothing and a random password was
     generated instead."""
     import bcrypt

website/_config.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+title: Odysseus
+description: A self-hosted AI workspace for chat, agents, tools, and local models.
+theme: jekyll-theme-primer
+
+plugins:
+  - jekyll-relative-links
+
+relative_links:
+  enabled: true
+  collections: true

website/agent-migration.md

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+---
+layout: default
+---
+
 # Agent migration manifests
 
 Odysseus should be able to learn from another agent without blindly trusting

website/attachments.md

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+---
+layout: default
+---
+
 # Attachment References and Upload Storage
 
 Odysseus stores uploaded bytes once under the configured upload directory and

website/backup-restore.md

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+---
+layout: default
+---
+
 # Backup & Restore
 
 Odysseus keeps all of your state in the `data/` directory — the SQLite database

website/email-outlook.md

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+---
+layout: default
+---
+
 # Outlook / Office 365 email accounts
 
 Odysseus email accounts currently use IMAP and SMTP with username/password

website/pr-blocker-audit.md

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+---
+layout: default
+---
+
 # PR Blocker Audit
 
 `scripts/pr_blocker_audit.py` is a small, read-only triage helper for maintainers who need to inspect open pull request overlap before reviewing or starting related work.

website/security-ci.md

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+---
+layout: default
+---
+
 # Security CI guide
 
 This project runs a set of automated security checks on pull requests and

website/setup.md

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+---
+layout: default
+---
+
 # Odysseus Setup Guide
 
 This page keeps the detailed install, deployment, troubleshooting, and configuration notes out of the front README.
@@ -15,8 +19,7 @@ On first setup, Odysseus creates an admin account (`admin` unless
 For Docker installs, the same line is in `docker compose logs odysseus`.
 Use that for the first login, then change it in **Settings**.
 
-Contributing? See [CONTRIBUTING.md](../CONTRIBUTING.md) for setup, testing, and
-pull request guidelines.
+Contributing? See [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/odysseus-dev/odysseus/blob/dev/CONTRIBUTING.md) for setup, testing, and pull request guidelines.
 
 ### Docker (recommended)
 ```bash
@@ -205,9 +208,11 @@ failed to fulfil mount request: open /usr/lib/wsl/lib/libdxcore.so: no such file
 
 Check with `snap list docker` or:
 
+<!-- {% raw %} -->
 ```bash
 docker info --format '{{.DockerRootDir}}'
 ```
+<!-- {% endraw %} -->
 
 A Docker root under `/var/snap/docker/` means snap confinement can prevent
 Docker from seeing WSL2's `/usr/lib/wsl/lib` GPU libraries even when the files
@@ -476,7 +481,7 @@ uv pip sync requirements.lock                          # reproduce it exactly la
 ### Outlook / Office 365 email
 Odysseus email accounts currently use IMAP/SMTP username-password auth. Outlook
 and Microsoft 365 generally require OAuth instead, so normal Microsoft mailbox
-passwords will fail. See [docs/email-outlook.md](docs/email-outlook.md) for the
+passwords will fail. See [the Outlook email guide](email-outlook.md) for the
 current limitation and the planned integration direction.
 
 ## Security Notes
@@ -733,7 +738,7 @@ src/       llm_core, agent_loop, agent_tools, chat_processor, search/
 routes/    chat, session, document, memory, model … endpoints
 services/  docs, memory, search, hwfit (Cookbook) …
 static/    index.html + app.js + style.css + js/ (modular front-end)
-docs/      landing page (index.html) + preview clips
+website/   landing page (index.html) + preview clips
 ```
 
 ## Data