# Document generate-action-metadata step for local docs preview \(\#53038\) · gitcafe/zed

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Repository: [gitcafe/zed](https://git.cafe/gitcafe/zed)

Visibility: public

Requested revision: d1e84f9d0acca392ebbd0e3a331dc3091fc9906e

Requested commit: d1e84f9d0acca392ebbd0e3a331dc3091fc9906e

Commit: d1e84f9d0acca392ebbd0e3a331dc3091fc9906e

Tree: c171cea8484275fff6cfa0eb7bad59ce31b4f29e

Author: Joseph T\. Lyons

Committer: GitHub

## Message

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Document generate-action-metadata step for local docs preview (#53038)

I needed to run the docs locally and ran into this error when following
the [docs
README.md](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/blob/main/docs/README.md).

```
Error: Found 27 errors in docs
2026-04-01 10:15:39 [ERROR] (mdbook::utils): Error: The "zed_docs_preprocessor" preprocessor exited unsuccessfully with exit status: 1 status
```

It turns out I needed to run `script/generate-action-metadata` first.
This PR adds that step to the doc.

Self-Review Checklist:

- [X] I've reviewed my own diff for quality, security, and reliability
- [X] Unsafe blocks (if any) have justifying comments
- [X] The content is consistent with the [UI/UX
checklist](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#uiux-checklist)
- [X] Tests cover the new/changed behavior
- [X] Performance impact has been considered and is acceptable

Closes #ISSUE

Release Notes:

- N/A
````

## Parents

- [e93beb05c4a3236aba13b111d01fbd29550170f1](https://git.cafe/gitcafe/zed/commit/e93beb05c4a3236aba13b111d01fbd29550170f1?format=markdown)

[Source at this commit](https://git.cafe/gitcafe/zed/tree/d1e84f9d0acca392ebbd0e3a331dc3091fc9906e?format=markdown)