Plugin Docs CLI: Extract TOC headings at build time

packages/plugin-docs-cli/src/scanner.test.ts

@@ -54,13 +54,26 @@ describe('scanDocsFolder', () => {
     expect(pages[2].file).toBe('advanced.md');
   });
 
-  it('should not include headings in page objects', async () => {
+  it('should extract h2/h3 headings into page objects', async () => {
     const result = await scanDocsFolder(testDocsPath);
 
-    const pages = result.manifest.pages;
-    for (const page of pages) {
-      expect(page).not.toHaveProperty('headings');
-    }
+    const configPage = result.manifest.pages.find((p: Page) => p.slug === 'config');
+    const settingsPage = configPage?.children?.find((p: Page) => p.slug === 'config/settings');
+
+    expect(settingsPage?.headings).toEqual([
+      { level: 2, text: 'General Settings', id: 'general-settings' },
+      { level: 3, text: 'Display Name', id: 'display-name' },
+      { level: 2, text: 'Advanced Settings', id: 'advanced-settings' },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('should omit headings on pages without h2/h3 content', async () => {
+    const result = await scanDocsFolder(testDocsPath);
+
+    // home.md has only an h1, no h2/h3 — field should be omitted
+    const homePage = result.manifest.pages.find((p: Page) => p.slug === 'home');
+    expect(homePage).toBeDefined();
+    expect(homePage).not.toHaveProperty('headings');
   });
 
   it('should throw error when no valid markdown files found', async () => {

packages/plugin-docs-cli/src/scanner.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,13 @@ import { join, relative, parse, sep } from 'node:path';
 import GithubSlugger from 'github-slugger';
 import matter from 'gray-matter';
 import createDebug from 'debug';
-import type { Manifest, Page, MarkdownFiles, Frontmatter } from '@grafana/plugin-docs-parser';
+import {
+  parseMarkdown,
+  type Manifest,
+  type Page,
+  type MarkdownFiles,
+  type Frontmatter,
+} from '@grafana/plugin-docs-parser';
 
 const debug = createDebug('plugin-docs-cli:scanner');
 
@@ -226,6 +232,13 @@ function treeToPages(node: TreeNode): Page[] {
         file: child.file.relativePath,
       };
 
+      // extract h2/h3 headings via the canonical parser pipeline so heading
+      // IDs in the manifest match the IDs rendered at serve time
+      const { headings } = parseMarkdown(child.file.content);
+      if (headings.length > 0) {
+        page.headings = headings;
+      }
+
       // if this file has children (folder with same name), add them
       if (child.children.size > 0) {
         page.children = treeToPages(child);

packages/plugin-docs-parser/src/types.ts

@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ export interface Page {
    */
   file: string;
 
+  /**
+   * Optional headings (h2, h3) extracted from the page's markdown body.
+   * Present only on pages backed by a real file; omitted on category nodes.
+   */
+  headings?: Heading[];
+
   /**
    * Optional nested child pages.
    */