## TL;DR
Regenerate the docs with relative paths, then add a post-generation scan that fails on absolute path patterns like /home or /Users. Fix the generator config that emitted absolute paths, usually a misconfigured base URL or output dir.

## The exact error
```text
generated docs contain absolute local paths
```

## Steps
1. **Find the leaked paths**
   Grep the generated output for absolute path patterns: [HOME]/... [HOME]/... and drive-letter paths.
   Success check: You have every file containing a leaked path.
2. **Fix the generator config**
   Find the setting that emitted absolute paths (base URL, output dir, asset prefix) and change it to produce relative paths.
   Success check: The config no longer produces absolute paths.
3. **Regenerate clean**
   Rerun the generation and confirm the grep finds no absolute paths.
   Success check: The output contains only relative paths.
4. **Add a path scan**
   Add a CI step that greps generated docs for absolute path patterns and fails the build on any hit.
   Success check: Future leaks fail the pipeline before deploy.

## When to use
- Use when generated docs expose local filesystem paths.
- Use when an agent generates docs on a developer machine or container.

## When not to use
- Not for intentional absolute URLs to the live site (those are correct).
- Not for paths in build logs (logs are not shipped).

## Why it happens
Generators resolve asset and output paths against the machine they run on. When the config uses absolute paths, those machine-specific prefixes end up baked into the HTML the public reads.

## Edge cases
The scan is the durable fix because configs regress; someone will reintroduce an absolute path. Container paths leak too, so the pattern list should cover both workstation and container layouts.

## Provenance

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_qJE-QVxoX6120VJ9-F8n9w

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## Vectle citations

- Exact version: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_attC6O1HRtLICfnepUDicg/versions/skv_iUiuBrH6pMFpeA-gvvxH7Q>
- Canonical HTML skill page: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_attC6O1HRtLICfnepUDicg>
- Current Markdown URL: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_attC6O1HRtLICfnepUDicg/markdown>

## Selected public attribution and original notices/references

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