Default the public catalog to colored PDFs

Render published markdown with pandoc + WeasyPrint (indigo tables, dark code). Home page links to PDFs with a top-right switch to Markdown indexes. Serve CONSOLE.pdf from the operator console.
2026-09-11 14:23:19 -04:00 · 2026-09-11 14:23:19 -04:00 · 5ad3222def
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--- a/packages/overview/INDEX.md
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@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Documentation index

-Read **high-level first**, then **architecture**, then the rest. Live catalog: https://zapier.georgelambert.org/
+Read **high-level first**, then **architecture**, then the rest. Live catalog (PDF by default): https://zapier.georgelambert.org/ — [Markdown indexes](https://zapier.georgelambert.org/index-md.html)

-Operator console (loopback): http://127.0.0.1:3850/
+Operator console (loopback): http://127.0.0.1:3850/ · [CONSOLE.pdf](https://zapier.georgelambert.org/packages/verae-fleet/docs/CONSOLE.pdf)

 ## 1. High-level (non-technical)

@ -24,25 +24,25 @@ Operator console (loopback): http://127.0.0.1:3850/
 | Address routing | [06-address-routing.md](06-address-routing.md) |
 | External resources | [07-external-resources.md](07-external-resources.md) |
 | Diagrams | [08-diagrams.md](08-diagrams.md) |
-| Catalog home | https://zapier.georgelambert.org/ |
-| Composition | https://zapier.georgelambert.org/docs/02-architecture/composition.html |
-| NATS gateway | https://zapier.georgelambert.org/docs/02-architecture/nats-gateway.html |
-| NATS subjects | https://zapier.georgelambert.org/docs/02-architecture/nats-subjects.html |
-| Archive / bloom | https://zapier.georgelambert.org/docs/02-architecture/archive-nats.html |
-| Module NATS map | https://zapier.georgelambert.org/docs/02-architecture/modules-and-nats.html |
-| Tree nodes | https://zapier.georgelambert.org/docs/02-architecture/tree-nodes.html |
-| Fleet | https://zapier.georgelambert.org/docs/02-architecture/fleet.html |
+| Catalog home | https://zapier.georgelambert.org/ (PDF) · [Markdown indexes](https://zapier.georgelambert.org/index-md.html) |
+| Composition | https://zapier.georgelambert.org/docs/02-architecture/composition.pdf |
+| NATS gateway | https://zapier.georgelambert.org/docs/02-architecture/nats-gateway.pdf |
+| NATS subjects | https://zapier.georgelambert.org/docs/02-architecture/nats-subjects.pdf |
+| Archive / bloom | https://zapier.georgelambert.org/docs/02-architecture/archive-nats.pdf |
+| Module NATS map | https://zapier.georgelambert.org/docs/02-architecture/modules-and-nats.pdf |
+| Tree nodes | https://zapier.georgelambert.org/docs/02-architecture/tree-nodes.pdf |
+| Fleet | https://zapier.georgelambert.org/docs/02-architecture/fleet.pdf |

 ## 3. Remaining documentation

 | Document | URL |
 |----------|-----|
 | Expansion template | [09-expansion-template.md](09-expansion-template.md) |
-| Operator console | https://git.georgelambert.org/marchon/verae-fleet/src/branch/main/docs/CONSOLE.md |
-| User guide | https://zapier.georgelambert.org/user-docs/README.md |
-| Tree-node lookup (users) | https://zapier.georgelambert.org/packages/zapier-user-docs/09-lookup-tree-nodes.html |
-| Zapier developer setup | https://zapier.georgelambert.org/docs/04-activate/SETUP-ZAPIER-DEVELOPER.html |
-| docs-master | https://zapier.georgelambert.org/docs-master/README.md |
+| Operator console | https://zapier.georgelambert.org/packages/verae-fleet/docs/CONSOLE.pdf |
+| User guide | https://zapier.georgelambert.org/user-docs/README.pdf |
+| Tree-node lookup (users) | https://zapier.georgelambert.org/packages/zapier-user-docs/09-lookup-tree-nodes.pdf |
+| Zapier developer setup | https://zapier.georgelambert.org/docs/04-activate/SETUP-ZAPIER-DEVELOPER.pdf |
+| docs-master | https://zapier.georgelambert.org/docs-master/README.pdf |

 ## Independent git repositories

--- a/packages/overview/README.md
+++ b/packages/overview/README.md
@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 High-level description of the whole system: what it is, which **independent git repositories** implement it, how it stays up, how it behaves when the local network fails, and how it talks to the **central Verae NATS.IO 3-server cluster**. New work is added by **new address routing**, not by teaching Zapier about NATS.

 **This repo:** https://git.georgelambert.org/marchon/overview  
-**Live catalog:** https://zapier.georgelambert.org/  
+**Live catalog (PDF by default):** https://zapier.georgelambert.org/ · [Markdown indexes](https://zapier.georgelambert.org/index-md.html)  
 **Clone:** `ssh://git@git.georgelambert.org:2223/marchon/overview.git`

 ## Table of contents
@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Clone any of them: `git clone ssh://git@git.georgelambert.org:2223/marchon/<name

 ## Operator console (loopback)

-Fleet, message **Trace**, and **Docs** share one shell at http://127.0.0.1:3850/ (`verae-fleet`). Not public. See [verae-fleet CONSOLE.md](https://git.georgelambert.org/marchon/verae-fleet/src/branch/main/docs/CONSOLE.md).
+Fleet, message **Trace**, and **Docs** share one shell at http://127.0.0.1:3850/ (`verae-fleet`). Not public. See [CONSOLE.pdf](https://zapier.georgelambert.org/packages/verae-fleet/docs/CONSOLE.pdf).

 ![Fleet tab](screenshots/console-fleet.png)

@ -80,11 +80,11 @@ Start at the top. Architecture is second. Everything else is reference.
 | [Address routing](06-address-routing.md) | Unplanned functions as new subjects |
 | [External resources](07-external-resources.md) | Chain, WORM, tree-node search |
 | [Diagrams](08-diagrams.md) | SVG + mermaid |
-| [Fleet](https://zapier.georgelambert.org/docs/02-architecture/fleet.html) | Operator replica control |
-| [Module NATS map](https://zapier.georgelambert.org/docs/02-architecture/modules-and-nats.html) | Address table |
-| [Archive / bloom](https://zapier.georgelambert.org/docs/02-architecture/archive-nats.html) | Multipart and multi-receipt |
-| [Tree nodes](https://zapier.georgelambert.org/docs/02-architecture/tree-nodes.html) | Bulk Merkle leaves |
-| [Composition](https://zapier.georgelambert.org/docs/02-architecture/composition.html) | zappier + middleware HTTPS |
+| [Fleet](https://zapier.georgelambert.org/docs/02-architecture/fleet.pdf) | Operator replica control |
+| [Module NATS map](https://zapier.georgelambert.org/docs/02-architecture/modules-and-nats.pdf) | Address table |
+| [Archive / bloom](https://zapier.georgelambert.org/docs/02-architecture/archive-nats.pdf) | Multipart and multi-receipt |
+| [Tree nodes](https://zapier.georgelambert.org/docs/02-architecture/tree-nodes.pdf) | Bulk Merkle leaves |
+| [Composition](https://zapier.georgelambert.org/docs/02-architecture/composition.pdf) | zappier + middleware HTTPS |

 ### 3. Remaining documentation

@ -92,10 +92,10 @@ Start at the top. Architecture is second. Everything else is reference.
 |----------|------------|
 | [Documentation index](INDEX.md) | A–Z and catalog URLs |
 | [Expansion template](09-expansion-template.md) / [verae-nats-process](https://git.georgelambert.org/marchon/verae-nats-process) | Copy this to add an address |
-| [Operator console](https://git.georgelambert.org/marchon/verae-fleet/src/branch/main/docs/CONSOLE.md) | Screenshots of Fleet / Trace / Docs |
+| [Operator console](https://zapier.georgelambert.org/packages/verae-fleet/docs/CONSOLE.pdf) | Screenshots of Fleet / Trace / Docs |
 | [Simulator](https://git.georgelambert.org/marchon/verae-zapier-simulator) | Standalone trace (also inside the console) |
-| [Zapier developer setup](https://zapier.georgelambert.org/docs/04-activate/SETUP-ZAPIER-DEVELOPER.html) | CLI / login / push |
-| Live catalog | https://zapier.georgelambert.org/ |
+| [Zapier developer setup](https://zapier.georgelambert.org/docs/04-activate/SETUP-ZAPIER-DEVELOPER.pdf) | CLI / login / push |
+| Live catalog | https://zapier.georgelambert.org/ (PDF) · [Markdown indexes](https://zapier.georgelambert.org/index-md.html) |

 ---

--- a/packages/verae-fleet/README.md
+++ b/packages/verae-fleet/README.md
@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ node src/cli.js ssh-check ns1    # marchon@70.88.205.138 with ~/.ssh/id_ed25519

 Private keys stay on disk (`~/.ssh/id_ed25519`); git stores only the path. Optional overrides: `machines.secrets.json` (gitignored).

-Operator console (Fleet · Trace · Docs) at http://127.0.0.1:3850/ — see [docs/CONSOLE.md](docs/CONSOLE.md). Message-processing **min / avg / p50 / p90** RTT is on the Fleet tab.
+Operator console (Fleet · Trace · Docs) at http://127.0.0.1:3850/ — [docs/CONSOLE.md](docs/CONSOLE.md) · [CONSOLE.pdf](docs/CONSOLE.pdf) (also https://zapier.georgelambert.org/packages/verae-fleet/docs/CONSOLE.pdf). Message-processing **min / avg / p50 / p90** RTT is on the Fleet tab.

 Zapier cloud apps are listed but **not spawned**. NATS on NS1 is **monitored only** (loopback `:4222`, never a public bind).

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+    .doc-banner { margin: 0 0 1rem; border-radius: 8px; -webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact; }
+    a { text-decoration: none; }
+    th, tr:nth-child(even) td, pre, blockquote, code { -webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact; }
+  }
+  </style>
+</head>
+<body>
+<div class="doc-banner"><nav class="site"><a href="/">zapier.georgelambert.org</a> · <a href="/index-md.html">Markdown indexes</a></nav><div class="kicker">Verae Time × Zapier</div><h1>Operator console</h1><div class="source-path">packages/verae-fleet/docs/CONSOLE.md</div></div>
+<header id="title-block-header">
+<h1 class="title">Operator console</h1>
+</header>
+<h1 id="operator-console">Operator console</h1>
+<p>Loopback UI at <strong>http://127.0.0.1:3850/</strong> — Fleet, Trace
+(simulator), and Docs in one shell. Not a public site. NATS stays
+private; SSH identity files stay on disk.</p>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb1"><pre
+class="sourceCode bash"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb1-1"><a href="#cb1-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="bu">cd</span> packages/verae-fleet</span>
+<span id="cb1-2"><a href="#cb1-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">node</span> src/cli.js serve</span></code></pre></div>
+<h2 id="tabs">Tabs</h2>
+<table>
+<colgroup>
+<col style="width: 35%" />
+<col style="width: 64%" />
+</colgroup>
+<thead>
+<tr>
+<th>Tab</th>
+<th>Purpose</th>
+</tr>
+</thead>
+<tbody>
+<tr>
+<td><strong>Fleet</strong></td>
+<td>Machines (SSH/local), replica floors, green/yellow/red, RTT
+min/avg/p50/p90 spark, pause/restart/off with confirm, ssh-check
+toast</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><strong>Trace</strong></td>
+<td>In-process Zapier simulator: run a step, hop log,
+monitors/suggestions</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><strong>Docs</strong></td>
+<td>Reading order: overview → module summaries → architecture →
+remaining docs</td>
+</tr>
+</tbody>
+</table>
+<h2 id="screenshots">Screenshots</h2>
+<figure>
+<img src="screenshots/console-fleet.png" alt="Fleet" />
+<figcaption aria-hidden="true">Fleet</figcaption>
+</figure>
+<figure>
+<img src="screenshots/console-trace.png" alt="Trace" />
+<figcaption aria-hidden="true">Trace</figcaption>
+</figure>
+<figure>
+<img src="screenshots/console-docs.png" alt="Docs" />
+<figcaption aria-hidden="true">Docs</figcaption>
+</figure>
+<p>Design tokens match the zappier portal/admin (indigo shell). Customer
+portal is unchanged.</p>
+<p>See <a
+href="https://git.georgelambert.org/marchon/overview">overview</a>.</p>
+</body>
+</html>
--- a/packages/verae-fleet/docs/CONSOLE.pdf
+++ b/packages/verae-fleet/docs/CONSOLE.pdf
--- a/packages/verae-fleet/public/index.html
+++ b/packages/verae-fleet/public/index.html
@ -44,8 +44,8 @@
    .pill.good { background:#c8efd4; color:var(--ok); }
    .pill.warn { background:#ffe08a; color:var(--warn); }
    .pill.bad { background:#f3c0c0; color:var(--err); }
-    button.act { margin:.15rem .2rem 0 0; border:1px solid var(--line); background:#fff; border-radius:8px; padding:.28rem .5rem; font:650 12px system-ui; cursor:pointer; }
-    button.act.primary { background:var(--accent); color:#fff; border:0; }
+    button.act, a.act { margin:.15rem .2rem 0 0; border:1px solid var(--line); background:#fff; border-radius:8px; padding:.28rem .5rem; font:650 12px system-ui; cursor:pointer; text-decoration:none; color:var(--ink); display:inline-block; }
+    button.act.primary, a.act.primary { background:var(--accent); color:#fff; border:0; }
    button.act.danger { color:var(--err); }
    table { width:100%; border-collapse:collapse; background:var(--panel); border-radius:var(--radius); overflow:hidden; box-shadow:var(--shadow); }
    th,td { text-align:left; padding:.45rem .6rem; border-bottom:1px solid var(--line); font-size:13px; vertical-align:top; }
@ -150,33 +150,36 @@ invoice-1003</textarea>
    </div>
  </section>
  <section id="docs" class="panel docs">
-    <p class="muted">Reading order: high-level first, then architecture, then the rest. Operator console is loopback only.</p>
+    <p class="muted">Reading order: high-level first, then architecture, then the rest. Catalog defaults to colored PDFs. Operator console is loopback only.</p>
+    <p><a class="act primary" href="/docs/CONSOLE.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Open CONSOLE.pdf</a>
+       · <a href="https://zapier.georgelambert.org/">PDF catalog</a>
+       · <a href="https://zapier.georgelambert.org/index-md.html">Markdown indexes</a></p>
    <h2>High-level (start here)</h2>
    <ul>
-      <li><a href="https://zapier.georgelambert.org/overview/README.md">Overview</a> — whole system in plain language</li>
-      <li><a href="https://zapier.georgelambert.org/overview/02-modules-and-repos.md">Modules and repositories</a> — short names of every independent repo</li>
-      <li><a href="https://zapier.georgelambert.org/docs-master/README.md">docs-master</a> — one-line SUMMARY + NATS for each module</li>
-      <li><a href="https://zapier.georgelambert.org/user-docs/README.md">User guide</a> — signup → register → lookup (non-operator)</li>
+      <li><a href="https://zapier.georgelambert.org/overview/README.pdf">Overview</a> — whole system in plain language</li>
+      <li><a href="https://zapier.georgelambert.org/overview/02-modules-and-repos.pdf">Modules and repositories</a> — short names of every independent repo</li>
+      <li><a href="https://zapier.georgelambert.org/docs-master/README.pdf">docs-master</a> — one-line SUMMARY + NATS for each module</li>
+      <li><a href="https://zapier.georgelambert.org/user-docs/README.pdf">User guide</a> — signup → register → lookup (non-operator)</li>
    </ul>
    <h2>Architecture</h2>
    <ul>
-      <li><a href="https://zapier.georgelambert.org/overview/03-nats-cluster.md">NATS.IO 3-server cluster</a></li>
-      <li><a href="https://zapier.georgelambert.org/overview/04-uptime.md">Uptime / replica floors</a></li>
-      <li><a href="https://zapier.georgelambert.org/overview/05-network-failures.md">Local network failures</a></li>
-      <li><a href="https://zapier.georgelambert.org/overview/06-address-routing.md">Address routing</a></li>
-      <li><a href="https://zapier.georgelambert.org/overview/08-diagrams.md">Diagrams</a> · <a href="https://zapier.georgelambert.org/overview/diagrams/system.svg">system.svg</a></li>
-      <li><a href="https://zapier.georgelambert.org/docs/02-architecture/composition.html">Composition</a></li>
-      <li><a href="https://zapier.georgelambert.org/docs/02-architecture/modules-and-nats.html">Module NATS map</a></li>
-      <li><a href="https://zapier.georgelambert.org/docs/02-architecture/archive-nats.html">Archive / bloom</a></li>
-      <li><a href="https://zapier.georgelambert.org/docs/02-architecture/tree-nodes.html">Tree nodes</a></li>
-      <li><a href="https://zapier.georgelambert.org/docs/02-architecture/fleet.html">Fleet</a></li>
+      <li><a href="https://zapier.georgelambert.org/overview/03-nats-cluster.pdf">NATS.IO 3-server cluster</a></li>
+      <li><a href="https://zapier.georgelambert.org/overview/04-uptime.pdf">Uptime / replica floors</a></li>
+      <li><a href="https://zapier.georgelambert.org/overview/05-network-failures.pdf">Local network failures</a></li>
+      <li><a href="https://zapier.georgelambert.org/overview/06-address-routing.pdf">Address routing</a></li>
+      <li><a href="https://zapier.georgelambert.org/overview/08-diagrams.pdf">Diagrams</a> · <a href="https://zapier.georgelambert.org/overview/diagrams/system.svg">system.svg</a></li>
+      <li><a href="https://zapier.georgelambert.org/docs/02-architecture/composition.pdf">Composition</a></li>
+      <li><a href="https://zapier.georgelambert.org/docs/02-architecture/modules-and-nats.pdf">Module NATS map</a></li>
+      <li><a href="https://zapier.georgelambert.org/docs/02-architecture/archive-nats.pdf">Archive / bloom</a></li>
+      <li><a href="https://zapier.georgelambert.org/docs/02-architecture/tree-nodes.pdf">Tree nodes</a></li>
+      <li><a href="https://zapier.georgelambert.org/docs/02-architecture/fleet.pdf">Fleet</a></li>
    </ul>
    <h2>Remaining documentation</h2>
    <ul>
-      <li><a href="https://zapier.georgelambert.org/overview/INDEX.md">Full documentation index</a></li>
-      <li><a href="https://zapier.georgelambert.org/overview/09-expansion-template.md">Expansion template</a> · <a href="https://git.georgelambert.org/marchon/verae-nats-process">verae-nats-process</a></li>
-      <li><a href="https://zapier.georgelambert.org/docs/04-activate/SETUP-ZAPIER-DEVELOPER.html">Zapier developer setup</a></li>
-      <li><a href="https://zapier.georgelambert.org/packages/verae-zapier-simulator/README.md">Simulator README</a></li>
+      <li><a href="https://zapier.georgelambert.org/overview/INDEX.pdf">Full documentation index</a></li>
+      <li><a href="https://zapier.georgelambert.org/overview/09-expansion-template.pdf">Expansion template</a> · <a href="https://git.georgelambert.org/marchon/verae-nats-process">verae-nats-process</a></li>
+      <li><a href="https://zapier.georgelambert.org/docs/04-activate/SETUP-ZAPIER-DEVELOPER.pdf">Zapier developer setup</a></li>
+      <li><a href="https://zapier.georgelambert.org/packages/verae-zapier-simulator/README.pdf">Simulator README</a></li>
      <li><a href="https://git.georgelambert.org/marchon/verae-fleet">verae-fleet repo</a></li>
    </ul>
  </section>
--- a/packages/verae-fleet/src/server.js
+++ b/packages/verae-fleet/src/server.js
@ -108,11 +108,27 @@ export function startControlServer(sup, mon) {
        fs.createReadStream(dest).pipe(res);
        return;
      }
-      if (req.method === 'GET' && url.pathname.startsWith('/docs/screenshots/')) {
+      if (req.method === 'GET' && url.pathname.startsWith('/docs/')) {
        const dest = path.normalize(path.join(PUBLIC, '..', url.pathname));
-        const root = path.normalize(path.join(PUBLIC, '..'));
-        if (!dest.startsWith(root) || !fs.existsSync(dest)) return json(res, 404, { error: 'not found' });
-        res.writeHead(200, { 'content-type': 'image/png' });
+        const root = path.normalize(path.join(PUBLIC, '..', 'docs'));
+        if (
+          !(dest === root || dest.startsWith(root + path.sep)) ||
+          !fs.existsSync(dest) ||
+          !fs.statSync(dest).isFile()
+        ) {
+          return json(res, 404, { error: 'not found' });
+        }
+        const ext = path.extname(dest).toLowerCase();
+        const types = {
+          '.png': 'image/png',
+          '.jpg': 'image/jpeg',
+          '.jpeg': 'image/jpeg',
+          '.svg': 'image/svg+xml',
+          '.pdf': 'application/pdf',
+          '.md': 'text/markdown; charset=utf-8',
+          '.html': 'text/html; charset=utf-8',
+        };
+        res.writeHead(200, { 'content-type': types[ext] || 'application/octet-stream' });
        fs.createReadStream(dest).pipe(res);
        return;
      }
--- a/scripts/build-docs-site.py
+++ b/scripts/build-docs-site.py
@ -1,22 +1,30 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-"""Build static documentation site into ./site for zapier.georgelambert.org."""
+"""Build static documentation site into ./site for zapier.georgelambert.org.
+
+Markdown is rendered to colored HTML *and* PDF. The home page (index.html)
+defaults to PDF links; index-md.html is the Markdown/HTML index.
+"""

 from __future__ import annotations

 import shutil
 import subprocess
+from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor, as_completed
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from pathlib import Path

 ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
 SITE = ROOT / "site"
+CSS = ROOT / "scripts" / "docs-print.css"

 SECTIONS = [
    (
        "Start here",
        [
+            ("packages/overview/README.md", "System overview (plain language)"),
+            ("packages/overview/INDEX.md", "Documentation index"),
+            ("packages/verae-fleet/docs/CONSOLE.md", "Operator console (Fleet · Trace · Docs)"),
            ("README.md", "Workspace README"),
-            ("docs/04-activate/SETUP-ZAPIER-DEVELOPER.html", "Zapier developer setup (HTML)"),
            ("docs/04-activate/SETUP-ZAPIER-DEVELOPER.pdf", "Zapier developer setup (PDF)"),
            ("docs/OPEN.md", "Still open"),
            ("TODO.md", "Implementation TODO / gates"),
@ -33,8 +41,11 @@ SECTIONS = [
            ("docs/02-architecture/modules-and-nats.md", "Module catalog and NATS addresses"),
            ("docs/02-architecture/tree-nodes.md", "Tree nodes and bulk Merkle summaries"),
            ("docs/02-architecture/fleet.md", "Fleet replica floors and monitor"),
-            ("packages/overview/README.md", "System overview (TOC)"),
-            ("packages/overview/INDEX.md", "Documentation index"),
+            ("packages/overview/03-nats-cluster.md", "NATS.IO 3-server cluster"),
+            ("packages/overview/04-uptime.md", "Uptime / replica floors"),
+            ("packages/overview/05-network-failures.md", "Local network failures"),
+            ("packages/overview/06-address-routing.md", "Address routing"),
+            ("packages/overview/08-diagrams.md", "Architectural diagrams"),
        ],
    ),
    (
@ -82,44 +93,162 @@ def copy_tree(src: Path, dest: Path, ignore=None) -> None:
    shutil.copytree(src, dest, dirs_exist_ok=True, ignore=ignore)


-def pandoc_md(src: Path, dest: Path, title: str) -> None:
-    dest.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-    css = """
-      body{font:16px/1.5 Georgia,serif;max-width:48rem;margin:2rem auto;padding:0 1rem;color:#122}
-      a{color:#0b4f8a} code,pre{font-family:ui-monospace,Menlo,monospace;font-size:0.88rem}
-      pre{background:#1b2833;color:#eef;padding:0.8rem;overflow:auto}
-      table{border-collapse:collapse} td,th{border:1px solid #ccc;padding:0.35rem 0.5rem}
-      nav{font:14px system-ui;margin-bottom:1.5rem}
-    """
-    header = dest.with_suffix(".hdr.html")
-    header.write_text(
-        f"<nav><a href=\"/\">zapier.georgelambert.org</a></nav>\n<style>{css}</style>\n",
+def site_href_for(path: str, src: Path) -> tuple[str, str]:
+    """Return (pdf_or_native_href, md_or_html_href) relative to SITE."""
+    suffix = src.suffix.lower()
+    if suffix == ".md":
+        pdf = Path(path).with_suffix(".pdf").as_posix()
+        html = Path(path).with_suffix(".html").as_posix()
+        return pdf, html
+    return path, path
+
+
+def render_md(src: Path, html_dest: Path, pdf_dest: Path, title: str) -> str:
+    """Pandoc markdown → colored HTML + WeasyPrint PDF. Returns '' on success."""
+    html_dest.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    pdf_dest.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    header = html_dest.with_suffix(".hdr.html")
+    banner = html_dest.with_suffix(".ban.html")
+    rel_src = src.relative_to(ROOT).as_posix() if src.is_relative_to(ROOT) else src.name
+    css_text = CSS.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    header.write_text(f"<style>{css_text}</style>\n", encoding="utf-8")
+    banner.write_text(
+        f'<div class="doc-banner">'
+        f'<nav class="site"><a href="/">zapier.georgelambert.org</a>'
+        f' · <a href="/index-md.html">Markdown indexes</a></nav>'
+        f'<div class="kicker">Verae Time × Zapier</div>'
+        f"<h1>{title}</h1>"
+        f'<div class="source-path">{rel_src}</div>'
+        f"</div>\n",
        encoding="utf-8",
    )
-    subprocess.run(
+    resource = str(src.parent)
+    r = subprocess.run(
        [
            "pandoc",
            str(src),
            "-o",
-            str(dest),
+            str(html_dest),
            "--standalone",
+            f"--resource-path={resource}",
+            "--highlight-style=breezedark",
            f"--metadata=title={title}",
            f"--include-in-header={header}",
+            f"--include-before-body={banner}",
        ],
-        check=False,
        capture_output=True,
+        text=True,
    )
    header.unlink(missing_ok=True)
+    banner.unlink(missing_ok=True)
+    if r.returncode != 0:
+        return f"pandoc {src}: {r.stderr[-400:]}"
+    w = subprocess.run(
+        ["weasyprint", str(html_dest), str(pdf_dest)],
+        capture_output=True,
+        text=True,
+    )
+    if w.returncode != 0:
+        return f"weasyprint {src}: {w.stderr[-400:]}"
+    return ""


-def walk_md_pdf(prefix: Path) -> list[tuple[str, str]]:
-    items = []
-    if not prefix.exists():
-        return items
-    for p in sorted(prefix.rglob("*")):
-        if p.suffix.lower() in {".md", ".pdf", ".html", ".yaml", ".yml", ".svg"} and p.is_file():
-            items.append((rel(p), p.name))
-    return items
+def convert_all_markdown(copied: list[tuple[Path, Path, str]]) -> list[str]:
+    errors = []
+    n = len(copied)
+    print(f"rendering {n} markdown files to HTML + PDF…")
+    with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=6) as pool:
+        futs = {
+            pool.submit(render_md, src, html, pdf, title): src
+            for src, html, pdf, title in (
+                (
+                    src,
+                    dest.with_suffix(".html"),
+                    dest.with_suffix(".pdf"),
+                    title,
+                )
+                for src, dest, title in copied
+            )
+        }
+        done = 0
+        for fut in as_completed(futs):
+            err = fut.result()
+            done += 1
+            if err:
+                errors.append(err)
+                print(f"  [{done}/{n}] FAIL {futs[fut].name}")
+            elif done % 25 == 0 or done == n:
+                print(f"  [{done}/{n}]")
+    return errors
+
+
+def format_switch(to_md: bool) -> str:
+    if to_md:
+        href, label = "/index-md.html", "Markdown indexes"
+    else:
+        href, label = "/", "PDF catalog"
+    return (
+        f'<a class="format-switch" href="{href}">{label}</a>'
+    )
+
+
+def page_shell(now: str, body: str, switch_to_md: bool, title: str) -> str:
+    switch = format_switch(switch_to_md)
+    return f"""<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+<head>
+  <meta charset="utf-8"/>
+  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"/>
+  <title>{title}</title>
+  <style>
+    :root {{ --ink:#171a26; --muted:#5b6178; --line:#d9dce8; --bg:#f4f5fb; --accent:#4f46e5; --accent-deep:#312e81; --soft:#eef0fe; }}
+    body {{ margin:0; font:16px/1.5 Georgia, serif; color:var(--ink); background:var(--bg); }}
+    header {{ background:linear-gradient(160deg,#312e81 0%,#4f46e5 60%,#7c74f0 100%); color:#eef0fe; padding:2rem 1.5rem 1.4rem; position:relative; }}
+    header p {{ max-width:44rem; color:#e4e7ff; }}
+    .kicker {{ letter-spacing:.12em; text-transform:uppercase; font:700 11px system-ui; opacity:.75; }}
+    .format-switch {{
+      position:absolute; top:1.25rem; right:1.5rem;
+      font:650 13px system-ui, sans-serif; color:#fff; text-decoration:none;
+      background:rgba(255,255,255,.16); border:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.35);
+      padding:.4rem .75rem; border-radius:999px;
+    }}
+    .format-switch:hover {{ background:rgba(255,255,255,.28); }}
+    main {{ max-width:52rem; margin:0 auto; padding:1.5rem 1.25rem 3rem; }}
+    h1 {{ margin:.4rem 0 .6rem; font-size:1.85rem; }}
+    h2 {{ border-top:1px solid var(--line); padding-top:.8rem; margin-top:1.8rem; color:var(--accent-deep); }}
+    ul {{ padding-left:1.2rem; }}
+    li {{ margin:.35rem 0; }}
+    a {{ color:var(--accent); }}
+    .path {{ color:var(--muted); font:12px ui-monospace, Menlo, monospace; margin-left:.4rem; }}
+    .badge {{ font:700 10px system-ui; letter-spacing:.04em; text-transform:uppercase;
+      background:var(--soft); color:var(--accent); padding:.1rem .35rem; border-radius:4px; margin-left:.25rem; }}
+    input {{ width:100%; padding:.55rem .7rem; font:16px system-ui; border:1px solid var(--line); border-radius:6px; }}
+  </style>
+</head>
+<body>
+<header>
+  {switch}
+  <div class="kicker">zapier.georgelambert.org</div>
+  <h1>Verae Time × Zapier documentation</h1>
+  <p>Project reference: setup, architecture, NATS, module APIs, user guide, and operator console.
+  Catalog defaults to <strong>colored PDFs</strong>. Generated {now}.</p>
+</header>
+<main>
+  <p><input id="q" type="search" placeholder="Filter links…" /></p>
+  {body}
+</main>
+<script>
+const q = document.getElementById('q');
+q.addEventListener('input', () => {{
+  const v = q.value.toLowerCase();
+  document.querySelectorAll('li').forEach(li => {{
+    li.style.display = li.textContent.toLowerCase().includes(v) ? '' : 'none';
+  }});
+}});
+</script>
+</body>
+</html>
+"""


 def main() -> None:
@ -147,12 +276,37 @@ def main() -> None:
        "verae-nats-process",
        "docs-master",
    ):
-        readme = ROOT / "packages" / pkg / "README.md"
-        if readme.exists():
-            copy_tree(readme, SITE / "packages" / pkg / "README.md")
+        pkg_root = ROOT / "packages" / pkg
+        if pkg in {"zapier-user-docs", "overview", "docs-master"}:
+            copy_tree(
+                pkg_root,
+                SITE / "packages" / pkg,
+                ignore=shutil.ignore_patterns("node_modules", ".git", "src", "test", "data"),
+            )
+        elif pkg == "verae-fleet":
+            for name in ("README.md", "SUMMARY.md", "NATS.md", "SERVICES.md"):
+                p = pkg_root / name
+                if p.exists():
+                    copy_tree(p, SITE / "packages" / pkg / name)
+            copy_tree(
+                pkg_root / "docs",
+                SITE / "packages" / pkg / "docs",
+                ignore=shutil.ignore_patterns("node_modules"),
+            )
+        elif pkg == "verae-nats-process":
+            for p in pkg_root.glob("*.md"):
+                copy_tree(p, SITE / "packages" / pkg / p.name)
+        else:
+            readme = pkg_root / "README.md"
+            if readme.exists():
+                copy_tree(readme, SITE / "packages" / pkg / "README.md")
    zdocs = ROOT / "packages" / "zappier" / "docs"
    if zdocs.exists():
-        copy_tree(zdocs, SITE / "packages" / "zappier" / "docs", ignore=shutil.ignore_patterns("screenshots", "walkthrough", "superpowers"))
+        copy_tree(
+            zdocs,
+            SITE / "packages" / "zappier" / "docs",
+            ignore=shutil.ignore_patterns("screenshots", "walkthrough", "superpowers"),
+        )
    for name in ("README.md", "TODO.md", "OPEN.md"):
        src = ROOT / name
        if not src.exists() and name == "OPEN.md":
@ -163,11 +317,15 @@ def main() -> None:
    copy_tree(ROOT / "packages" / "docs-master", SITE / "docs-master")
    copy_tree(ROOT / "packages" / "overview", SITE / "overview")
    copy_tree(ROOT / "packages" / "zapier-user-docs", SITE / "user-docs", ignore=shutil.ignore_patterns("node_modules"))
+    copy_tree(
+        ROOT / "packages" / "verae-fleet" / "docs",
+        SITE / "packages" / "verae-fleet" / "docs",
+        ignore=shutil.ignore_patterns("node_modules"),
+    )
    sim_pub = ROOT / "packages" / "verae-zapier-simulator" / "public" / "index.html"
    if sim_pub.exists():
        copy_tree(sim_pub, SITE / "simulator" / "index.html")

-    # research markdown + diagrams only
    r = ROOT / "research" / "zapier"
    if r.exists():
        for fname in (
@ -186,45 +344,73 @@ def main() -> None:
        if diagrams.exists():
            copy_tree(diagrams, SITE / "research" / "docs" / "diagrams")

-    # HTML versions of markdown for the catalog entries
-    html_pairs = []
-    for _title, links in SECTIONS:
+    # Render every published .md from the site copy so relative images resolve.
+    to_render: list[tuple[Path, Path, str]] = []
+    seen: set[Path] = set()
+    for md in SITE.rglob("*.md"):
+        if not md.is_file():
+            continue
+        key = md.resolve()
+        if key in seen:
+            continue
+        seen.add(key)
+        to_render.append((md, md, md.stem.replace("-", " ")))
+
+    # Prefer curated titles for catalog entries
+    title_map = {}
+    for _sec, links in SECTIONS:
        for path, label in links:
-            src = ROOT / path
-            if src.suffix == ".md" and src.exists():
-                dest = SITE / Path(path).with_suffix(".html")
-                pandoc_md(src, dest, label)
-                html_pairs.append((path, dest.relative_to(SITE).as_posix(), label))
+            title_map[path] = label
+    labeled = []
+    for src, dest, title in to_render:
+        try:
+            key = dest.relative_to(SITE).as_posix()
+        except ValueError:
+            key = dest.name
+        # packages/overview/... also listed as packages/overview
+        labeled.append((src, dest, title_map.get(key, title_map.get(src.relative_to(ROOT).as_posix() if src.is_relative_to(ROOT) else key, title))))
+
+    errors = convert_all_markdown(labeled)
+
+    # Also write CONSOLE.pdf next to the markdown in the fleet package (local console)
+    console_md = ROOT / "packages" / "verae-fleet" / "docs" / "CONSOLE.md"
+    if console_md.exists():
+        err = render_md(
+            console_md,
+            ROOT / "packages" / "verae-fleet" / "docs" / "CONSOLE.html",
+            ROOT / "packages" / "verae-fleet" / "docs" / "CONSOLE.pdf",
+            "Operator console",
+        )
+        if err:
+            errors.append(err)

    now = datetime.now(timezone.utc).strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M UTC")
-    cards = []
-    for title, links in SECTIONS:
-        lis = []
-        for path, label in links:
-            src = ROOT / path
-            if not src.exists() and path == "OPEN.md":
-                src = ROOT / "docs" / "OPEN.md"
-                path = "docs/OPEN.md"
-            if not src.exists():
-                continue
-            href = path
-            html = Path(path).with_suffix(".html").as_posix()
-            if src.suffix == ".md" and (SITE / html).exists():
-                href = html
-            lis.append(f'<li><a href="{href}">{label}</a> <span class="path">{path}</span></li>')
-        cards.append(f"<section><h2>{title}</h2><ul>{''.join(lis)}</ul></section>")

-    extra = [
-        ("docs/modules/README.md", "Module API sheets"),
-        ("docs/models/README.md", "Data models"),
-        ("sphinx/index.html", "Sphinx HTML"),
-        ("docs/04-activate/SETUP-ZAPIER-DEVELOPER.html", "Setup HTML"),
-        ("docs-master/README.md", "Master summaries (docs-master)"),
-        ("docs-master/MESSAGE-FLOWS.md", "Numbered message flows"),
-        ("docs-master/modules-and-nats.md", "NATS address table"),
-        ("user-docs/README.md", "User guide index"),
-        ("packages/verae-zapier-simulator/README.md", "Simulator README"),
-    ]
+    def cards(mode: str) -> str:
+        out = []
+        for title, links in SECTIONS:
+            lis = []
+            for path, label in links:
+                src = ROOT / path
+                if not src.exists() and path == "OPEN.md":
+                    src = ROOT / "docs" / "OPEN.md"
+                    path = "docs/OPEN.md"
+                if not src.exists():
+                    continue
+                pdf_href, html_href = site_href_for(path, src)
+                if mode == "pdf":
+                    href = pdf_href if (SITE / pdf_href).exists() or src.suffix.lower() in {".pdf", ".yaml", ".yml"} else html_href
+                    badge = "PDF" if href.endswith(".pdf") else src.suffix.lstrip(".").upper() or "FILE"
+                else:
+                    href = html_href if (SITE / html_href).exists() else path
+                    badge = "MD" if src.suffix.lower() == ".md" else src.suffix.lstrip(".").upper() or "FILE"
+                lis.append(
+                    f'<li><a href="{href}">{label}</a>'
+                    f'<span class="badge">{badge}</span>'
+                    f'<span class="path">{path}</span></li>'
+                )
+            out.append(f"<section><h2>{title}</h2><ul>{''.join(lis)}</ul></section>")
+        return "".join(out)

    git_repos = [
        ("master-zapier-plan-draft", "Monorepo (this workspace)"),
@ -248,41 +434,44 @@ def main() -> None:
        f'<span class="path">{desc}</span></li>'
        for name, desc in git_repos
    )
-    extra_lis = "".join(
-        f'<li><a href="{h}">{lab}</a></li>' for h, lab in extra if (SITE / h).exists() or h.startswith("sphinx")
-    )

-    index = f"""<!DOCTYPE html>
-<html lang="en">
-<head>
-  <meta charset="utf-8"/>
-  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"/>
-  <title>Verae Time × Zapier documentation</title>
-  <style>
-    :root {{ --ink:#12202c; --muted:#52646f; --line:#d5dee4; --bg:#f6f3ee; --accent:#0f6e56; }}
-    body {{ margin:0; font:16px/1.5 Georgia, serif; color:var(--ink); background:var(--bg); }}
-    header {{ background:var(--ink); color:#f6f3ee; padding:2rem 1.5rem; }}
-    header p {{ max-width:44rem; color:#d9e2e8; }}
-    .kicker {{ letter-spacing:.12em; text-transform:uppercase; font:700 11px system-ui; opacity:.75; }}
-    main {{ max-width:52rem; margin:0 auto; padding:1.5rem 1.25rem 3rem; }}
-    h1 {{ margin:.4rem 0 .6rem; font-size:1.85rem; }}
-    h2 {{ border-top:1px solid var(--line); padding-top:.8rem; margin-top:1.8rem; }}
-    ul {{ padding-left:1.2rem; }}
-    li {{ margin:.35rem 0; }}
-    a {{ color:#0b4f8a; }}
-    .path {{ color:var(--muted); font:12px ui-monospace, Menlo, monospace; margin-left:.4rem; }}
-    input {{ width:100%; padding:.55rem .7rem; font:16px system-ui; border:1px solid var(--line); border-radius:6px; }}
-  </style>
-</head>
-<body>
-<header>
-  <div class="kicker">zapier.georgelambert.org</div>
-  <h1>Verae Time × Zapier documentation</h1>
-  <p>Project reference: setup checklist, architecture (including NATS job wait and WORM archive fan-out), module API sheets, models, OpenAPI, and research notes. Generated {now}.</p>
-</header>
-<main>
-  <p><input id="q" type="search" placeholder="Filter links…" /></p>
-  {''.join(cards)}
+    extra_pdf = [
+        ("docs-master/README.pdf", "Master summaries (docs-master)"),
+        ("docs-master/MESSAGE-FLOWS.pdf", "Numbered message flows"),
+        ("docs-master/modules-and-nats.pdf", "NATS address table"),
+        ("user-docs/README.pdf", "User guide index"),
+        ("packages/verae-zapier-simulator/README.pdf", "Simulator README"),
+        ("packages/verae-fleet/docs/CONSOLE.pdf", "Operator console"),
+        ("overview/README.pdf", "System overview"),
+        ("overview/INDEX.pdf", "Documentation index"),
+        ("docs/modules-pdf/", "Module PDFs (book)"),
+        ("docs/models-pdf/", "Model PDFs (book)"),
+        ("sphinx/index.html", "Sphinx HTML"),
+    ]
+    extra_md = [
+        ("docs-master/README.html", "Master summaries (docs-master)"),
+        ("docs-master/MESSAGE-FLOWS.html", "Numbered message flows"),
+        ("docs-master/modules-and-nats.html", "NATS address table"),
+        ("user-docs/README.html", "User guide index"),
+        ("packages/verae-zapier-simulator/README.html", "Simulator README"),
+        ("packages/verae-fleet/docs/CONSOLE.html", "Operator console"),
+        ("overview/README.html", "System overview"),
+        ("overview/INDEX.html", "Documentation index"),
+        ("docs/modules/", "All module markdown"),
+        ("docs/models/", "All model markdown"),
+        ("sphinx/index.html", "Sphinx HTML"),
+    ]
+
+    def extra_section(items: list[tuple[str, str]]) -> str:
+        lis = "".join(
+            f'<li><a href="{h}">{lab}</a></li>'
+            for h, lab in items
+            if (SITE / h).exists() or h.endswith("/") or h.startswith("sphinx")
+        )
+        return f"<section><h2>Catalogs</h2><ul>{lis}</ul></section>"
+
+    rest_pdf = f"""
+  {cards("pdf")}
  <section>
    <h2>Git repositories (Forgejo)</h2>
    <p>Clone: <code>ssh://git@git.georgelambert.org:2223/marchon/&lt;name&gt;.git</code> (SSH port 2223). Branches <code>main</code> and <code>master</code>.</p>
@ -291,43 +480,62 @@ def main() -> None:
  <section>
    <h2>Master module docs</h2>
    <ul>
-      <li><a href="docs-master/README.md">docs-master README</a></li>
-      <li><a href="docs-master/MESSAGE-FLOWS.md">MESSAGE-FLOWS.md</a></li>
-      <li><a href="docs-master/modules-and-nats.md">modules-and-nats.md</a></li>
-      <li><a href="docs-master/archive-nats.md">archive-nats.md</a></li>
-      <li><a href="docs-master/composition.md">composition.md</a></li>
-      <li><a href="docs-master/modules/">Per-module SUMMARY.md and NATS.md</a></li>
-      <li><a href="user-docs/README.md">User guide (signup → tree-node lookup)</a></li>
-      <li><a href="packages/verae-zapier-simulator/README.md">Simulator README</a></li>
-      <li><a href="overview/README.md">System overview</a></li>
-      <li><a href="overview/INDEX.md">Documentation index</a></li>
+      <li><a href="docs-master/README.pdf">docs-master README</a><span class="badge">PDF</span></li>
+      <li><a href="docs-master/MESSAGE-FLOWS.pdf">MESSAGE-FLOWS</a><span class="badge">PDF</span></li>
+      <li><a href="docs-master/modules-and-nats.pdf">modules-and-nats</a><span class="badge">PDF</span></li>
+      <li><a href="docs-master/archive-nats.pdf">archive-nats</a><span class="badge">PDF</span></li>
+      <li><a href="docs-master/composition.pdf">composition</a><span class="badge">PDF</span></li>
+      <li><a href="user-docs/README.pdf">User guide (signup → tree-node lookup)</a><span class="badge">PDF</span></li>
+      <li><a href="packages/verae-zapier-simulator/README.pdf">Simulator README</a><span class="badge">PDF</span></li>
+      <li><a href="overview/README.pdf">System overview</a><span class="badge">PDF</span></li>
+      <li><a href="overview/INDEX.pdf">Documentation index</a><span class="badge">PDF</span></li>
+      <li><a href="packages/verae-fleet/docs/CONSOLE.pdf">Operator console</a><span class="badge">PDF</span></li>
      <li><a href="overview/diagrams/system.svg">System diagram (SVG)</a></li>
    </ul>
  </section>
+  {extra_section(extra_pdf)}
+"""
+    rest_md = f"""
+  {cards("md")}
  <section>
-    <h2>Catalogs</h2>
-    <ul>{extra_lis}
-      <li><a href="docs/modules/">All module markdown</a></li>
-      <li><a href="docs/models/">All model markdown</a></li>
-      <li><a href="docs/modules-pdf/">Module PDFs</a></li>
-      <li><a href="docs/models-pdf/">Model PDFs</a></li>
+    <h2>Git repositories (Forgejo)</h2>
+    <p>Clone: <code>ssh://git@git.georgelambert.org:2223/marchon/&lt;name&gt;.git</code> (SSH port 2223).</p>
+    <ul>{git_lis}</ul>
+  </section>
+  <section>
+    <h2>Master module docs (HTML / Markdown)</h2>
+    <ul>
+      <li><a href="docs-master/README.html">docs-master README</a><span class="badge">MD</span></li>
+      <li><a href="docs-master/MESSAGE-FLOWS.html">MESSAGE-FLOWS</a><span class="badge">MD</span></li>
+      <li><a href="docs-master/modules-and-nats.html">modules-and-nats</a><span class="badge">MD</span></li>
+      <li><a href="docs-master/archive-nats.md">archive-nats.md</a><span class="badge">MD</span></li>
+      <li><a href="docs-master/composition.md">composition.md</a><span class="badge">MD</span></li>
+      <li><a href="user-docs/README.html">User guide</a><span class="badge">MD</span></li>
+      <li><a href="packages/verae-zapier-simulator/README.html">Simulator README</a><span class="badge">MD</span></li>
+      <li><a href="overview/README.html">System overview</a><span class="badge">MD</span></li>
+      <li><a href="overview/INDEX.html">Documentation index</a><span class="badge">MD</span></li>
+      <li><a href="packages/verae-fleet/docs/CONSOLE.html">Operator console</a><span class="badge">MD</span></li>
+      <li><a href="overview/diagrams/system.svg">System diagram (SVG)</a></li>
    </ul>
  </section>
-</main>
-<script>
-const q = document.getElementById('q');
-q.addEventListener('input', () => {{
-  const v = q.value.toLowerCase();
-  document.querySelectorAll('li').forEach(li => {{
-    li.style.display = li.textContent.toLowerCase().includes(v) ? '' : 'none';
-  }});
-}});
-</script>
-</body>
-</html>
+  {extra_section(extra_md)}
 """
-    (SITE / "index.html").write_text(index, encoding="utf-8")
-    print(f"site built at {SITE} ({sum(1 for _ in SITE.rglob('*') if _.is_file())} files)")
+
+    (SITE / "index.html").write_text(
+        page_shell(now, rest_pdf, switch_to_md=True, title="Verae Time × Zapier documentation"),
+        encoding="utf-8",
+    )
+    (SITE / "index-md.html").write_text(
+        page_shell(now, rest_md, switch_to_md=False, title="Verae Time × Zapier — Markdown indexes"),
+        encoding="utf-8",
+    )
+    nfiles = sum(1 for _ in SITE.rglob("*") if _.is_file())
+    npdf = sum(1 for _ in SITE.rglob("*.pdf") if _.is_file())
+    print(f"site built at {SITE} ({nfiles} files, {npdf} PDFs)")
+    if errors:
+        print(f"{len(errors)} render errors:")
+        for e in errors[:20]:
+            print(" ", e[:300])


 if __name__ == "__main__":
--- a/scripts/docs-print.css
+++ b/scripts/docs-print.css
@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+/* Colored print + screen stylesheet for zapier.georgelambert.org */
+:root {
+  --ink: #171a26;
+  --muted: #5b6178;
+  --line: #d9dce8;
+  --bg: #f4f5fb;
+  --paper: #ffffff;
+  --accent: #4f46e5;
+  --accent-deep: #312e81;
+  --accent-soft: #eef0fe;
+  --ok: #047857;
+  --warn: #8a5a00;
+  --code-bg: #1b1f33;
+  --code-fg: #e8ecff;
+}
+html { background: var(--bg); }
+body {
+  margin: 0 auto;
+  padding: 1.5rem 1.25rem 3rem;
+  max-width: 48rem;
+  font: 15px/1.55 -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Georgia, serif;
+  color: var(--ink);
+  background: var(--paper);
+}
+.doc-banner {
+  background: linear-gradient(160deg, #312e81 0%, #4f46e5 60%, #7c74f0 100%);
+  color: #eef0fe;
+  margin: -1.5rem -1.25rem 1.5rem;
+  padding: 1.1rem 1.25rem 1rem;
+}
+.doc-banner a { color: #fff; }
+.doc-banner .kicker {
+  letter-spacing: 0.12em;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+  font: 700 10px system-ui, sans-serif;
+  opacity: 0.8;
+}
+.doc-banner h1 { margin: 0.25rem 0 0; font-size: 1.45rem; color: #fff; }
+h1, h2, h3, h4 { color: var(--accent-deep); page-break-after: avoid; }
+h1 { font-size: 1.7rem; }
+h2 {
+  font-size: 1.2rem;
+  border-bottom: 2px solid var(--accent);
+  padding-bottom: 0.2rem;
+  margin-top: 1.6rem;
+}
+h3 { font-size: 1.05rem; color: var(--accent); }
+a { color: var(--accent); }
+p, li { orphans: 3; widows: 3; }
+code {
+  font-family: ui-monospace, Menlo, Consolas, monospace;
+  font-size: 0.86em;
+  background: var(--accent-soft);
+  color: var(--accent-deep);
+  padding: 0.08em 0.28em;
+  border-radius: 4px;
+}
+pre, div.sourceCode, div.sourceCode pre {
+  background: var(--code-bg) !important;
+  color: var(--code-fg) !important;
+  padding: 0.85rem 1rem;
+  border-radius: 10px;
+  overflow: auto;
+  font-size: 0.78rem;
+  line-height: 1.4;
+  page-break-inside: avoid;
+}
+pre code { background: transparent; color: inherit; padding: 0; }
+#title-block-header, header#title-block-header, h1.title { display: none; }
+.doc-banner + h1 { display: none; }
+table {
+  border-collapse: collapse;
+  width: 100%;
+  margin: 0.8rem 0 1.2rem;
+  font-size: 0.9rem;
+  page-break-inside: avoid;
+}
+th, td { border: 1px solid var(--line); padding: 0.38rem 0.55rem; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; }
+th {
+  background: var(--accent);
+  color: #fff;
+  font: 650 12px system-ui, sans-serif;
+}
+tr:nth-child(even) td { background: var(--accent-soft); }
+blockquote {
+  margin: 1rem 0;
+  padding: 0.4rem 0.9rem;
+  border-left: 4px solid var(--accent);
+  background: var(--accent-soft);
+  color: var(--accent-deep);
+}
+img { max-width: 100%; height: auto; border-radius: 8px; page-break-inside: avoid; }
+hr { border: 0; border-top: 1px solid var(--line); }
+ul, ol { padding-left: 1.25rem; }
+nav.site { font: 13px system-ui, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.4rem; }
+.source-path { font: 11px ui-monospace, Menlo, monospace; color: var(--muted); }
+
+@page {
+  size: letter;
+  margin: 0.65in 0.7in 0.8in 0.7in;
+  @top-left {
+    content: "Verae Time × Zapier";
+    font: 700 8pt system-ui, sans-serif;
+    color: #4f46e5;
+  }
+  @top-right {
+    content: "zapier.georgelambert.org";
+    font: 8pt system-ui, sans-serif;
+    color: #6b7186;
+  }
+  @bottom-center {
+    content: counter(page) " / " counter(pages);
+    font: 8pt system-ui, sans-serif;
+    color: #6b7186;
+  }
+}
+@media print {
+  html, body { background: #fff; max-width: none; padding: 0; }
+  .doc-banner { margin: 0 0 1rem; border-radius: 8px; -webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact; }
+  a { text-decoration: none; }
+  th, tr:nth-child(even) td, pre, blockquote, code { -webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact; }
+}