This is the AWS CDK v2 Developer Guide. The older CDK v1 entered maintenance on June 1, 2022 and ended support on June 1, 2023.

# `cdk docs`
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Open AWS CDK documentation in your browser.

## Usage
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```
$ cdk docs <options>
```

## Options
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For a list of global options that work with all CDK CLI commands, see [Global options](ref-cli-cmd.md#ref-cli-cmd-options).<a name="ref-cli-cmd-docs-options-browser"></a>

 `--browser, -b <STRING>`   
The command to use to open the browser, using `%u` as a placeholder for the path of the file to open.  
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 `--help, -h <BOOLEAN>`   
Show command reference information for the `cdk docs` command.

## Examples
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### Open AWS CDK documentation in Google Chrome
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```
$ cdk docs --browser='chrome %u'
```