
Max accounts can serve every page from a short branded address like acme.dochost.co instead of dochost.co/d. Here is how to claim one, what happens to old links, and why renaming needs a second click.

Connect a subdomain you own, like docs.yourcompany.com, to your dochost account in three steps — one form, one CNAME record, one email. With screenshots, including the single Cloudflare setting that trips most people up.

One URL — https://dochost.io/api/mcp — gives your AI assistant a publish tool. Here is the setup for each client, when you need an API key instead of OAuth, and how to create and rotate one.

Free pages expire after 7 days. Here is where that countdown shows up — success panel, reader footer, dashboard — and the three ways to keep a page online: a one-time extension, a like milestone, or a plan that makes every link permanent.

Two Pro options on the publish panel — a custom link and a password — turn a random dochost URL into dochost.co/d/team-handbook that only people with the password can read. Here is the flow end to end, including what readers see.

When ChatGPT writes a page, the dochost Chrome extension puts a Publish button right under the code block. Here is the flow in a real ChatGPT chat — including the Public toggle and where the link ends up — and what to check when the button is missing.