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diff --git a/packages/sol-doc/src/index.ts b/packages/sol-doc/src/index.ts
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+export { SolidityDocGenerator } from './solidity_doc_generator';
+export { SolidityDocFormat } from './solidity_doc_format';
diff --git a/packages/sol-doc/src/solidity_doc_format.ts b/packages/sol-doc/src/solidity_doc_format.ts
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+import { DocAgnosticFormat, DocSection } from '@0xproject/react-docs';
+
+export class SolidityDocFormat implements DocAgnosticFormat {
+    [sectionName: string]: DocSection;
+}
diff --git a/packages/sol-doc/src/solidity_doc_generator.ts b/packages/sol-doc/src/solidity_doc_generator.ts
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+import * as _ from 'lodash';
+
+import { MethodAbi } from 'ethereum-types';
+
+import { Compiler, CompilerOptions } from '@0xproject/sol-compiler';
+import { logUtils } from '@0xproject/utils';
+
+import { SolidityDocFormat } from './solidity_doc_format';
+
+export class SolidityDocGenerator {
+    private readonly _compilerOptions: CompilerOptions;
+    constructor(contractsDir: string, artifactsDir: string) {
+        // instantiate sol-compiler, passing in options to say we want abi and devdoc
+        this._compilerOptions = {
+            contractsDir,
+            artifactsDir,
+            contracts: '*',
+            compilerSettings: {
+                outputSelection: {
+                    ['*']: {
+                        ['*']: ['abi', 'devdoc'],
+                    },
+                },
+            },
+        };
+    }
+    /// run `contractsToCompile` through compiler, gathering output
+    public async generateAsync(contractsToCompile: string[]): Promise<SolidityDocFormat> {
+        if (!_.isUndefined(contractsToCompile)) {
+            this._compilerOptions.contracts = contractsToCompile;
+        }
+
+        const compiler = new Compiler(this._compilerOptions);
+
+        const doc = new SolidityDocFormat();
+
+        const compilerOutputs = await compiler.getCompilerOutputsAsync();
+        for (const compilerOutput of compilerOutputs) {
+            const solidityModules = _.keys(compilerOutput.contracts);
+            for (const solidityModule of solidityModules) {
+                const compiledSolidityModule = compilerOutput.contracts[solidityModule];
+
+                const contracts = _.keys(compiledSolidityModule);
+                for (const contract of contracts) {
+                    const compiledContract = compiledSolidityModule[contract];
+
+                    // TODO: modify typescript-typings/types/solc/index.d.ts... it doesn't currently support devdoc!
+                    // tslint:disable-next-line:no-unnecessary-type-assertion tsc says abi[0] has no property `name` and won't compile without the `as`, but tslint says the `as` is unnecssary.
+                    logUtils.log(
+                        `TODO: extract data from ${contract}'s abi (eg ${
+                            (compiledContract.abi[0] as MethodAbi).name
+                        }, etc) and devdoc outputs, and insert it into \`doc\``,
+                    );
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return doc;
+    }
+}