diff --git a/scripts/generate-http-docs.ps1 b/scripts/generate-http-docs.ps1
index 185f95f..c831801 100644
--- a/scripts/generate-http-docs.ps1
+++ b/scripts/generate-http-docs.ps1
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ function Find-WorkspaceRoot($startDir) {
         }
         $parent = Split-Path -Parent $current
         if ($parent -eq $current) {
-            throw "workspace.yml not found"
+            throw "workspace.yml not found from the provided start directory"
         }
         $current = $parent
     }
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ function Find-WorkspaceRoot($startDir) {
 
 function Parse-YamlFile($path) {
     try {
-        return ConvertFrom-Yaml (Get-Content -LiteralPath $path -Raw)
+        $parsedYaml = ConvertFrom-Yaml (Get-Content -LiteralPath $path -Raw)
+        return $parsedYaml ?? @{}
     } catch {
         throw "Failed to parse YAML file $path : $_"
     }
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ function Parse-Workspace($workspacePath) {
 
         if (-not $inCollections) { continue }
 
-        if (-not ($line.StartsWith(' ') -or $line.StartsWith("`t"))) {
+        if (-not ($line.StartsWith(' ') -or $line.StartsWith("`t"))) { # && trimmed?
             break
         }
 
@@ -70,6 +71,33 @@ function Parse-Workspace($workspacePath) {
     return @{ collections = $collections }
 }
 
+function Sanitize-VariableName([string]$name) {
+    $sanitized = $name.Trim()
+        -replace '[{}]',''
+        -replace '[^A-Za-z0-9_]','_'
+        -replace '^([0-9])','_$1'
+
+    return $sanitized ?? 'value'
+}
+
+function Parse-PlaceholderContent([string]$content) {
+    $trimmed = $content.Trim();
+    $dotenvMatch = $trimmed -imatch '^\$dotenv\s+(?<matched>.+)$'
+    if ($dotenvMatch) {
+        return @{ name = $Matches.matched.Trim(); isDotEnv = true }
+    }
+    return @{ name = $trimmed; isDotEnv = false }
+}
+
+function Collect-Placeholders($value) {
+    # if (typeof value !== 'string') {
+    #     return [];
+    # }
+    $placeholders = @()
+    $placeholders = Select-String "\{\{([^{}]+)\}\}" -InputObject $value -AllMatches | ForEach-Object matches | ForEach-Object (Parse-PlaceholderContent Value)
+    return $placeholders
+}
+
 function Walk-YamlFiles($rootDir) {
     Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath $rootDir -Recurse -File -Include *.yml, *.yaml |
         Where-Object { $_.Name -notmatch '^\.|node_modules' } |