diff --git a/.changeset/eleven-badgers-wink.md b/.changeset/eleven-badgers-wink.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1d0c1443fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/eleven-badgers-wink.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'@backstage/techdocs-common': patch
+---
+
+Improve techdocs-common Generator API for it to be used by techdocs-cli. No breaking changes.
+Generator can now accept an output directory.