From 128a6227ca748518ada493af9f8c58816aba6949 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: msukkari <michael.sukkarieh@mail.mcgill.ca>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 18:47:17 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] remove references to demo instance in docs

---
 docs/docs/features/ask/overview.mdx    | 9 +++------
 docs/docs/features/mcp-server.mdx      | 4 +---
 docs/docs/features/search/overview.mdx | 9 +++------
 docs/docs/overview.mdx                 | 7 +------
 4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/docs/features/ask/overview.mdx b/docs/docs/features/ask/overview.mdx
index 9e877089e..16576faeb 100644
--- a/docs/docs/features/ask/overview.mdx
+++ b/docs/docs/features/ask/overview.mdx
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ Ask Sourcebot gives you the ability to ask complex questions about your codebase
 It uses Sourcebot’s existing [code search](/docs/features/search/overview) and [navigation](/docs/features/code-navigation) tools to allow reasoning models to search your code, 
 follow code nav references, and provide an answer that’s rich with inline citations and navigable code snippets.
 
+<Card title="Deployment guide" icon="server" href="/docs/deployment/docker-compose" horizontal="true">
+  Learn how to self-host Sourcebot in a few simple steps.
+</Card>
 <CardGroup>
 <Card title="Configure language models" icon="robot" href="/docs/configuration/language-model-providers" horizontal="true">
     Learn how to connect your language model to Sourcebot
@@ -14,12 +17,6 @@ follow code nav references, and provide an answer that’s rich with inline cita
 <Card title="Index repos" icon="book" href="/docs/connections/overview" horizontal="true">
     Learn how to index your repos so you can ask questions about them
 </Card>
-<Card title="Deployment guide" icon="server" href="/docs/deployment/docker-compose" horizontal="true">
-  Learn how to self-host Sourcebot in a few simple steps.
-</Card>
-<Card title="Public demo" icon="globe" href="https://demo.sourcebot.dev/" horizontal="true">
-  Try Ask Sourcebot on our public demo instance.
-</Card>
 </CardGroup>
 
 <video
diff --git a/docs/docs/features/mcp-server.mdx b/docs/docs/features/mcp-server.mdx
index 973512963..8390dfde9 100644
--- a/docs/docs/features/mcp-server.mdx
+++ b/docs/docs/features/mcp-server.mdx
@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@ The [Model Context Protocol](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/introduction) (MCP)
 
 <Steps>
     <Step title="Launch Sourcebot">
-        Follow the [deployment guides](/docs/deployment/docker-compose) to launch Sourcebot and get your code indexed. The host url of your instance (e.g., `http://localhost:3000`) is passed to the MCP server via the `SOURCEBOT_HOST` url.
-
-        If a host is not provided, then the server will fallback to using the demo instance hosted at https://demo.sourcebot.dev. You can see the list of repositories indexed [here](https://demo.sourcebot.dev/~/repos). Add additional repositories by [opening a PR](https://github.com/sourcebot-dev/sourcebot/blob/main/demo-site-config.json).
+        Follow the [deployment guides](/docs/deployment/docker-compose) to launch Sourcebot and get your code indexed. The host url of your instance (e.g., `http://localhost:3000`) is passed to the MCP server via the `SOURCEBOT_HOST` environment variable.
     </Step>
 
     <Step title="Create an API key">
diff --git a/docs/docs/features/search/overview.mdx b/docs/docs/features/search/overview.mdx
index f5372ba45..f9947ac96 100644
--- a/docs/docs/features/search/overview.mdx
+++ b/docs/docs/features/search/overview.mdx
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ Search across all your repos/branches across any code host platform. Blazingly f
 - **Filter panel:** Filter results by repository or by language.
 </Accordion>
 
+<Card title="Deployment guides" icon="server" href="/docs/deployment/docker-compose" horizontal="true">
+  Learn how to self-host Sourcebot in a few simple steps.
+</Card>
 <CardGroup>
 <Card title="Index repos" icon="book" href="/docs/connections/overview" horizontal="true">
     Learn how to index your repos so you can ask questions about them
@@ -22,12 +25,6 @@ Search across all your repos/branches across any code host platform. Blazingly f
 <Card title="Branches" icon="split" href="/docs/features/search/multi-branch-indexing" horizontal="true">
     Learn how to index and search through your branches
 </Card>
-<Card title="Deployment guides" icon="server" href="/docs/deployment/docker-compose" horizontal="true">
-  Learn how to self-host Sourcebot in a few simple steps.
-</Card>
-<Card title="Public demo" icon="globe" href="https://demo.sourcebot.dev/" horizontal="true">
-  Try Sourcebot's code search on our public demo instance.
-</Card>
 </CardGroup>
 
 <video
diff --git a/docs/docs/overview.mdx b/docs/docs/overview.mdx
index 3b2b96ff3..691c04934 100644
--- a/docs/docs/overview.mdx
+++ b/docs/docs/overview.mdx
@@ -8,14 +8,9 @@ title: "Overview"
 - [Ask Sourcebot](/docs/features/ask): Ask questions about your codebase and have Sourcebot provide detailed answers grounded with inline citations
 - [MCP](/docs/features/mcp-server): Enrich agent context windows with code across your organization
 
-<CardGroup>
 <Card title="Deployment guides" icon="server" href="/docs/deployment/docker-compose" horizontal="true">
   Learn how to self-host Sourcebot in a few simple steps.
 </Card>
-<Card title="Public demo" icon="globe" href="https://demo.sourcebot.dev/" horizontal="true">
-  Check out Sourcebot's features on our public demo instance.
-</Card>
-</CardGroup>
 
 <AccordionGroup>
   <Accordion title="Why Sourcebot?">
@@ -207,7 +202,7 @@ Sourcebot's core features are available under an [FSL licensed](https://github.c
 ## Telemetry
 ---
 
-By default, Sourcebot collects anonymized usage data through [PostHog](https://posthog.com/) to help us improve the performance and reliability of our tool. We don't collect or transmit <a href="https://demo.sourcebot.dev/~/search?query=captureEvent%5C(%20repo%3Asourcebot">any information related to your codebase</a>. In addition, all events are [sanitized](https://github.com/sourcebot-dev/sourcebot/blob/HEAD/packages/web/src/app/posthogProvider.tsx) to ensure that no sensitive details (ex. ip address, query info) leave your machine. 
+By default, Sourcebot collects anonymized usage data through [PostHog](https://posthog.com/) to help us improve the performance and reliability of our tool. We don't collect or transmit any information related to your codebase. In addition, all events are [sanitized](https://github.com/sourcebot-dev/sourcebot/blob/HEAD/packages/web/src/app/posthogProvider.tsx) to ensure that no sensitive details (ex. ip address, query info) leave your machine. 
 
 The data we collect includes general usage statistics and metadata such as query performance (e.g., search duration, error rates) to monitor the application's health and functionality. This information helps us better understand how Sourcebot is used and where improvements can be made.
 

From 521dcdb308516a41224b53119b7cdce666621707 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: msukkari <michael.sukkarieh@mail.mcgill.ca>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 18:55:06 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] disable action

---
 .github/workflows/deploy-demo.yml | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-demo.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-demo.yml
index 50884bef0..ef3e18e88 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-demo.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-demo.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   deploy-demo:
+    # Demo instance is down so skip this job for now
+    if: false
     uses: ./.github/workflows/_gcp-deploy.yml
     secrets: inherit
     permissions:

From b0765129ab693178c54bd0e073aed9a0bb3ea39a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: msukkari <michael.sukkarieh@mail.mcgill.ca>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 18:56:19 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] changelog

---
 CHANGELOG.md | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6ea946cd8..4644e7321 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Changed
+- Remove references to demo from docs. [#734](https://github.com/sourcebot-dev/sourcebot/pull/734)
+
 ### Fixed
 - Fixed issue where 403 errors were being raised during a user driven permission sync against a self-hosted code host. [#729](https://github.com/sourcebot-dev/sourcebot/pull/729)
 - Fixed "ambiguous argument 'HEAD^{commit}': unknown revision or path not in the working tree" error for blank repositories. [#733](https://github.com/sourcebot-dev/sourcebot/pull/733)