diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e3d9692142..4b49fb05c2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -13,79 +13,82 @@ HELM_DOCS_DIR				= $(PROJECT_DIR)/.helm-docs
 TEMPLATES_DIR				= $(PROJECT_DIR)/.templates
 
 SCANNERS_CHART_LIST			:= $(sort $(wildcard $(SCANNERS_DIR)/*/Chart.yaml))
+SCANNERS_TEST_LIST			:= $(sort $(wildcard $(SCANNERS_DIR)/*/Makefile))
 HOOKS_CHART_LIST				:= $(sort $(wildcard $(HOOKS_DIR)/*/Chart.yaml))
+HOOKS_TEST_LIST					:= $(sort $(wildcard $(HOOKS_DIR)/*/Makefile))
 DEMO_TARGETS_CHART_LIST	:= $(sort $(wildcard $(DEMO_TARGETS_DIR)/*/Chart.yaml))
+# This find construct is based on https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4210042/how-to-exclude-a-directory-in-find-command/4210072#4210072
+PACKAGE_JSON_LIST				:= $(shell find $(PROJECT_DIR) \( \
+                                   		-name .git -o \
+                                   		-name .github -o \
+                                   		-name .idea -o \
+                                   		-name .reuse -o \
+                                   		-name .vagrant -o \
+                                   		-name .vscode -o \
+                                   		-name bin -o \
+                                   		-name docs -o \
+                                   		-name LICENSES -o \
+                                   		-name coverage -o \
+                                   		-name dist -o \
+                                   		-name node_modules -o \
+                                   		-name target \) \
+                                   		-prune \
+                                   		-false \
+                                   		-o -type f \
+                                   		-iname package.json)
 
 all: help
 
 .PHONY: npm-ci-all
 npm-ci-all: ## Runs npm ci in all node module subfolders.
-# This find construct is based on https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4210042/how-to-exclude-a-directory-in-find-command/4210072#4210072
-	find . \( \
-		-name '.git' -o \
-		-name '.github' -o \
-		-name '.idea' -o \
-		-name '.reuse' -o \
-		-name '.vagrant' -o \
-		-name '.vscode' -o \
-		-name 'bin' -o \
-		-name 'docs' -o \
-		-name 'LICENSES' -o \
-		-name 'coverage' -o \
-		-name 'dist' -o \
-		-name 'node_modules' -o \
-		-name target \) \
-		-prune \
-		-false \
-		-o -type f \
-		-iname package.json \
-		-execdir npm ci \;
+	@for package in $(PACKAGE_JSON_LIST); do \
+		cd $$(dirname $${package}) && npm ci; \
+	done
 
 .PHONY: npm-test-all
 npm-test-all: ## Runs all Jest based test suites.
-	npm test -- --testPathIgnorePatterns "/integration-tests/"
+	npm test -- --testPathIgnorePatterns /integration-tests/
 
 .PHONY: test-all
-test-all: ## Runs all makefile based test suites.
-	@echo ".: ⚙ Installing the operator for makefile based testing."
-	cd ./operator && $(MAKE) -s docker-build docker-export kind-import helm-deploy
-	@echo ".: ⚙ Running make test for all scanner and hook modules."
-	for dir in scanners/*/ hooks/*/ ; do \
-  	cd $$dir; \
-		echo ".: ⚙ Running make test for '$$dir'."; \
-  	$(MAKE) -s test || exit 1 ; \
-		cd -; \
-	done;
+test-all: install-operator ## Runs all makefile based test suites.
+	@echo "Running make test for all scanner and hook modules..."
+	@for dir in $(SCANNERS_TEST_LIST) $(HOOKS_TEST_LIST); do \
+    	cd  $$(dirname $$dir) && 	$(MAKE) -s test || exit 1; \
+	done
+
+.PHONY: install-operator
+install-operator: ## Install the operator for makefile based testing.
+	@echo "Installing the operator for makefile based testing..."
+	cd $(OPERATOR_DIR) && $(MAKE) -s docker-build docker-export kind-import helm-deploy
 
 .PHONY: readme
 readme:	## Generate README.md based on Chart.yaml and template.
-	@echo ".: ⚙ Generate Helm Docs."
-	helm-docs --template-files=$(HELM_DOCS_DIR)/templates.gotmpl --template-files=.helm-docs.gotmpl --template-files=$(HELM_DOCS_DIR)/README.md.gotmpl
+	$(BIN_DIR)/generate-helm-docs.sh --readme $(PROJECT_DIR) $(HELM_DOCS_DIR)
 
 .PHONY: hook-docs
 hook-docs: ## Generate documentation for hooks.
 	@for chart in $(HOOKS_CHART_LIST); do \
-		$(BIN_DIR)/generate-docs.sh --hook "$${chart}" $(HELM_DOCS_DIR); \
+		$(BIN_DIR)/generate-helm-docs.sh --hook $${chart} $(HELM_DOCS_DIR); \
 	done
 
 .PHONY: scanner-docs
 scanner-docs: ## Generate documentation for scanners.
 	@for chart in $(SCANNERS_CHART_LIST); do \
-		$(BIN_DIR)/generate-docs.sh --scanner "$${chart}" $(HELM_DOCS_DIR); \
+		$(BIN_DIR)/generate-helm-docs.sh --scanner $${chart} $(HELM_DOCS_DIR); \
 	done
 
 .PHONY: operator-docs
 operator-docs: ## Generate documentation for the operator.
-	$(BIN_DIR)/generate-docs.sh --operator $(OPERATOR_DIR)/Chart.yaml $(HELM_DOCS_DIR)
+	$(BIN_DIR)/generate-helm-docs.sh --operator $(OPERATOR_DIR)/Chart.yaml $(HELM_DOCS_DIR)
 
 .PHONY: auto-discovery-docs
 auto-discovery-docs: ## Generate documentation for the auto-discovery.
-	$(BIN_DIR)/generate-docs.sh --operator $(AUTO_DISCOVERY_DIR)/kubernetes/Chart.yaml $(HELM_DOCS_DIR)
+	$(BIN_DIR)/generate-helm-docs.sh --operator $(AUTO_DISCOVERY_DIR)/kubernetes/Chart.yaml $(HELM_DOCS_DIR)
 
 .PHONY: demo-target-docs
 demo-target-docs: ## Generate documentation for demo targets.
 	@for chart in $(DEMO_TARGETS_CHART_LIST); do \
-		$(BIN_DIR)/generate-docs.sh --demo-target "$${chart}" $(HELM_DOCS_DIR); \
+		$(BIN_DIR)/generate-helm-docs.sh --demo-target $${chart} $(HELM_DOCS_DIR); \
 	done
 
 .PHONY: docs
@@ -94,15 +97,15 @@ docs: readme hook-docs scanner-docs operator-docs auto-discovery-docs demo-targe
 .PHONY: create-new-scanner
 create-new-scanner: ## Creates templates for a new scanner, pass NAME=NEW-SCANNER to this target.
 ifdef NAME
-	rm -rf "$(SCANNERS_DIR)/$(NAME)"
-	cp -r "$(TEMPLATES_DIR)/new-scanner/" "$(SCANNERS_DIR)/$(NAME)"
-	find $(SCANNERS_DIR)/$(NAME) -type f ! -name 'tmp' \
-		-exec sed -n "s/new-scanner/$(NAME)/g;w $(SCANNERS_DIR)/$(NAME)/tmp" {} \; \
-		-exec mv "$(SCANNERS_DIR)/$(NAME)/tmp" {} \;
-	mv "$(SCANNERS_DIR)/$(NAME)/templates/new-scanner-parse-definition.yaml" \
-		"$(SCANNERS_DIR)/$(NAME)/templates/$(NAME)-parse-definition.yaml"
-	mv "$(SCANNERS_DIR)/$(NAME)/templates/new-scanner-scan-type.yaml" \
-		"$(SCANNERS_DIR)/$(NAME)/templates/$(NAME)-scan-type.yaml"
+	rm -rf $(SCANNERS_DIR)/$(NAME)
+	cp -r $(TEMPLATES_DIR)/new-scanner/ $(SCANNERS_DIR)/$(NAME)
+	find $(SCANNERS_DIR)/$(NAME) -type f ! -name tmp \
+		-exec sed -n s/new-scanner/$(NAME)/g;w $(SCANNERS_DIR)/$(NAME)/tmp {} \; \
+		-exec mv $(SCANNERS_DIR)/$(NAME)/tmp {} \;
+	mv $(SCANNERS_DIR)/$(NAME)/templates/new-scanner-parse-definition.yaml \
+		$(SCANNERS_DIR)/$(NAME)/templates/$(NAME)-parse-definition.yaml
+	mv $(SCANNERS_DIR)/$(NAME)/templates/new-scanner-scan-type.yaml \
+		$(SCANNERS_DIR)/$(NAME)/templates/$(NAME)-scan-type.yaml
 else
 	@echo "Scanner name not defined, please provide via make create-new-scanner NAME=NEW-SCANNER"
 endif
diff --git a/bin/generate-docs.sh b/bin/generate-docs.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 82b5847b0c..0000000000
--- a/bin/generate-docs.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,238 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: the secureCodeBox authors
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-COLOR_PREFIX="\e[32m"
-COLOR_ERROR="\e[31m"
-COLOR_RESET="\e[0m"
-
-USAGE="$(basename "${0}") --scanner|--hook|--demo-target|--operator|--auto-discovery path/to/scanner/Chart.yaml path/to/.helm-docs"
-
-DOC_TYPE="${1:-}"
-CHART_FILE="${2:-}"
-HELM_DOCS_DIR="${3:-}"
-
-function log() {
-  echo -e "${COLOR_PREFIX}SCB${COLOR_RESET} ${1}"
-}
-
-function error() {
-  log >&2 "${COLOR_ERROR}ERROR${COLOR_RESET}: ${1}"
-}
-
-function validate_args() {
-  if [[ -z "${DOC_TYPE}" ]]; then
-    error "No doc type  given as first argument!"
-    error "${USAGE}"
-    exit 1
-  fi
-
-  if [[ -z "${CHART_FILE}" ]]; then
-    error "No chart file given as second argument!"
-    error "${USAGE}"
-    exit 1
-  fi
-
-  if [[ -z "${HELM_DOCS_DIR}" ]]; then
-    error "No helm docs dir given as third argument!"
-    error "${USAGE}"
-    exit 1
-  fi
-}
-
-function generate_docs() {
-  local chart_search_root output_file base_template docs_template dockerhub_template
-
-  chart_search_root="${1}"
-  output_file="${2}"
-  base_template="${3}"
-  docs_template="${4}"
-  dockerhub_template="${5}"
-
-  helm-docs --log-level debug \
-    --chart-search-root="${chart_search_root}" \
-    --output-file="${output_file}" \
-    --template-files="${base_template}" \
-    --template-files="${docs_template}" \
-    --template-files="${dockerhub_template}"
-}
-
-function generate_scanner_docs() {
-  log "Generating scanner docs for ${CHART_FILE}..."
-
-  local scanner_dir docs_dir parser_dir scanner_image_dir
-
-  scanner_dir="$(dirname "${CHART_FILE}")"
-  docs_dir="${scanner_dir}/docs"
-  parser_dir="${scanner_dir}/parser"
-  scanner_image_dir="${scanner_dir}/scanner"
-
-  if [ ! -d "${docs_dir}" ]; then
-    log "Ignoring docs creation process for '${CHART_FILE}' because docs folder found at: '${docs_dir}'!"
-    exit 0
-  fi
-
-  if [ -d "${parser_dir}" ]; then
-    log "Parser found at: '${parser_dir}'. Generating parser doc..."
-
-    generate_docs "${scanner_dir}" \
-      "docs/README.DockerHub-Parser.md" \
-      "${HELM_DOCS_DIR}/templates.gotmpl" \
-      "${scanner_dir}/.helm-docs.gotmpl" \
-      "${HELM_DOCS_DIR}/README.DockerHub-Parser.md.gotmpl"
-  else
-    log "No parser found '${parser_dir}'! Skipping parser doc."
-  fi
-
-  if [ -d "${scanner_image_dir}" ]; then
-    log "Scanner found at: '${scanner_image_dir}'. Generating scanner doc..."
-
-    generate_docs "${scanner_dir}" \
-      "docs/README.DockerHub-Scanner.md" \
-      "${HELM_DOCS_DIR}/templates.gotmpl" \
-      "${scanner_dir}/.helm-docs.gotmpl" \
-      "${HELM_DOCS_DIR}/README.DockerHub-Scanner.md.gotmpl"
-  else
-    log "No scanner found at '${scanner_image_dir}'! Skipping scanner doc."
-  fi
-
-  log "Generating main doc..."
-  generate_docs "${scanner_dir}" \
-    "docs/README.ArtifactHub.md" \
-    "${HELM_DOCS_DIR}/templates.gotmpl" \
-    "${scanner_dir}/.helm-docs.gotmpl" \
-    "${HELM_DOCS_DIR}/README.ArtifactHub.md.gotmpl"
-}
-
-function generate_hook_docs() {
-  log "Generating hook docs for ${CHART_FILE}..."
-
-  local hook_dir docs_dir
-
-  hook_dir="$(dirname "${CHART_FILE}")"
-  docs_dir="${hook_dir}/docs"
-
-  if [ ! -d "${docs_dir}" ]; then
-    log "Ignoring docs creation process for '${CHART_FILE}' because docs folder found at: '${docs_dir}'!"
-    exit 0
-  fi
-
-  generate_docs "${hook_dir}" \
-    "docs/README.DockerHub-Hook.md" \
-    "${HELM_DOCS_DIR}/templates.gotmpl" \
-    "${hook_dir}/.helm-docs.gotmpl" \
-    "${HELM_DOCS_DIR}/README.DockerHub-Hook.md.gotmpl"
-  generate_docs "${hook_dir}" \
-    "docs/README.ArtifactHub.md" \
-    "${HELM_DOCS_DIR}/templates.gotmpl" \
-    "${hook_dir}/.helm-docs.gotmpl" \
-    "${HELM_DOCS_DIR}/README.ArtifactHub.md.gotmpl"
-}
-
-function generate_demo_target_docs() {
-  log "Generating demo target docs for ${CHART_FILE}..."
-
-  local demo_target_dir docs_dir
-
-  demo_target_dir="$(dirname "${CHART_FILE}")"
-  docs_dir="${demo_target_dir}/docs"
-
-  if [ ! -d "${docs_dir}" ]; then
-    log "Ignoring docs creation process for '${CHART_FILE}' because docs folder found at: '${docs_dir}'!"
-    exit 0
-  fi
-
-  generate_docs "${demo_target_dir}" \
-    "docs/README.DockerHub-Target.md" \
-    "${HELM_DOCS_DIR}/templates.gotmpl" \
-    "${demo_target_dir}/.helm-docs.gotmpl" \
-    "${HELM_DOCS_DIR}/README.DockerHub-Target.md.gotmpl"
-
-  generate_docs "${demo_target_dir}" \
-    "docs/README.ArtifactHub.md" \
-    "${HELM_DOCS_DIR}/templates.gotmpl" \
-    "${demo_target_dir}/.helm-docs.gotmpl" \
-    "${HELM_DOCS_DIR}/README.ArtifactHub.md.gotmpl"
-}
-
-function generate_operator_docs() {
-  log "Generating operator docs for ${CHART_FILE}..."
-
-  local operator_dir docs_dir
-
-  operator_dir="$(dirname "${CHART_FILE}")"
-  docs_dir="${operator_dir}/docs"
-
-  if [ ! -d "${docs_dir}" ]; then
-    log "Ignoring docs creation process for '${CHART_FILE}' because docs folder found at: '${docs_dir}'!"
-    exit 0
-  fi
-
-  generate_docs "${operator_dir}" \
-    "docs/README.DockerHub-Core.md" \
-    "${HELM_DOCS_DIR}/templates.gotmpl" \
-    "${operator_dir}/.helm-docs.gotmpl" \
-    "${HELM_DOCS_DIR}/README.DockerHub-Core.md.gotmpl"
-  generate_docs "${operator_dir}" \
-    "docs/README.ArtifactHub.md" \
-    "${HELM_DOCS_DIR}/templates.gotmpl" \
-    "${operator_dir}/.helm-docs.gotmpl" \
-    "${HELM_DOCS_DIR}/README.ArtifactHub.md.gotmpl"
-}
-
-function generate_auto_discovery_docs() {
-  log "Generating auto discovery docs for ${CHART_FILE}..."
-
-  local auto_discovery_dir docs_dir
-
-  auto_discovery_dir="$(dirname "${CHART_FILE}")"
-  docs_dir="${auto_discovery_dir}/docs"
-
-  if [ ! -d "${docs_dir}" ]; then
-    log "Ignoring docs creation process for '${CHART_FILE}' because docs folder found at: '${docs_dir}'!"
-    exit 0
-  fi
-
-  generate_docs "${auto_discovery_dir}" \
-    "docs/README.DockerHub-Core.md" \
-    "${HELM_DOCS_DIR}/templates.gotmpl" \
-    "${auto_discovery_dir}.helm-docs.gotmpl" \
-    "${HELM_DOCS_DIR}/README.DockerHub-Core.md.gotmpl"
-  generate_docs "${auto_discovery_dir}" \
-    "docs/README.ArtifactHub.md" \
-    "${HELM_DOCS_DIR}/templates.gotmpl" \
-    "${auto_discovery_dir}.helm-docs.gotmpl" \
-    "${HELM_DOCS_DIR}/README.ArtifactHub.md.gotmpl"
-}
-
-function main() {
-  validate_args
-
-  case "${DOC_TYPE}" in
-  "--scanner")
-    generate_scanner_docs
-    ;;
-  "--hook")
-    generate_hook_docs
-    ;;
-  "--demo-target")
-    generate_demo_target_docs
-    ;;
-  "--operator")
-    generate_operator_docs
-    ;;
-  "--auto-discovery")
-    generate_auto_discovery_docs
-    ;;
-  *)
-    error "Unsupported doc type: ${DOC_TYPE}!"
-    error "${USAGE}"
-    ;;
-  esac
-}
-
-main
diff --git a/bin/generate-helm-docs.sh b/bin/generate-helm-docs.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..48252eba42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/generate-helm-docs.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,209 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: the secureCodeBox authors
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+COLOR_PREFIX="\e[32m"
+COLOR_ERROR="\e[31m"
+COLOR_RESET="\e[0m"
+
+#
+# This script generates various HElm documentation from chart files
+#
+# This script was extracted from the main Makefile to make both easier maintainable.
+#
+# This script provides some switches to generate particular parts of the whole documentation. The documentation
+# Consists of three parts:
+#
+# 1. A main README file for the Chart. This is generated by the switch `--readme`. This is exceptional from the other
+#    switches because it expects thebase directory with all chart files in sub directories. All the readmes for all
+#    charts will be generated in one sigle run.
+# 2. Chart documentation for ArtifactHub. This file is generated as part of this script when invoked with any switch
+#    except the`--readme` switch (see above). Not for all images (see below) a chart documentation wil be generated!
+# 3. Image documentation forDockerHub. . This file is generated as part of this script when invoked with any switch
+#    except the`--readme` switch (see above). Not for all charts (see below) a DockerHub documentation will be generated!
+
+USAGE="$(basename "${0}") --scanner|--hook|--demo-target|--operator|--auto-discovery|--readme path/to/Chart.yaml|dir/with/charts path/to/.helm-docs"
+
+DOC_TYPE="${1:-}"
+# This is either path to a Chart.yml or a directory containing some of them.
+CHART_FILE_OR_DIR="${2:-}"
+HELM_DOCS_DIR="${3:-}"
+
+DOCS_DIR_NAME="docs"
+
+function log() {
+  echo -e "${COLOR_PREFIX}SCB${COLOR_RESET} ${1}"
+}
+
+function error() {
+  log >&2 "${COLOR_ERROR}ERROR${COLOR_RESET}: ${1}"
+}
+
+function validate_args() {
+  if [[ -z "${DOC_TYPE}" ]]; then
+    error "No doc type  given as first argument!"
+    error "${USAGE}"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  if [[ -z "${CHART_FILE_OR_DIR}" ]]; then
+    error "No chart file given as second argument!"
+    error "${USAGE}"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  if [[ -z "${HELM_DOCS_DIR}" ]]; then
+    error "No helm docs dir given as third argument!"
+    error "${USAGE}"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+}
+
+function generate_docs() {
+  local chart_search_root output_file base_template local_template output_template
+
+  chart_search_root="${1}"
+  output_file="${2}"
+
+  base_template="${HELM_DOCS_DIR}/templates.gotmpl"
+  local_template=".helm-docs.gotmpl"
+  # Strip of the docs dir prefix from output file.
+  output_template="${HELM_DOCS_DIR}/${output_file#"$DOCS_DIR_NAME/"}.gotmpl"
+
+  helm-docs \
+    --chart-search-root="${chart_search_root}" \
+    --output-file="${output_file}" \
+    --template-files="${base_template}" \
+    --template-files="${local_template}" \
+    --template-files="${output_template}"
+}
+
+function generate_scanner_docs() {
+  local scanner_dir parser_dir scanner_image_dir
+
+  scanner_dir="${1}"
+  parser_dir="${scanner_dir}/parser"
+  scanner_image_dir="${scanner_dir}/scanner"
+
+  if [ -d "${parser_dir}" ]; then
+    log "Parser found at: '${parser_dir}'. Generating parser doc..."
+    # Since parsers do not have an own Helm chart, but are included in
+    # the Helm chart of the related scanner, we do not generate a doc file
+    # for ArtifactHub.
+    generate_docs "${scanner_dir}" "${DOCS_DIR_NAME}/README.DockerHub-Parser.md"
+  else
+    log "No parser found '${parser_dir}'! Skipping parser doc."
+  fi
+
+  if [ -d "${scanner_image_dir}" ]; then
+    log "Scanner found at: '${scanner_image_dir}'. Generating scanner doc..."
+    # For own custom scanners (e.g. Nmap which does not provide an official image)
+    # we generate docs for DockerHub, but not for ArtifactHub because the scanner
+    # image does not have its own Helm chart. It belongs to the main chart which
+    # is generated separately.
+    generate_docs "${scanner_dir}" "${DOCS_DIR_NAME}/README.DockerHub-Scanner.md"
+  else
+    log "No scanner found at '${scanner_image_dir}'! Skipping scanner doc."
+  fi
+
+  log "Generating main doc..."
+  # Here we generate the main doc of the Helm chart for artifact hub.`
+  generate_docs "${scanner_dir}" "${DOCS_DIR_NAME}/README.ArtifactHub.md"
+}
+
+function generate_hook_docs() {
+  local hook_dir
+
+  hook_dir="${1}"
+  generate_docs "${hook_dir}" "${DOCS_DIR_NAME}/README.DockerHub-Hook.md"
+  generate_docs "${hook_dir}" "${DOCS_DIR_NAME}/README.ArtifactHub.md"
+}
+
+function generate_demo_target_docs() {
+  local demo_target_dir
+
+  demo_target_dir="${1}"
+  generate_docs "${demo_target_dir}" "${DOCS_DIR_NAME}/README.DockerHub-Target.md"
+  generate_docs "${demo_target_dir}" "${DOCS_DIR_NAME}/README.ArtifactHub.md"
+}
+
+function generate_operator_docs() {
+  local operator_dir
+
+  operator_dir="${1}"
+  generate_docs "${operator_dir}" "${DOCS_DIR_NAME}/README.DockerHub-Core.md"
+  generate_docs "${operator_dir}" "${DOCS_DIR_NAME}/README.ArtifactHub.md"
+}
+
+function generate_auto_discovery_docs() {
+  local auto_discovery_dir
+
+  auto_discovery_dir="${1}"
+  generate_docs "${auto_discovery_dir}" "${DOCS_DIR_NAME}/README.DockerHub-Core.md"
+  generate_docs "${auto_discovery_dir}" "${DOCS_DIR_NAME}/README.ArtifactHub.md"
+}
+
+function generate_readme() {
+  local repo_base_dir
+
+  repo_base_dir="${1}"
+
+  generate_docs "${repo_base_dir}" "README.md"
+}
+
+function main() {
+  validate_args
+
+  log "Generating docs for ${CHART_FILE_OR_DIR}..."
+
+  local work_dir docs_dir
+
+  # There are two main cases this script is invoked:
+  # 1. For one found chart file (e.g. of a scanner or hook): In this case we need
+  #    the parent directory of this chart file as working directory and we ned to ensure
+  #    that there is a ${DOCS_DIR_NAME} directory where we store the generated files.
+  # 2. For generating the top level READMEs. Here we expect a base directory as working dir
+  #    from where helm-docs collect all Chart.yml by itself.
+  if [[ -d "${CHART_FILE_OR_DIR}" ]]; then
+    work_dir="${CHART_FILE_OR_DIR}"
+  else
+    work_dir="$(dirname "${CHART_FILE_OR_DIR}")"
+    docs_dir="${work_dir}/${DOCS_DIR_NAME}"
+
+    if [ ! -d "${docs_dir}" ]; then
+      log "Ignoring docs creation process for '${CHART_FILE_OR_DIR}' because docs folder found at: '${docs_dir}'!"
+      exit 0
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  case "${DOC_TYPE}" in
+  "--scanner")
+    generate_scanner_docs "${work_dir}"
+    ;;
+  "--hook")
+    generate_hook_docs "${work_dir}"
+    ;;
+  "--demo-target")
+    generate_demo_target_docs "${work_dir}"
+    ;;
+  "--operator")
+    generate_operator_docs "${work_dir}"
+    ;;
+  "--auto-discovery")
+    generate_auto_discovery_docs "${work_dir}"
+    ;;
+  "--readme")
+    generate_readme "${work_dir}"
+    ;;
+  *)
+    error "Unsupported doc type: ${DOC_TYPE}!"
+    error "${USAGE}"
+    ;;
+  esac
+}
+
+main