TaskProvider<RenderMarkdown> releaseNotesMarkdown = tasks.register("releaseNotesMarkdown", RenderMarkdown.class, task -> {
            task.setGroup("release notes");
            task.setDescription("Generate release notes HTML page from Markdown.");

            task.getInputEncoding().convention(Charset.defaultCharset().name());

        tasks.register("serveDocs", ServeDocs.class, task -> {
            task.setDescription("Runs a local webserver to serve generated documentation.");
            task.setGroup("documentation");

            int webserverPort = 8000;
            task.getJavaLauncher().set(
                task.getProject().getExtensions().getByType(JavaToolchainService.class)

        });

        TaskProvider<AsciidoctorTask> userguideMultiPage = tasks.register("userguideMultiPage", AsciidoctorTask.class, task -> {
            task.setGroup("documentation");
            task.setDescription("Generates multi-page user manual.");
            task.dependsOn(extension.getUserManual().getStagedDocumentation());

            task.sources(patternSet -> {