diff --git a/Gruntfile.coffee b/Gruntfile.coffee
index 8dbe91286..960fbfd92 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.coffee
+++ b/Gruntfile.coffee
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ module.exports = (grunt) ->
     nof = require.resolve('.bin/nof')
     spawn({cmd: nof, args: ['spec', 'src']}, @async())
 
+  grunt.loadTasks('tasks')
   grunt.registerTask('compile', ['coffee', 'less', 'cson'])
   grunt.registerTask('lint', ['coffeelint', 'csslint', 'lesslint'])
   grunt.registerTask('ci', ['lint', 'partial-clean', 'update-atom-shell', 'build', 'test'])
diff --git a/tasks/docs.coffee b/tasks/docs.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3d540a6a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/docs.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+path = require 'path'
+
+module.exports = (grunt) ->
+  cmd = path.join('node_modules', '.bin', 'coffee')
+  commonArgs = [path.join('node_modules', '.bin', 'biscotto'), '--']
+  opts =
+    stdio: 'inherit'
+
+  grunt.registerTask 'build-docs', 'Builds the API docs in src/app', ->
+    done = @async()
+    args = [commonArgs..., '-o', 'docs/api', 'src/app/']
+    grunt.util.spawn({cmd, args, opts}, done)
+
+  grunt.registerTask 'lint-docs', 'Generate stats about the doc coverage', ->
+    done = @async()
+    args = [commonArgs..., '--statsOnly', 'src/app/']
+    grunt.util.spawn({cmd, args, opts}, done)
+
+  grunt.registerTask 'missing-docs', 'Generate stats about the doc coverage', ->
+    done = @async()
+    args = [commonArgs..., '--listMissing', 'src/app/']
+    grunt.util.spawn({cmd, args, opts}, done)