diff --git a/docs/scripts/generate-api.mjs b/docs/scripts/generate-api.mjs
index 109dd80a..cde4231f 100644
--- a/docs/scripts/generate-api.mjs
+++ b/docs/scripts/generate-api.mjs
@@ -1341,6 +1341,7 @@ async function main() {
 	await generateForLanguage("fr", targetCompounds, namespaceCompounds);
 
 	const symbolsOutPath = path.join(docsRoot, "src", "data", "cpputils-symbols.json");
+	fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(symbolsOutPath), { recursive: true });
 	fs.writeFileSync(symbolsOutPath, JSON.stringify(cpputilsSymbols, null, 2), "utf-8");
 	console.log(`[generate-api] Saved ${Object.keys(cpputilsSymbols).length} CppUtils symbols to ${symbolsOutPath}`);
 }
diff --git a/docs/scripts/update-cppreference-symbols.mjs b/docs/scripts/update-cppreference-symbols.mjs
index b601c933..b02f29da 100644
--- a/docs/scripts/update-cppreference-symbols.mjs
+++ b/docs/scripts/update-cppreference-symbols.mjs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
 const outputPath = path.resolve(__dirname, '../src/data/cppreference-symbols.json');
 
 export async function updateCppReferenceSymbols(options = { maxAgeDays: 7, timeoutMs: 5000, force: false }) {
+	fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(outputPath), { recursive: true });
 	const exists = fs.existsSync(outputPath);
 	if (exists && !options.force) {
 		const stats = fs.statSync(outputPath);