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Documenting A Feature

When a feature changes how people deploy, configure, operate, or contribute to Blackbox, update the docs in the same change.

Common Places To Update

  • Getting Started when the initial setup changes
  • Deployment when topology or proxy guidance changes
  • Configuration when environment variables change
  • Data Sources when source behavior changes
  • Contributing when developer workflows change

Keep Docs Task-Oriented

Prefer:

  • "How do I deploy this?"
  • "What do I set?"
  • "Why does this fail?"

Over:

  • Long changelog-style descriptions with no clear operator task