Summary
Formalize what should be documented and to what level of detail.
Questions to Answer
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What must be documented?
- Every public API?
- Every CLI command?
- Every workflow input?
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What level of detail?
- Just signatures and descriptions?
- Full examples for everything?
- Edge cases and gotchas?
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What stays in source repos vs ppds-docs?
- ADRs?
- Package READMEs?
- Inline code comments?
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How to verify completeness?
- Manual checklist?
- Automated coverage tool?
- Ralph Wiggum completion criteria?
Proposed Standards
Must Document
Documentation Location
| Content |
Location |
| User-facing guides |
ppds-docs |
| API reference |
ppds-docs |
| ADRs |
Source repo /docs/adr |
| Package README |
Source repo (links to ppds-docs) |
| Demo-specific |
ppds-demo |
Quality Criteria
Deliverable
Create docs/contributing/documentation-standards.md with these answers.
Priority: Medium
Needed before scaling doc generation with Ralph Wiggum.
Summary
Formalize what should be documented and to what level of detail.
Questions to Answer
What must be documented?
What level of detail?
What stays in source repos vs ppds-docs?
How to verify completeness?
Proposed Standards
Must Document
Documentation Location
Quality Criteria
Deliverable
Create
docs/contributing/documentation-standards.mdwith these answers.Priority: Medium
Needed before scaling doc generation with Ralph Wiggum.