name: public-docs
description: Create and maintain public, user-facing product documentation for this repo's packages/docs app. Use when asked to write, revise, or review docs pages (tutorial/concept/reference/troubleshooting), improve docs information architecture, fix docs frontmatter/linking issues, or align docs quality with Vercel/Sentry-style standards.
Public Docs
Use this workflow to produce docs that are crisp, task-oriented, and trustworthy for external users.
Load only the references needed for the request:
| Task | Read |
|---|---|
| Understand docs app layout and constraints | references/api-surface.md |
| Draft or revise common docs pages | references/common-use-cases.md |
| Diagnose docs quality/build failures | references/troubleshooting-workarounds.md |
Core invariants
- Keep docs audience-facing: explain user outcomes, not internal implementation chatter.
- Match the local docs contract in
packages/docs/src/content/docs/contribute/documentation-guidelines.md. - For new or substantially edited pages, require frontmatter fields:
type,summary,prerequisites,related. - Include concrete verification steps for tutorial/troubleshooting content.
- End each page with an explicit "next step" path through internal links.
- Prefer minimal runnable examples over long conceptual exposition.
- Keep prose present around lists; avoid heading-plus-bullets-only sections.
Workflow
1. Classify the request
Select one primary path:
- New page authoring
- Existing page refactor/clarification
- Information architecture update (sidebar/redirects/navigation)
- Docs quality pass (accuracy, scannability, consistency)
- Troubleshooting/build-fix for docs app
2. Gather local context
- Read
packages/docs/src/content/docs/contribute/documentation-guidelines.md. - Read neighboring docs in the same section (
start-here,concepts,extend,operate,reference,contribute). - If navigation is involved, read
packages/docs/astro.config.mjs(sidebarandredirects). - If API docs are involved, confirm generated reference surface under
packages/docs/src/content/docs/reference/api.
3. Author or edit with the right page shape
- Pick doc
type(conceptual,tutorial,reference,troubleshooting) from intent. - Follow depth and section guidance from documentation guidelines.
- Keep wording direct and plain; remove filler or internal-only caveats.
- Use titled code fences for file snippets.
- Prefer internal links that advance the reader to the next concrete action.
4. Validate changes
Run the narrowest meaningful checks:
pnpm docs:check
When structure, sidebar, redirects, or generated reference behavior changes, also run:
pnpm docs:build
5. Report completion
Return:
- Changed files and what each change improves for readers
- Validation commands executed and outcome
- Residual risks (for example, missing screenshots, unverified env-specific setup)