decontextualize

To make code comments and documentation portable, you must remove embedded task details and replace context-bound jargon with universal equivalents. This ensures the artifact stands alone without requiring prior conversation history.

A stranger-test for prompts and documentation is a validation method that ensures artifacts are self-contained. It verifies that a reader with no prior context can understand and use the prompt or documentation without needing additional background information.

To generalize context-bound prompts for reuse, replace task-specific terms and conversation references with generic, universal language. This removes dependencies on current-task specifics, domain jargon, and prior discussion history.

Yes, you can use this approach to clean up artifacts containing domain-specific jargon. It actively identifies and replaces context-bound terminology with generic equivalents suitable for any audience, ensuring broader readability and portability.

The best way to rewrite self-contained documentation is to apply a strict stranger-test and systematically strip out conversation-specific references. This produces a portable rewrite that requires no prior discussion to understand.

Shared code prompts break when they contain current-task specifics, domain jargon, or references tied to original conversation history. Removing this context-bound language and replacing it with generic terms ensures portability for future readers.