documentation-consistency-keeper

To keep project documentation synchronized after code or spec changes, you map dependent documents like README.md and API docs, propagate terminology updates, remove outdated statements, and generate a change summary.

Updating README and changelog files after modifying an API involves mapping dependent documents, propagating terminology changes across files, removing obsolete references, and validating the updated content.

You need to run documentation consistency checks across a repository immediately after any approved spec or code update to prevent outdated documentation from causing technical debt and errors.

Dependent document mapping for technical documentation updates works by identifying all files affected by a change, such as README.md, docs/api.md, and CHANGELOG.md, ensuring every related reference is validated.

Yes, you can automate change summary generation for multiple markdown files by running a post-change workflow that maps dependencies, updates terminology, and produces a concise summary of what changed and where.

Outdated documentation causes technical debt in software projects because unmapped changes leave obsolete references and outdated statements in files, which leads to developer confusion and integration errors.