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To audit developer experience friction, you analyze developer-facing products by benchmarking against competitors and identifying bottlenecks in API onboarding and documentation. This ensures a seamless journey by evaluating touchpoints and prioritizing critical gaps.

A developer experience (DX) audit evaluates APIs, CLIs, SDKs, and documentation to identify friction points. It works by benchmarking your product against competitors and performing persona-based evaluations to ensure high-quality developer onboarding and usage.

You can benchmark API design by expanding your DX analysis to compare your product against competitors, identifying unique advantages. This process reviews developer-facing touchpoints to highlight where your onboarding and API documentation excel or lag.

Yes, you can review SDKs and CLIs in addition to web APIs. The developer experience audit applies to the review of APIs, CLIs, SDKs, and documentation to ensure high-quality developer onboarding and usage across all these interfaces.

The best way to prioritize developer onboarding gaps is through DX triage, which quickly identifies and prioritizes critical friction points in your current developer experience. This allows you to focus on bottlenecks blocking seamless API usage.

You should perform developer experience triage when you need to quickly identify and prioritize critical gaps in your documentation and onboarding flow. It is essential when friction points are suspected to be blocking seamless developer integration.