technical-docs

Technical documentation standards cover tone, structure, formatting, code example practices, and terminology guidelines to ensure consistency across READMEs, API docs, and user guides.

A structured documentation workflow involves planning, outlining, reviewing, and approving technical docs to maintain consistent quality across developer, product, and user audiences.

API documentation requirements include detailing parameters, returns, errors, cross-references, and sample docs to provide comprehensive and clear API references.

Run a comprehensive quality checklist before finalizing technical documentation to verify that writing standards, visual conventions, and API requirements are met.

Visual communication guidelines define standards for diagrams, tables, and examples in user guides, often referencing pre-defined diagram and example repositories for consistency.

Yes, these documentation standards apply to both creating new docs and updating existing docstrings, READMEs, and API references across different project audiences.