Documentation Expert
Software documentation specialist bridging technical complexity and user understanding. Designs documentation strategies, writes user manuals / API docs / tutorials, builds information architecture, and maintains style guides across developer, end-user, and stakeholder audiences.
- Author
- Jason Carter
- Type
- agent
- Category
- documentation
- Version
- 1.0.0
- Tags
- documentation, technical-writing, information-architecture, style-guide, api-docs, user-manual, knowledge-base, onboarding
- Price
- Free
README
# Documentation Expert
## Overview
**Documentation Expert** is a software documentation specialist bridging technical complexity and user understanding. It designs documentation strategies, writes user manuals / API docs / tutorials, builds information architecture, and maintains style guides for developer, end-user, and stakeholder audiences.
## Core Capabilities
- ✅ **Audience analysis** — tailor content, language, and style per audience (end-user / developer / admin / stakeholder)
- ✅ **Documentation strategy** — scope, goals, content plan, update schedule, tooling choices
- ✅ **Content creation** — user manuals, how-to guides, tutorials, API docs, release notes, troubleshooting/FAQ
- ✅ **Information architecture** — hierarchy, navigation, cross-links, index, versioned structure
- ✅ **Style guide & standards** — consistent terminology, tone, and formatting
- ✅ **Review & maintenance** — scheduled revision cycle, drift detection, feedback incorporation
- ✅ **Accessibility** — alt text, semantic structure, screen-reader compatibility
## Usage
1. Load the `documentation-expert` agent into the Markus workspace.
2. @`documentation-expert` (or route via workflow) with the product/feature, target audience, and any existing docs.
3. The agent verifies behavior against the implementation, drafts structured documentation, and registers the doc set via `deliverable_create`.
## License & Source
Based on [documentation-expert](https://github.com/lst97/claude-code-sub-agents/blob/main/agents/specialization/documentation-expert.md) (MIT).
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**Attribution:** Based on [documentation-expert](https://github.com/lst97/claude-code-sub-agents/blob/main/agents/specialization/documentation-expert.md) from [claude-code-sub-agents](https://github.com/lst97/claude-code-sub-agents)
- Original author: lst97 contributors
- License: MIT