Documentation Plan

This document outlines the comprehensive plan for DeepLint's documentation, including completed tasks, current status, and future improvements.

Documentation Status

Category	Status	Notes
Getting Started	✅ Complete	Installation, configuration, first run, Git integration
Core Concepts	🟡 Partial	Context building complete, semantic analysis and auto-fixes planned
User Guides	🟡 Partial	Commands documented, configuration and rules guides planned
Developer Documentation	🟡 Partial	Architecture, code organization, and contributing guides complete
Reference	🟡 Partial	CLI and configuration references complete, API docs planned
Documentation Guidelines	✅ Complete	Style guide, code examples, readability guidelines

Documentation Structure

The DeepLint documentation is organized into the following sections:

1. Getting Started: Quick start guides for new users

2. Core Concepts: Explanations of key concepts and features

3. User Guides: Detailed guides for specific tasks and features

4. Developer Documentation: Information for contributors and developers

5. Reference: Detailed reference documentation for APIs, commands, etc.

6. Documentation Guidelines: Guidelines for writing and maintaining documentation

Completed Tasks

Documentation Structure and Navigation

• Update SUMMARY.md to only include links to existing documentation files

• Add "Coming Soon" or "Planned" labels to features not yet implemented

• Reorganize structure to match actual codebase

• Add cross-references between related sections

• Ensure consistent depth of documentation across topics

• Create a more intuitive hierarchy

Content Consolidation and Deduplication

• Merge overlapping content between concepts/context-building.md and developer/components/context-builder/overview.md

• Ensure user-focused content is in concepts/ and developer-focused content is in developer/

• Add cross-references instead of duplicating content

• Create a single source of truth for configuration options

• Ensure consistency between user and developer documentation

• Clarify which options are implemented vs. planned

• Remove duplicate architecture diagrams

• Ensure consistent terminology across documents

• Create clearer separation between high-level and detailed architecture

Content Enhancement and Gap Filling

• Ensure all implemented commands are documented

• Standardize command documentation format

• Add more practical examples

• Focus on actual implemented features

• Add troubleshooting section

• Improve first-run experience documentation

• Update contributing guidelines with more specific examples

• Add more code examples for common development tasks

• Ensure consistency with actual codebase

Content Quality and Consistency

• Create documentation style guide

• Create code examples guidelines

• Create readability guidelines

• Remove redundant comments in code examples

• Ensure code examples follow project's clean code guidelines

• Keep only essential explanatory comments

• Remove unnecessary technical jargon from user guides

• Add more examples for common use cases

• Improve visual elements (diagrams, tables)

Documentation-Reality Alignment

• Update roadmap documentation

• Ensure roadmap reflects current implementation status

• Clearly mark unimplemented features

• Update timelines and priorities

Remaining Tasks

Missing Documentation Files

• Create concepts/semantic-analysis.md (Planned feature)

• Create concepts/auto-fixes.md (Planned feature)

• Document the file system scanner in developer/components/context-builder/file-system-scanner.md

• Document the dependency analyzer in developer/components/context-builder/dependency-analyzer.md

• Document the code structure analyzer in developer/components/context-builder/code-structure.md

• Create reference documentation for CLI commands

• Create reference documentation for configuration schema

• Create reference documentation for API

Documentation Maintenance

• Treat documentation as part of the codebase

• Review documentation changes alongside code changes

• Require documentation updates for new features

• Verify links in documentation

• Ensure examples work as described

• Check for outdated information

• Version documentation alongside code

• Maintain documentation for previous versions

• Clearly mark deprecated features

Documentation for Planned Features

The following documentation will be created as the corresponding features are implemented:

LLM Analysis Functionality

• Document LLM integration

• Document prompt templates

• Document response parsing

• Document analysis results

Git Hooks Functionality

• Document --install-hooks flag

• Document pre-commit hook template

• Document hook installation logic

• Document config set command

Check Command

• Document check command

• Document file selection logic

• Document integration with context builder

Auto-Fix Functionality

• Document --wizard flag

• Document fix suggestion logic

• Document fix application

Implementation Approach

The implementation of these documentation improvements should follow these principles:

1. Documentation-as-Code: Treat documentation as a first-class citizen in the codebase

2. Incremental Improvement: Focus on making the documentation better, not redoing it completely

3. Prioritize Implemented Features: Ensure documentation for implemented features is complete and accurate

4. Consistency: Maintain consistent style, terminology, and structure

5. User-Centric: Prioritize improvements that enhance the user experience

Documentation Guidelines

For detailed guidelines on writing and maintaining documentation, see:

• Documentation Style Guide
• Code Examples Guidelines
• Readability Guidelines

Next Steps

1. Document the remaining context builder components ✅ Completed

2. Create reference documentation for CLI commands ✅ Completed

3. Establish documentation maintenance process

4. Set up documentation testing and versioning

5. Create documentation for planned features as they are implemented