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Tom Morgan
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AI API Docs Tools: Prose They Write, Behavior They Miss

The tools worth adopting are the ones that turn merged code changes into reviewable documentation pull requests, not the ones that generate a whole reference…

A model reads a spec, code, or comments and writes descriptions, examples, or guides. Code changes after docs ship. A tool watches merged changes and proposes edits.

Key takeaways

  • A tool reading a pull request sees code.
  • My position Do not let any tool publish AI-written reference content straight from code.
  • Fix the spec first.

If a tool fails this test on your spec, the likelier fix is the spec, not a different vendor.

Read the full article: https://www.trendix.tech/ai-api-documentation-tools/

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