Learning path

Work through these in order if you are learning.

Learning path

Work through these in order if you are learning.

If you are adopting today: follow FIRST_WEEK.md (copy scaffold + minimum files), keep appendix/phase-folder-map.md as the path SSoT, then read primer chapters as you fill each phase.

Core (required)

Read these before anything else.

1. What Docs as Code means
2. Two audiences
3. Content governance

Lifecycle chapters

One chapter per phase, in order. Read alongside the phase you are filling.

1. Phase 0 — Charter
2. Phase 1 — Requirements
3. Phase 2 — Architecture
4. Phase 3 — Detailed design
5. Phase 4 — Implementation docs
6. Phase 5 — Testing
7. Phase 6 — Operations
8. Phase 7 — User docs
9. Phase 8 — Maintenance
10. Phase 9 — Retirement

Practice layers

Cross-cutting topics that apply across phases. Read in any order after Core.

• CI and quality gates

Then use the kit

• FIRST_WEEK.md — minimum fill set
• scaffold/README.DOCS.md — copy instructions (kit repo)
• scaffold/docs/GOVERNANCE.md — stub policy (copied)
• scaffold/docs/KIT.md — upstream path index (copied; post-copy safe)
• appendix/phase-folder-map.md — canonical paths (kit repo)
• templates/ · examples/acme-export-platform/ · recipes/

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