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Make documentation versions, code examples and supported environments discoverable without overstating compatibility or adoption.
Documentation is the product surface
A developer may need a precise API call, installation constraint or compatibility detail rather than a marketing overview. Link the product summary to versioned documentation and show supported runtimes. Keep code examples readable and identify their version. An answer engine citing an old API page can produce a plausible but unusable instruction.
Expose the limits
- Publish installation requirements, supported versions and known compatibility boundaries.
- Keep reference pages accessible without a login where the documentation is intended to be public.
- Explain licensing and pricing units clearly, including any hosted-service difference.
- Date migration guides and connect deprecated pages to the current equivalent.
Structure a useful technical entity
SoftwareApplication can describe the tool and TechArticle a technical guide. Organization describes the provider. An illustrative summary could say: “[Brand] validates [input type] in [supported runtime] and reports [actual output].” Use working examples and avoid unsupported adoption figures. An optional llms.txt overview may help a compatible documentation reader; it has no weight in this audit and is not a ranking promise.
Sample questions a developer can verify
Test an unbranded task, a constrained comparison and a branded API question. Check the citation and run the cited example in a separate authorized validation process before treating it as correct. A technical audit does not execute every code example. Synthetic model output is not evidence of API correctness, real adoption or recommendation share.