Playbook: Self-Maintaining Docs

Technical documentation is essential for a productive engineering team, but it comes with a fundamental problem: it’s a snapshot in time. The moment it’s written, it starts to decay. Code evolves, architectures shift, and the docs are left behind, becoming a source of confusion rather than clarity.

This playbook explains how to use Sequa to create a documentation system that never goes stale.

The Problem: Documentation Rot

Traditional documentation, whether in a wiki, a README, or a separate platform, suffers from “documentation rot.”

It’s a Chore: Writing and updating documentation is manual, time-consuming work that takes developers away from building features.
It’s Immediately Outdated: A single commit can invalidate an entire article, but nobody remembers to update it.
It Erodes Trust: When developers can’t trust the docs, they stop using them. This forces them to fall back on code archeology and shoulder taps, killing productivity.

The Solution: Live Docs

Sequa’s Live Docs are not static pages; they are living documents with a direct connection to your codebase. They are created with AI assistance and automatically monitored for accuracy.

Here’s how it works:

Generate with a Prompt: You start by telling Sequa what you want to document. For example: “Explain our user authentication flow, including the key services and database tables.” Sequa uses its knowledge graph to generate a detailed first draft.
Monitor for Changes: Every day, Sequa checks the code, history, and dependencies referenced in the document.
Flag and Update: If a relevant change is detected—like a function being refactored or an API endpoint changing—Sequa flags the page as potentially outdated. You can then review the changes and regenerate the document with a single click to bring it back in sync.

This creates a virtuous cycle: your documentation remains a reliable source of truth with minimal human effort.

Why This Matters for Your Team

A Single Source of Truth: Your team finally has a central place for knowledge they can trust.
Preserve Critical Knowledge: Core architectural decisions and complex workflows are documented and maintained, preventing knowledge from walking out the door.
Accelerate Your Team: Less time is spent searching for answers or asking colleagues, which means more time is spent building. This is especially powerful for enabling self-onboarding for new hires.

Get Started

Ready to stop writing docs that die?

Navigate to the Live Docs section in your Sequa product.
Follow the guide to Create a self-maintaining page.

Playbook: Self-Maintaining Docs

This playbook explains how to use Sequa to create a documentation system that never goes stale.

The Problem: Documentation Rot

Traditional documentation, whether in a wiki, a README, or a separate platform, suffers from “documentation rot.”

It’s a Chore: Writing and updating documentation is manual, time-consuming work that takes developers away from building features.

It’s Immediately Outdated: A single commit can invalidate an entire article, but nobody remembers to update it.

It Erodes Trust: When developers can’t trust the docs, they stop using them. This forces them to fall back on code archeology and shoulder taps, killing productivity.

The Solution: Live Docs

Sequa’s Live Docs are not static pages; they are living documents with a direct connection to your codebase. They are created with AI assistance and automatically monitored for accuracy.

Here’s how it works:

Generate with a Prompt: You start by telling Sequa what you want to document. For example: “Explain our user authentication flow, including the key services and database tables.” Sequa uses its knowledge graph to generate a detailed first draft.

Monitor for Changes: Every day, Sequa checks the code, history, and dependencies referenced in the document.

Flag and Update: If a relevant change is detected—like a function being refactored or an API endpoint changing—Sequa flags the page as potentially outdated. You can then review the changes and regenerate the document with a single click to bring it back in sync.

This creates a virtuous cycle: your documentation remains a reliable source of truth with minimal human effort.

Why This Matters for Your Team

A Single Source of Truth: Your team finally has a central place for knowledge they can trust.

Preserve Critical Knowledge: Core architectural decisions and complex workflows are documented and maintained, preventing knowledge from walking out the door.

Accelerate Your Team: Less time is spent searching for answers or asking colleagues, which means more time is spent building. This is especially powerful for enabling self-onboarding for new hires.

Get Started

Ready to stop writing docs that die?

Navigate to the Live Docs section in your Sequa product.

Follow the guide to Create a self-maintaining page.