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How/where/what to document

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Domain
documentation

Research direction

No specific files, tests, or entry points are identified. Review the existing README and documentation structure first, then define a contribution guide covering where permissions, routes, user flows, and getting-started information should live.

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Description

discuss enhancement help wanted

I have always felt that there should be more of a process/guidelines when it comes to documenting stuff. I imagine there is a lot overlap with what you want to be documented across projects (permissions/routes/user-flows/getting-started/...).

It would help to have a specific guide to follow so that I know where to add this piece of information rather than just stick it on the end of a potentially long readme.

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