API change handoff
Find the gap between API release notes and usable documentation
Turn an API change list into concrete documentation tasks for setup, migration, reference, examples, errors, and rollback.
Target outcome
A reader-task gap map rather than a binary “docs updated” checkbox.
Work through the evidence
before the final claim.
- 01
Start from changed behavior
Describe what an integrator must do differently, not only which endpoint or version changed.
- 02
Trace the complete reader path
Check discovery, prerequisites, authentication, first request, response handling, limits, errors, migration, and rollback.
- 03
Test linked examples conceptually
Verify that parameters, response fields, version headers, and expected errors still match the new behavior.
- 04
Keep unknowns visible
If the release source cannot resolve a detail, assign it to an authoritative owner instead of filling the gap with plausible prose.
Example input
A concrete first pass
Release note: “Webhook retries now use exponential backoff and stop after 24 hours.”
Reviewable output
Tasks for retry timing reference, delivery ordering expectations, idempotency example, failure monitoring, and migration impact.
One accurate sentence becomes the complete set of documentation needed for safe integration behavior.
Important boundaries
What this workflow does not prove
- Source inspection and runtime testing remain separate engineering checks.
- Do not expose confidential incident or security information.
- A coverage map does not approve a release by itself.
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Check release documentation evidence and expose missing or conflicting items before a release handoff.