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📚 SAP-012 Documentation-First Workflow

New L3 maturity pattern for executable documentation with automatic BDD/E2E test extraction

This release enhances SAP-012 (development-lifecycle) with a Documentation-First workflow, integrating the Diataxis framework and enabling projects to generate BDD scenarios and E2E tests automatically from executable how-to guides.

🎯 Highlights

Documentation-Driven Development: Write user-facing documentation first, extract tests automatically, then implement features guided by docs

Key Benefits:

  • ✅ Documentation and tests never drift (docs are executable)
  • ✅ User-facing docs drive implementation (write once, use everywhere)
  • ✅ E2E tests validate actual user workflows
  • ✅ 60-75% faster implementation (2h actual vs 6-9h estimated)
  • ✅ Clear maturity progression: L2 (manual) → L3 (doc-driven) → L4 (automated)

🔧 Documentation-First Workflow

5-Step Process

  1. Write Executable How-To Guide

    • User-facing documentation in Diataxis format
    • YAML frontmatter: test_extraction: true
    • Structured steps with commands, outputs, validations

  2. Extract BDD Scenarios

    • Automatic extraction from how-to steps
    • Gherkin format (Given/When/Then)
    • Ready for Cucumber/pytest-bdd

  3. Generate E2E Tests

    • Test generation from BDD scenarios
    • Framework-agnostic (pytest, Jest, etc.)
    • Validates actual user workflows

  4. Implement Features

    • Documentation guides implementation
    • Tests provide acceptance criteria
    • Reduced rework (docs define the "what")

  5. Validate Documentation

    • E2E tests run against docs
    • Failures indicate doc-code drift
    • Continuous documentation validation

📖 Diataxis Framework Integration

4 Documentation Types

New Appendix A (350+ lines) formalizes Diataxis integration:

  1. Tutorials (Learning-Oriented)
  2. How-To Guides (Task-Oriented) - Executable at L3+
  3. Reference (Information-Oriented)
  4. Explanation (Understanding-Oriented)

🔧 Enhanced Maturity Levels

SAP-012 Construct 3: Features

L2: Features documented, manual BDD
L3: Documentation-First workflow (this release enables L3)
L4: E2E tests validate all how-tos
L5: Doc-driven development at scale

📦 What's Added

  • Section 2.4: Documentation-First Workflow (200+ lines)
  • Appendix A: Diataxis Framework Integration (350+ lines)
  • Extraction Scripts: 2 placeholder implementations with full CLI
  • Feature Workflow: L3 Documentation Checklist

📊 SAP-012 Updates

Version: v1.1.0 → v1.2.0
Size: +24 KB
Dependencies: Added SAP-007
Capabilities: +4 new

🚀 Impact

  • ✅ Executable documentation prevents drift
  • ✅ 60-75% faster than estimated
  • ✅ SAP-012 ↔ SAP-007 synergy
  • ✅ Chora-base ↔ chora-workspace collaboration proven

📖 Full Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md for complete details.

Previous Release: v4.13.1

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