Feed the machines, then guide the humans

Docs as code used to mean editing docs as if they were code. Today it also means that docs have become executable, either as agentic instructions, skills, or context for large language models. Tech writers must now ensure that the reference and procedures they’ve carefully written and edited are the best possible fuel for AI, lest they jam the machine or make it stray into dangerous territory. Humans have their own needs though. Who feeds them?