ln-600-docs-auditor

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Documentation Auditor

Audit project documentation quality. Universal for any tech stack.

Purpose

• Proactively compress - find all opportunities to reduce size while preserving value
• Eliminate meaningless, redundant, and verbose content
• Convert prose to structured formats (tables, lists)
• Verify documentation hierarchy with CLAUDE.md as root
• Detect duplication and enforce Single Source of Truth
• Ensure docs match current code state
• Semantic verification - delegate to ln-601 to verify content matches SCOPE and codebase reality

Invocation

• Direct: User invokes for documentation quality review
• Pipeline: Called by ln-100-documents-pipeline (Phase 5, if auditDocs=true)

Workflow

1. Scan: Find all .md files in project (CLAUDE.md, README.md, docs/**)
2. Build Tree: Construct hierarchy from CLAUDE.md outward links
3. Audit Categories 1-7: Run structural checks (see Audit Categories below)
4. Semantic Audit (Category 8): For each project document, delegate to ln-601-semantic-content-auditor
5. Score: Calculate X/10 per category (including semantic scores from ln-601)
6. Context Validation: Post-filter findings (see below)
7. Report: Output findings and recommended actions

Phase 4: Semantic Audit Delegation

For each project document (excluding tasks/, reference/, presentation/):

FOR doc IN [CLAUDE.md, docs/README.md, docs/project/*.md]:
    result = DELEGATE ln-601-semantic-content-auditor {
        doc_path: doc,
        project_root: project_root,
        tech_stack: detected_stack
    }
    semantic_findings.append(result.findings)
    semantic_scores[doc] = result.scores

Target documents: CLAUDE.md, docs/README.md, docs/documentation_standards.md, docs/principles.md, docs/project/*.md

Excluded: docs/tasks/, docs/reference/, docs/presentation/, tests/

Audit Categories

#	Category	What to Check
1	Hierarchy & Links	CLAUDE.md is root; all docs reachable via links; no orphaned files; no broken links
2	Single Source of Truth	No content duplication; duplicates replaced with links to source; clear ownership
3	Proactive Compression	Eliminate verbose/redundant content; prose→tables; remove meaningless info; compress even under-limit files; see size_limits.md
4	Requirements Compliance	Correct sections; within size limits; no code blocks (tables/ASCII diagrams/text only); stack-appropriate doc links
5	Actuality (CRITICAL)	Verify facts against code: paths exist, functions match, APIs work, configs valid; outdated docs are worse than none
6	Legacy Cleanup	No history sections; no "was changed" notes; no deprecated info; current state only
7	Stack Adaptation	Links/refs match project stack; no Python examples in .NET project; official docs for correct platform
8	Semantic Content	Delegated to ln-601: Content matches SCOPE; serves project goals; descriptions match actual code behavior; architecture/API docs reflect reality

Context Validation (Post-Filter)

MANDATORY READ: Load shared/references/context_validation.md

Apply Rule 1 + doc-specific inline filters:

FOR EACH finding WHERE severity IN (HIGH, MEDIUM):
  # Rule 1: ADR/Planned Override
  IF finding matches ADR → advisory "[Planned: ADR-XXX]"

  # Doc-specific: Compression context
  IF Cat 3 (Compression) finding:
    - Skip if path in references/ or templates/ (reference docs = naturally large)
    - Skip if filename contains architecture/design/api_spec
    - Skip if tables+lists > 50% of content (already structured, not verbose prose)

  # Doc-specific: Actuality severity calibration
  IF Cat 5 (Actuality) finding:
    - Path/function COMPLETELY missing → CRITICAL (broken docs)
    - Path exists but deprecated/renamed → HIGH (not CRITICAL)
    - Example code outdated but concept valid → MEDIUM

Downgraded findings → "Advisory Findings" section in report.

Output Format

## Documentation Audit Report - [DATE]

### Compliance Score

| Category | Score | Issues |
|----------|-------|--------|
| Hierarchy & Links | X/10 | N issues found |
| Single Source of Truth | X/10 | N duplications |
| Proactive Compression | X/10 | N compression opportunities |
| Requirements Compliance | X/10 | N violations |
| Actuality | X/10 | N mismatches with code |
| Legacy Cleanup | X/10 | N legacy items |
| Stack Adaptation | X/10 | N stack mismatches |
| Semantic Content | X/10 | N semantic issues (via ln-601) |
| **Overall** | **X/10** | |

### Critical Findings

- [ ] **[Category]** `path/file.md:line` - Issue description. **Action:** Fix suggestion.

### Recommended Actions

| Priority | Action | Location | Category |
|----------|--------|----------|----------|
| High | Remove duplicate section | docs/X.md | SSOT |
| Medium | Add link to CLAUDE.md | docs/Y.md | Hierarchy |

Scoring Algorithm

MANDATORY READ: Load shared/references/audit_scoring.md for unified scoring formula.

Severity mapping:

Issue Type	Severity
Outdated content (code mismatch)	CRITICAL
Broken links, orphaned docs	HIGH
Semantic mismatch (via ln-601)	HIGH
Content duplication	MEDIUM
Missing compression opportunity	LOW

Reference Files

• Size limits and targets: references/size_limits.md
• Detailed checklist: references/audit_checklist.md

Definition of Done

• All .md files in project scanned and hierarchy tree built from CLAUDE.md
• Categories 1-7 (structural) audited with score X/10 each
• Category 8 (semantic) delegated to ln-601 for each target document; scores collected
• Overall Compliance Score calculated (average of 8 categories)
• Critical Findings listed with file:line, category, and fix suggestion
• Recommended Actions table generated with priority, action, location, category

Critical Notes

• Fix content, not rules: NEVER modify standards/rules files (*_standards.md, *_rules.md, *_limits.md) to make violations pass. Always fix the violating files instead.
• Verify facts against code: Actively check every path, function name, API, config mentioned in docs. Run commands. Outdated docs mislead - they're worse than no docs.
• Compress always: Size limits are upper bounds, not targets. A 100-line file instead of 300 is a win. Always look for compression opportunities.
• Meaningless content: Remove filler words, obvious statements, over-explanations. If it doesn't add value, delete it.
• No code in docs: Documents describe algorithms in tables or ASCII diagrams. Code belongs in codebase.
  • Forbidden: Code blocks, implementation snippets
  • Allowed: Tables, ASCII diagrams, Mermaid, method signatures (1 line)
  • Instead of code: "See Official docs" or "See src/file.cs:42"
• Format Priority: Tables/ASCII > Lists (enumerations only) > Text (last resort)
• Stack adaptation: Verify all documentation references match project stack. .NET project must not have Python examples. Check official doc links point to correct platform (Microsoft docs for C#, MDN for JS, etc.)
• Code is truth: When docs contradict code, always update docs. Never "fix" code to match documentation.
• SSOT re-verification after fixes: After making ANY documentation change, re-check that the fix maintains Single Source of Truth. If content exists in multiple files, keep it in the canonical source only and replace other occurrences with a link to that source (e.g., See [section](path#anchor)). Never duplicate content inline — always link. Canonical source hierarchy: CLAUDE.md → docs/README.md → docs/project/.md → docs/reference/.md.
• Delete, don't archive: Legacy content should be removed, not moved to "archive"
• No history: Documents describe current state only; git tracks history

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Version: 4.0.0 Last Updated: 2026-01-28