# Designing Documentation for LLMs and Coding Agents

DevFeed: [Designing Documentation for LLMs and Coding Agents](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/documentation-in-an-ai-world-28109.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://commonsware.com/blog/2026/09/11/documentation-ai-world.html>)

Author: CommonsWare

Published: 2026-09-11T22:55:25Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [The CommonsBlog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-commonsblog.md>)

Topics: [Documentation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/documentation.md>), [Large Language Model](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/llm.md>), [AI-assisted coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-assisted-coding.md>), [SDKs](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sdks.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [blog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog.md>), [coding-agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/coding-agents.md>), [documentation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/documentation.md>), [llms](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/llms.md>), [markdown](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/markdown.md>), [sdk](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sdk.md>), [sdks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sdks.md>), [software-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-development.md>), [vibe-coding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vibe-coding.md>)

## AI overview

This opinion article argues that SDK and library documentation should be designed for both human developers and AI systems. It recommends text-based formats such as Markdown, smaller topic-focused sections, and strong indexing to make documentation more efficient for LLMs and coding agents, while retaining formats such as PDFs and videos for human consumption.

## Source excerpt

Let's continue to explore how we can succeed with libraries and SDKs at a time when coding agents will be consuming what we create, as will ordinary developers