# Adopting Docs as Code in Developer Workflows

DevFeed: [Adopting Docs as Code in Developer Workflows](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-and-why-you-should-adopt-docs-as-code-30972.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.mintlify.com/blog/adopt-docs-as-code>)

Author: Tiffany Chen

Published: 2024-11-19T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Mintlify Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/mintlify-blog.md>)

Topics: [Documentation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/documentation.md>), [Git](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/git.md>), [Markdown](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/markdown.md>), [version-control](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/version-control.md>), [Pull Request](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/pull-request.md>)

Tags: [ai-trends](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-trends.md>), [also](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/also.md>), [docs-as-code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/docs-as-code.md>), [documentation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/documentation.md>), [git](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/git.md>), [markdown](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/markdown.md>), [version-control](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/version-control.md>)

## AI overview

This article explains how a Docs as Code approach brings documentation into existing developer workflows through plain-text formats such as Markdown, Git-based version control, change reviews, and automated builds. It also recommends cultural practices such as recognizing documentation work in performance reviews and requiring documentation updates alongside code changes.

## Source excerpt

We all suffer from documentation lagging behind product updates.