AI-native docs architect × Staff technical writer

Documentation that behaves like product features

I build measurable, machine-readable documentation systems that drive adoption and reduce support costs. I weave strategy, information architecture, and narrative design into docs that power RAG pipelines, modernize legacy content, unblock onboarding, accelerate product adoption, and systematically reduce support drag.

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20+ years shipping clarity Scaled docs for SaaS & PaaS teams Startups to established companies Legacy → docs-as-code migrations Docs-as-code, RAG, semantic search

Docs Reactor

Mix AI systems, code, and story to power every product moment.

LLM-ready IA structured, chunkable, tagged

Playbooks & pipelines CI/CD, Vale, Git + test suites

Developer delight story-first, code-backed

Each orbit is a repeatable ritual—from discovery workshops to automated QA—that keeps docs fresh, queryable, and aligned with real product usage and business outcomes.

Meet Nikhila Jain

Staff Technical Writer with 20+ years building AI-ready documentation systems. I transform complex technical concepts into clear, actionable content that powers developer success and business growth.

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Operating modes

Choose the doc energy you need today

Toggle through my three go-to modes. Every engagement blends them, but we start with the lever that unlocks your bottleneck fastest.

Blueprint the docs stack

Information architecture audits, legacy-to-docs-as-code migrations, content modeling, taxonomy design, metrics dashboards, and instrumentation—so you can prove docs ROI continuously.

RAG-ready information architecture
Docs-as-code CI automations
Semantic search tuning + analytics

Stack I deploy

docs-as-code Docusaurus Eleventy Vale OpenAPI AWS Amplify CloudFlare GitHub Pages Vercel GitHub Actions

Ship stories that convert

From zero-to-hero guides to multi-cloud deployment playbooks—every piece pairs narrative arcs with runnable code and diagnostics.

Scenario-led onboarding journeys
API tutorials with live callouts
Voice & tone governance at scale

Artifacts you get

Storyboards Snippet libraries Interactive walkthroughs Release comms kits

Enable teams to self-serve

Upskill engineering, product, and success squads so docs become everyone's habit—not a hero project.

Docs office hours & playbacks
Content design sprints
Contributor enablement labs

Signals we watch

Ticket deflection Time-to-activation Search-to-success Voice of customer

Signature systems

A portfolio of living documentation universe

Each project pairs modular information architecture with automation, so docs evolve with the product.

Platform rollout 2024

Open PaaS Platform Docs

Full-stack docs program: architecture deep dives, deployment runbooks, and partner integration guides. Instrumented for search analytics and version drift alerts.

Architecture Runbooks Analytics loop

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API ecosystem 2023

Voucher API Reference

Crafted an end-to-end API narrative with code-first tutorials, error diagnosis scripts, and live request explorers. Tailored for developer velocity and support deflection.

API design DX storytelling Support ops

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IA innovation 2022

Docusaurus Multiple Sidebars

Introduced a scalable navigation framework for multi-product documentation portals. Includes governance playbooks and templates for enterprise doc teams.

IA Component library Enterprise scale

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Documentation stack

Tools, rituals, and guardrails that keep docs honest

Automation & QA

Vale, custom lint rules, link rot bots, release gating, and changelog diffing pipelines.

Vale Linter Custom rulesets GitHub Actions Redirects

Knowledge graph

Metadata taxonomies, content quality scoring models, and embedding-friendly structure for RAG.

OpenAPI GraphQL SDL mdx schemas Analytics dashboards

Collaboration rituals

Docs standups, paired writing, async doc reviews, storytelling workshops, and launch retro loops.

Storyboarding Doc critique sessions Release runways Documentation static analysis

Measurement

Define “docs as product” metrics—activation, adoption, retention—and map content to revenue goals.

Search analytics CSAT loops Ticket deflection Adoption funnels

Latest field notes

Writing about documentation, AI, and developer activation

Essays, experiments, and playbooks straight from workshops and deployments.

AI readiness

Is my documentation AI-ready?

Checklist for structuring content, metadata, and governance so large language models serve trustworthy answers.

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DX storytelling

How to write user-focused documentation

Shift from feature dumps to scenario design—complete with discovery prompts and narrative frameworks.

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Tooling ops

Install Vale linter in VS Code

Spin up consistent voice, style, and terminology guardrails with CI hooks and contributor onboarding kits.

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