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title: Exploring the Docs
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modified: 2026-02-10
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tags:
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- tutorials
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- getting-started
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---
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# Exploring the Documentation
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> **Audiences:** All (Owner, AI, Reader, Contributor, Replicator)
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This guide explains how the BlumeOps documentation is organized and how to find what you need.
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## Documentation Structure
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The docs follow the [Diataxis](https://diataxis.fr/) framework:
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| Section | Purpose | When to Use |
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|---------|---------|-------------|
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| **[Tutorials](/tutorials/)** | Learning-oriented | "I'm new and want to understand" |
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| **[Reference](/reference/)** | Information-oriented | "I need specific technical details" |
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| **[How-to](/how-to/)** | Task-oriented | "I need to do X" |
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| **[Explanation](/explanation/)** | Understanding-oriented | "I want to understand why" |
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## Quick Paths by Audience
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### For Erich (Owner)
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You probably want quick access to operational details:
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- [How-to](/how-to/) guides for common operations (deploy, troubleshoot, update ACLs)
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- [Reference](/reference/) has service URLs, commands, and config locations
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- [[ai-assistance-guide]] explains how to work effectively with AI agents
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- Run `mise run ai-docs` to prime AI context with key documentation
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### For AI Agents
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Context for effective assistance:
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- Read [[ai-assistance-guide]] for operational conventions
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- [Reference](/reference/) has the technical specifics you'll need
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- The repo's `AGENTS.md` has critical rules (especially the kubectl context requirement)
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### For External Readers
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Understanding what this is:
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- [Explanation](/explanation/) covers the "why" behind design decisions
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- [Reference](/reference/) shows what's actually running
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- Browse service pages to see specific implementations
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### For Contributors
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Getting started with changes:
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- [[contributing]] walks through the workflow
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- [How-to](/how-to/) guides for specific tasks (deploy services, add roles)
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- [Reference](/reference/) tells you where things live
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### For Replicators
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Replicators are people who want to build their own similar homelab GitOps setup, using BlumeOps as inspiration.
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- [[replicating-blumeops]] provides the overview, with linked tutorials that go deep on individual components
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- [Explanation](/explanation/) covers architecture and design rationale
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- Reference pages show specific configuration choices
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## Using Wiki Links
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Documentation uses `[[wiki-links]]` for cross-references:
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- `[[service-name]]` links by filename stem (must be unambiguous)
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- `[[path/to/file]]` links by path from docs root (for disambiguation)
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- `[[page|Display Text]]` customizes the link text
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When reading on the web (docs.eblu.me), these render as clickable links. The backlinks panel shows what references each page.
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Prek hooks validate that all wiki-links resolve to existing files and flag ambiguous bare-name links.
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## AI Context Priming
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The `ai-docs` mise task concatenates key documentation files for AI context:
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```bash
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mise run ai-docs
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```
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This outputs key documentation files and a full tree listing of all docs, providing an agent with essential context for BlumeOps operations.
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## Related
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- [[update-documentation]] - How to publish doc changes
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- [[review-documentation]] - Periodic doc review process
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