Turn Parser-Visible Flags Into a Config Reference Grid; Sign Defaults and Secret Classes
Configuration reference pages fail when generated prose is treated as the source of production defaults, secret classes, or deprecation windows. A parser can list every flag and environment identifier that the current commit actually references in code. A drafting model can rewrite help-text into clearer purpose sentences without inventing runtime behavior or cluster values. A human still must…
This article discusses a documentation-generation workflow that separates parser-visible flags from configuration reference grids, default settings, and secret classes. A parser can list every flag and environment identifier present in the current code, while a drafting model can rewrite help-text into clearer purpose sentences without inventing runtime behavior or cluster values.
However, a human must still sign off on defaults, secret classification, required-in-production status, and breakage policy before publishing. The workflow involves a small extractor, a signed-cell grid, and a publish gate that fails on leftover UNSIGNED markers. The goal is to produce accurate documentation that separates operational claims from well-written prose, avoiding mixed authority issues that arise when treating both classes of information as one generated blob.
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