# Our Approach

Sentry uses a minimalist approach to documentation. Our docs have one goal: help customers gain mastery *quickly*. Minimalism in documentation puts the reader at the center of the content. Our audience is reading the documentation to solve a problem or finalize a setup or to understand. Thus, think **very critically** about the content that is provided, especially on a primary page.

## [Use This Test](https://docs.sentry.io/contributing/approach.md#use-this-test)

Ask these questions as you're developing content:

* Is this information critical to helping a developer get up and running? If not, consider moving it to a subpage with a link to it from the primary page (or, as suggested by one of our engineering managers, "cool, I can bookmark this for later").

* Is this obvious from the UI? Our UI is largely self-documenting, so we don't need to explain what's already evident.

## [What Goes Where?](https://docs.sentry.io/contributing/approach.md#what-goes-where)

Our content has some pretty clear divisions:

* Platform/SDK content - instrument and configure your SDK
* Product content - look at all the data ingested into Sentry

And within those primary categories:

* Reference: What customers need to know
* Action: What customers can do (modify, filter, and so forth)

If you're uncertain, [ask](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-docs/issues).

## [Writing for Sentry](https://docs.sentry.io/contributing/approach.md#writing-for-sentry)

Keep these concepts in mind when contributing to docs:

1. Technical accuracy is our primary consideration. Our content helps every developer diagnose, fix, and optimize their code.
2. Use inclusive language, which we discuss more fully [here](https://develop.sentry.dev/getting-started/inclusive-language/).
3. Feedback is a gift - share your PR so we can improve our content.

* #### [SDK Documentation Structure](https://docs.sentry.io/contributing/approach/sdk-docs.md)
* #### [Product Documentation Structure](https://docs.sentry.io/contributing/approach/product-docs.md)

## Pages in this section

- [product-docs](https://docs.sentry.io/contributing/approach/product-docs.md)
- [sdk-docs](https://docs.sentry.io/contributing/approach/sdk-docs.md)