---
type: Note
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title: Living documentation and the human trust gap
description: Docs that regenerate on every commit describe what code does. The harder,
  more valuable problem is capturing why it exists.
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- context-engineering
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# Overview

Docs that regenerate on every commit describe what code does. The harder, more valuable problem is capturing why it exists.[^s1]

# Read the original

The full note is on muthub.org: [Living documentation and the human trust gap](https://muthub.org/writing/living-documentation-trust-gap).

[^s1]: Living documentation and the human trust gap, muthub.org, 2025-11-19.