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Struggling to get buy-in? Ten ways to make the business case for content improvements
Economic buyers may not be fully aware of the business value of quality content, and you need to explain in detail to get budget approval for your developer content improvements. This article outlines common concerns and provides business-focused arguments to resolve them. We emphasize that content quality impacts trust, speed, and user experience, it will ultimately affect business goals like adoption and retention. This article is for you if you want to learn to frame content improvements in terms of business impact, and to collaborate with relevant teams to measure and demonstrate success, even with limited resources.
Make your Developer Portal Ready for AI Agents
Pronovix open-sources a Drupal Recipe to make developer portals AI-ready with llms.txt support. This solution provides LLM-friendly Markdown content, reducing processing costs and enhancing clarity for AI agents.
Discoverability, Findability, and AI: Lessons from the Developer Portal Awards
What does discoverability and findability mean in the context of developer portals? What can we learn from standout API portals doing it right? Beyond offering practical examples and inspiration from among the award nominated portals of the past two years, this article also carries a core philosophical message: user intent is the crux, never lose sight of it.
5 practical actions toward AI-readiness
A strategic, well-structured approach can enhance your content’s usability, discoverability, and value for both developers and AI tools. In this article, we outline five practical steps, from prioritization to metadata strengthening, to help make your content AI-ready.
AI success begins with a strong developer portal content strategy
What is AI-ready, structured content on your developer portal? We explore the importance of a solid content strategy, examples for semantics in narrative docs, then break down the investment needs of various structured content formats.
AI User Personas on Developer Portals?
Generative AI is transforming how we interact with developer portals, challenging their traditional design and functionality. Devportals now serve an evolving audience that includes AI tools acting on behalf of human users. From AI-assisted search to private LLM chatbots, the emergence of AI as an intermediary user raises questions about how portals can better cater to human and machine personas.