Write the Docs Australia

Melbourne people, please join us for an in-person get-together to celebrate another year of Write the Docs Australia.

We have space reserved at Quarterhouse, a vibrant, multi-level destination close to the Southern Cross station, and offering rooftop views.

Drinks are BYO, but we are happy to sponsor some finger food.

For folks not from Melbourne, sorry you'll miss out this time (unless you book a flight or can use the Tardis effectively!). We'll see you for more great online and onsite events from February 2026.

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This is a remote event, so you can attend from anywhere. Please be mindful of the speakers and organisers' time, and update your RSVP accordingly if you cannot attend the event for any reason. The talk will be recorded, and available on the Write the Docs Australia Youtube channel, and you do not need to RSVP to access the video.

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Schedule
Introductions and Welcome
Talk
Q&A

Onboarding for two: how I accidentally made my AI smarter by onboarding a human

What does it take to get a new teammate up to speed? It turns out, the answer is similar whether that teammate is a human or an AI.

When a new (human) teammate joined my team of one, I scrambled to codify the style guides, voice and tone guidelines, and editorial workflows that had previously only existed in my head. I was surprised to see that in doing so, our AI tools started performing dramatically better.

In this talk, I'll share how explicit context, guardrails, and process docs can turn messy, implicit team knowledge into a single source of truth for both people and machines. You'll learn how to:
- Codify your team's voice and tone for both human and AI consumption
- Treat context engineering as an extension of technical writing

You'll leave with a practical framework for "onboarding for two": designing documentation systems that help humans and AI learn together.

Speaker bio
Sarah Deaton works on documentation for Claude Code at Anthropic. In previous roles, she’s has worked in SRE at Coinbase, Developer Education at Twilio, and Developer Experience at WRITER. Sarah is passionate about the craft of technical communication and curious about how AI tools are changing the way we build and learn from docs.