Refactor documentation for LLM discoverability and retrieval quality

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Description

This PR implements a comprehensive audit and refactoring of the Statsig documentation to maximize LLM discoverability and retrieval quality. The changes follow industry best practices from Redocly, GitBook GEO, and Kapa.ai.

Scope: 1048 files modified with 2192 automated fixes applied across the entire documentation codebase.

Key Improvements

SEO/GEO Enhancements (1054 fixes)

• Added missing frontmatter (title, description) to pages
• Added introductory summaries to pages lacking clear purpose statements
• Improved metadata for better semantic understanding

Structural Improvements (42 fixes)

• Fixed heading hierarchy skips (e.g., H1 → H3 now becomes H1 → H2)
• Ensured consistent heading progression throughout documents

Code Block Improvements (994 fixes)

• Added language tags to code blocks (JavaScript, Python, Java, Bash, SQL, etc.)
• Inferred appropriate language tags based on code content

Language Clarity (101 fixes)

• Replaced context-dependent phrases for better chunk independence:
  • "as mentioned above" → "as previously described"
  • "see below" → "refer to the following example"
• Standardized terminology across documentation

Terminology Standardized

• feature flag (canonical) vs feature gate, gate
• experiment (canonical) vs a/b test
• data warehouse (canonical) vs dwh, data-warehouse
• user (canonical) vs customer, end user
• API key (canonical) vs server secret, api-key

Statistics

• Files scanned: 1176
• Files with issues: 1169
• Total issues found: 3504
• Files modified: 1048
• Total fixes applied: 2192

⚠️ Critical Review Areas

This is a large automated refactoring. Please pay special attention to:

1. Terminology Changes: Verify that standardization (e.g., "A/B test" → "experiment", "customer" → "user") is contextually appropriate throughout. Some business/sales contexts may require "customer" specifically.

2. Generic Page Intros: Many pages now have intros like "This page explains [title]". Check if these add value or are redundant with existing content.

3. Frontmatter Descriptions: Some descriptions appear truncated in the diff (e.g., description: <h1 align="center">...). Verify these render correctly.

4. Code Block Language Tags: Automated inference may have misidentified some code blocks. Spot-check that syntax highlighting works correctly.

5. Build Verification: The documentation build couldn't be tested locally. Please verify the site builds successfully in CI.

6. Context-Dependent Phrase Replacements: Verify that replacements like "as shown below" → "as shown in the following example" maintain correct meaning in context.

Best practice checklist

• I've considered the best practices on where to put your doc and what to put in your doc
• I've deleted and redirected old pages to this one, if any (N/A - no pages deleted)
• I've updated links affected by this change, if any (N/A - no link structure changes)
• I've updated screenshots affected by this change, if any (N/A - no screenshot changes)

Detailed Audit Report

A comprehensive audit report with file-by-file findings is available at /tmp/AUDIT_REPORT.md and includes:

• Detailed breakdown of issues by category
• Top 50 files with most fixes applied
• Manual review recommendations for long sections and code blocks
• Terminology glossary with deprecated synonyms

Questions?

Reach out to Brock, Tore, or Logan on Slack!

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Link to Devin run: https://app.devin.ai/sessions/1e3a21ea6d474d6c954ffba532f6b0ca
Requested by: [email protected] (@xhuang-statsig)

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