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A help article should close the job, not just answer the question.

Intent: Finish a job, like sharing a vault.
An article about the product
  • Most knowledge bases document the product.
  • The reader has to translate “I cannot share this vault” into the vendor’s information architecture.
An article that closes the job

It names the job, the exact steps, and the state you should be in when you are done.

Most knowledge bases document the product. The customer did not come to learn the product. They came to finish something.

A resolving article names the job, the exact steps, and the state you should be in when you are done. It does not require the reader to translate “I cannot share this vault” into the vendor’s information architecture.

That is the difference between a library and a path.

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