# Plan: Update InfluxDB 3 CLI Reference Documentation

## Automation and Process Improvements

### Immediate Improvements:
1. **Create CLI documentation sync script:**
   ```bash
   # Script: /Users/ja/Documents/github/docs-v2/scripts/sync-cli-docs.sh
   # - Extract help text from influxdb3 CLI at /Users/ja/.influxdb//influxdb3
   # - Compare with existing docs
   # - Generate report of differences  
   # - Auto-update basic command syntax
   # - Real-time CLI verification capability established
   ```

2. **Establish documentation standards:**
   - Standardize frontmatter across CLI docs
   - Create templates for command documentation
   - Define Enterprise vs Core content patterns using Hugo shortcodes

### Long-term Automation Strategy:
1. **CI/CD Integration:**
   - Add GitHub Actions workflow to detect CLI changes
   - Auto-generate CLI help extraction on new releases
   - Create pull requests for documentation updates

2. **Release Process Integration:**
   - Include CLI documentation review in release checklist
   - Link release notes to specific CLI documentation updates
   - Automated cross-referencing between release notes and CLI docs

3. **Content Management Improvements:**
   - Use Hugo shortcodes for Enterprise-specific content
   - Implement version-aware documentation
   - Create shared content templates for common CLI patterns

## Phase 4: Validation and Testing

### Content accuracy verification:
- ✅ **CLI Access Available**: Direct verification via `influxdb3 --help` commands
- ✅ **Real-time Validation**: All commands and options verified against actual CLI output
- **Process**: Use `influxdb3 [command] --help` to validate documentation accuracy
- **Verification**: Cross-reference documented options with actual CLI behavior

### Documentation completeness check:
- Ensure all v3.2.0 features are documented
- Verify examples and use cases
- Check internal links and cross-references

## Suggested Recurring Process

### Pre-release (during development):
- Monitor CLI changes in pull requests
- Update documentation as features are added
- Maintain CLI help extraction automation

### At release (when tagging versions):
- Run automated CLI documentation sync
- Review and approve auto-generated updates
- Publish updated documentation

### Post-release (after release):
- Validate documentation accuracy
- Gather user feedback on CLI documentation
- Plan improvements for next cycle

## Related Documentation Paths

### InfluxDB 3 Product Documentation (affects CLI usage examples):
- `/content/influxdb3/core/write-data/influxdb3-cli.md`
- `/content/influxdb3/enterprise/write-data/influxdb3-cli.md`
- `/content/shared/influxdb3-write-guides/influxdb3-cli.md`

### Admin Documentation (affects retention and license features):
- `/content/influxdb3/core/admin/`
- `/content/influxdb3/enterprise/admin/`
- `/content/influxdb3/enterprise/admin/license.md`

This plan ensures comprehensive documentation updates for v3.2.0 while establishing sustainable processes for future releases.