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Ask a teammate to follow the setup guide without extra verbal instructions. Note every missing environment variable, undocumented command and assumed dependency. The gaps are the work list.
Keep setup, operation and architecture decisions in separate, linked documents. Give each document an owner and update it when the related behavior changes.
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