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@diberry diberry commented Mar 8, 2026

Closes #285

What

Adds one-line ✓ Validate steps after each command block in the Quick Start section (README lines 20-68), giving new users immediate confidence that each step worked before moving on.

Changes

Step Validation added
1. Create project git status → 'No commits yet'
2. Install Squad Check .squad/team.md was created
3. Authenticate gh auth status → 'Logged in to github.com'
4. Open Copilot Squad responds with team proposals

Why

This is Quick Win #1 (P0) from a new-user experience audit that found Squad's docs are expert-biased and discovery-hostile:

  • 40-50% estimated abandonment rate — 60% of GitHub Discussions questions are 'How do I start?' or 'It's not working'
  • Root cause: No validation steps between commands — users don't know if installation succeeded until they hit an error
  • Impact: Reduces abandonment by giving users confidence at each step. Estimated 10 minutes of user time saved per onboarding attempt.

The audit benchmarked against Vercel, Supabase, Stripe, and Astro docs — all use 'did it work?' validation after every install step. Squad's Quick Start was the only one that didn't.

Review notes

  • No code changes — documentation only
  • PAO (DevRel agent) authored the validation copy
  • Suggested reviewers: @diberry (primary), @bradygaster

Add validation steps to Quick Start section in README

After each command in the Quick Start (lines 20-61), added a
validation step so users can confirm the command succeeded. This
gives users confidence at each step and reduces abandonment when
they're unsure if installation worked.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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diberry commented Mar 8, 2026

@bradygaster — PR is ready for review. CI is waiting on first-time contributor workflow approval. 🙏

@bradygaster bradygaster merged commit 5bb6340 into bradygaster:main Mar 9, 2026
bradygaster added a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 9, 2026
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- Port @diberry's installation decision tree (PR #288) and .squad/ explainer (PR #290) into Astro docs
- Apply Brady's review fixes: sidebar scroll-to-active, CLI text updates, logo fix, Copilot CLI callouts, CI/CD cron safety warning
- Update CONTRIBUTORS.md with @IEvangelist (Astro docs rewrite) and @diberry (4 PRs)
- Add blog post 028: New Docs Site — Built by the Community

Merges community work from:
- PR #293 by @IEvangelist (Astro docs rewrite)
- PR #286, #288, #290, #292 by @diberry (docs improvements)

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
bradygaster added a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 9, 2026
- Add David Pine (@IEvangelist) to Code Contributors — PRs #293, #298
- Add Dina Berry (@diberry) to Code Contributors — PRs #286, #288, #290, #292
- Update Tamir Dresher with recent PRs #278-280, #283
- Add Dale Kirby to Code Contributors — PR #243

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
bradygaster added a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 9, 2026
* docs(ai-team): session log and orchestration records

Session: 2026-03-09-docs-push-contributors
Requested by: Brady

Changes:
- Logged PAO orchestration: blog 028 update, CONTRIBUTORS.md refresh
- Logged FIDO orchestration: test baseline verification (22 passing)
- Logged session summary: docs push workflow with PR #300 merge
- No decisions inbox entries to merge

* docs: credit Pine, Dina, Tamir, Kirby on docs contributor page

- Add David Pine (@IEvangelist) to Code Contributors — PRs #293, #298
- Add Dina Berry (@diberry) to Code Contributors — PRs #286, #288, #290, #292
- Update Tamir Dresher with recent PRs #278-280, #283
- Add Dale Kirby to Code Contributors — PR #243

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

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Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
diberry pushed a commit to diberry/squad that referenced this pull request Mar 10, 2026
…gaster#307)

* docs(ai-team): session log and orchestration records

Session: 2026-03-09-docs-push-contributors
Requested by: Brady

Changes:
- Logged PAO orchestration: blog 028 update, CONTRIBUTORS.md refresh
- Logged FIDO orchestration: test baseline verification (22 passing)
- Logged session summary: docs push workflow with PR bradygaster#300 merge
- No decisions inbox entries to merge

* docs: credit Pine, Dina, Tamir, Kirby on docs contributor page

- Add David Pine (@IEvangelist) to Code Contributors — PRs bradygaster#293, bradygaster#298
- Add Dina Berry (@diberry) to Code Contributors — PRs bradygaster#286, bradygaster#288, bradygaster#290, bradygaster#292
- Update Tamir Dresher with recent PRs bradygaster#278-280, bradygaster#283
- Add Dale Kirby to Code Contributors — PR bradygaster#243

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

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Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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