Crafting Effective READMEs Overview READMEs answer questions your audience will have. Different audiences need different information - a contributor to an OSS project needs different context than future-you opening a config folder. Always ask: Who will read this, and what do they need to know? Process Step 1: Identify the Task Ask: "What README task are you working on?" | Task | When | |------|------| | Creating | New project, no README yet | | Adding | Need to document something new | | Updating | Capabilities changed, content is stale | | Reviewing | Checking if README is still accurate | S…