How We Used Agentic Pipelines to Swarm Documentation

This post details the implementation of agentic pipelines within Bitbucket Pipelines to automate documentation updates. It describes the creation of focused agents with prompts to update specific documentation types (release notes, quickstarts, API docs, changelogs) based on code changes detected by path-based conditions. A bootstrap agent is also introduced, which generates the necessary scaffolding (prompts, agent definitions, pipeline steps) for new documentation areas. The workflow involves developers reviewing and approving agent-generated pull requests. The post highlights the benefits of reduced developer time (1.5 developer-days/week), improved context switching, and documentation that moves with code. Key learnings include keeping jobs narrow, precise triggering, and making review the default.