Thompson Foundry Innovations tfi-systems.com
Writing portfolio

Steven Thompson

I write documentation that matches what the software actually does: developer guides built from the code, and user guides checked against the live product. I'm the founder of Thompson Foundry Innovations in Fullerton, California, where I design AI-assisted research and decision systems and write their guides, specifications and procedures.

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Writing samples

Two pieces for two readers: one for developers extending a system, one for business owners using a product.

Page 2 of the Protocol Pack guide, showing the pipeline diagram and the anatomy section
Developer documentation9 pagesJavaScript

Building a Protocol Pack for TFI Discover Engine v6

A guide for developers adding a new domain to an AI evidence-extraction engine without changing engine code. Written from the source code, so every field, rule and error message matches the system.

  • A diagram of where a pack plugs into each stage of the pipeline
  • Required and optional fields, with the rules the loader enforces
  • A worked example: build, register and activate a pack
  • Tests to write, and a table of real error messages with fixes
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Page 3 of the TFI Signals user guide, showing the report results table
End-user guide4 pagesWeb app

TFI Signals User Guide: Checking a Business

A task-based guide for business owners using TFI Signals, a free tool that shows what public sources say about a business. Checked against the live application and revised when the product changed.

  • Searching for a business, and what to do when it isn't listed
  • The ten areas the check covers
  • Reading the report: top opportunities, results by area, and sources
  • Checking again and sending feedback
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