---
title: "Sitemap — Seven-Action Documentation Model"
description: "A descriptive model of user needs for technical documentation. Seven actions cover the goals a consumer of docs may want to accomplish: Appraise, Understand, Explore, Practice, Remember, Develop, Troubleshoot. (English)"
doc_version: "2025-01-09"
last_updated: "2026-08-09"
canonical_url: "https://7act.org/"
language: "en"
license: "CC BY 4.0"
---

# Sitemap

A descriptive model of user needs for technical documentation. Seven actions cover the goals a consumer of docs may want to accomplish: Appraise, Understand, Explore, Practice, Remember, Develop, Troubleshoot.

## Formats

Every page below is published as HTML at its own URL and as a Markdown mirror
at `index.md` under the same path. Site-wide artifacts:

- [llms.txt](https://7act.org/llms.txt): Index of the site for language models
- [model.json](https://7act.org/model.json): Machine-readable model
- [AGENTS.md](https://7act.org/AGENTS.md): How agents should read this site
- [sitemap.xml](https://7act.org/sitemap.xml): Sitemap

## Pages

- [Seven-Action Documentation Model](https://7act.org/index.md): A descriptive model of user needs for technical documentation. Seven actions cover the goals a consumer of docs may want to accomplish: Appraise, Understand, Explore, Practice, Remember, Develop, Troubleshoot.
- [Introduction](https://7act.org/rationale/index.md): Why the Seven-Action Documentation Model exists.
- [Actions](https://7act.org/actions/index.md): The seven actions of the model, in clockwise heptagon order.
- [Appraise](https://7act.org/actions/appraise/index.md): Discern the main qualities of the product and, if applicable, compare it to others.
- [Understand](https://7act.org/actions/understand/index.md): Grasp the abstractions and mental models the product is built around.
- [Explore](https://7act.org/actions/explore/index.md): Try the product and discover what it can do with a low barrier to entry.
- [Practice](https://7act.org/actions/practice/index.md): Learn how to operate the product in daily, standard operation.
- [Remember](https://7act.org/actions/remember/index.md): Recall bits of information that could not be memorized, from parameters to error codes.
- [Develop](https://7act.org/actions/develop/index.md): Build upon, extend, or integrate with the product to create additional value.
- [Troubleshoot](https://7act.org/actions/troubleshoot/index.md): Diagnose and resolve issues efficiently, often under pressure.
- [Glossary](https://7act.org/glossary/index.md): Every term the model uses: the seven actions, their alternative verbs, and what each one means.
- [Seven-Action Documentation skill](https://7act.org/skill/index.md): Install an agent skill for planning and improving documentation with the Seven-Action Model.

## Language

- [English](https://7act.org/sitemap.md)
- [Español](https://7act.org/es/sitemap.md)
- [Français](https://7act.org/fr/sitemap.md)
- [Italiano](https://7act.org/it/sitemap.md)
- [Português](https://7act.org/pt/sitemap.md)
- [Deutsch](https://7act.org/de/sitemap.md)
- [Polski](https://7act.org/pl/sitemap.md)
- [Türkçe](https://7act.org/tr/sitemap.md)
- [Русский](https://7act.org/ru/sitemap.md)
- [日本語](https://7act.org/ja/sitemap.md)
- [中文](https://7act.org/zh-cn/sitemap.md)
- [한국어](https://7act.org/ko/sitemap.md)
- [हिन्दी](https://7act.org/hi/sitemap.md)
- [العربية](https://7act.org/ar/sitemap.md)
- [اردو](https://7act.org/ur/sitemap.md)
- [فارسی](https://7act.org/fa/sitemap.md)