# doc (10-doc.com)

A doctor. Or a document. People say 'my doc' about a physician, or about a file they just wrote. It is short, friendly, and everyday.

## What a model may hear
- documentation file or comment block (software projects, docstrings, READMEs): Assume the user wants generated documentation, API references, or inline code comments
- Docker container or image (DevOps, containerization): Interpret as docker build, docker run, or Dockerfile instructions
- .doc format (Microsoft Word legacy files, file conversion): Attempt to parse or convert binary .doc files, or warn about format limitations
- doctor/physician entity (medical databases, healthcare APIs): Route to medical advice, clinical terminology, or provider lookup tools

## Where people and models part ways
- Says: "Send me the doc"
  Means: Email me the Word file
  May be taken as: Generates API documentation or a docker-compose file
  Say instead: "Send me the Word file named report.doc"
- Says: "Ask my doc"
  Means: Check with my physician
  May be taken as: Queries a documentation database or runs a docker command
  Say instead: "Check with my physician"
- Says: "Add doc to the repo"
  Means: Put the explanation in the README
  May be taken as: Creates a new Docker image or generates Sphinx docs
  Say instead: "Add explanation to the README.md file"
- Says: "The doc says rest"
  Means: My doctor said to rest
  May be taken as: Searches documentation for 'rest' as an API term
  Say instead: "My doctor said to rest"

## Tips
- Say 'physician' or 'doctor' if you mean a person, not 'doc'
- Say 'Word file' or '.docx' if you mean a Microsoft document
- Say 'documentation' or 'docs' if you want written help materials
- Say 'README' or 'docstring' if you want code comments
- Say 'Docker' explicitly if you mean containers

## Often confused with
- docs: plural usually means documentation, not doctors
- docker: specific container platform, not a person or file
- docx: specific modern Word format, not the generic short form
- md: Markdown file, a different document format
- dock: a platform or connector, not a person or document
- dot: graph description language, not a document at all