Source: https://asterly.co/for/technical-writers

For technical writers

# You know how to write it.  
You shouldn’t have to screenshot it.

A short call with the engineer, the feature goes out Thursday, and you have notes but no screenshots.

They explained it once. They won’t explain it again.

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Asterly is early. Public access is a waitlist.

The engineer, before the call

> “I’ll walk you through it on a call. It’s quicker.”

## Where the day goes

-   Writing the steps is the job, but capturing, cropping and marking every screen takes the day.
-   The expert explains it on a call, and you rebuild the whole procedure from notes.
-   The honest cost: When a screen changes, the screenshots need redoing, so docs fall behind.

What Asterly does about it

## Start from a draft. Then do the writing.

Record the procedure in Chrome, or ask the expert to, then edit the AI draft like any other draft and export Markdown to wherever your docs live. It’s a starting point, not a replacement for your docs tool or your judgment.

When a screen changes, record that flow again or edit the step that changed.

From call notes to docs

1.  Record the procedure in Chrome, or ask the expert to
2.  Rewrite the draft and adjust each highlight
3.  Export Markdown or PDF into your docs
4.  Or publish a hosted guide with a link

The draft, on real screens

## Where the writing happens.

The editor leads here, because that’s where you’d spend your time. Real Asterly screens; Fernwood Invoicing is made up for the demo.

-   ![Two crops from the Asterly step editor, side by side. Left: a soft glow highlight around the New invoice button, with a “New invoice” label under it. Right: the Highlight box panel with presets called Soft glow, Outline, Spotlight and Filled tint, and colour swatches.](https://asterly.co/home/tiles/editor-1040.webp)
    
    Demo data
    
    ### Editor
    
    Edit each step like any draft, reorder them, and restyle highlights: Soft glow, Outline, Spotlight or Filled tint.
    
-   ![The Asterly recorder side panel mid-recording: the Asterly logo, connected to Fernwood Invoicing, guide title “Send your first invoice”, 3 steps so far, and Pause, Add step, Stop and send, and Discard buttons.](https://asterly.co/home/tiles/recorder-1040.webp)
    
    Demo data
    
    ### Recorder
    
    You or the expert record from the Chrome side panel. AI drafts numbered steps, each with its screenshot.
    
-   ![The hosted help center for Fernwood Invoicing: “invoice” typed into the search box, and the matching guide, “Send your first invoice”, 4 steps.](https://asterly.co/home/tiles/helpcenter-1040.webp)
    
    Demo data
    
    ### Help center
    
    Publish to a hosted help center with search when a guide doesn’t belong in your docs site.
    
-   ![The preview card for a shared guide: the Asterly logo, “Fernwood Invoicing help center”, the title “Send your first invoice”, 4 steps, the guide’s first screenshot, and the demo help center address help.fernwood-demo.test.](https://asterly.co/home/tiles/preview-1040.webp)
    
    Demo data
    
    ### Link previews
    
    Shared guide links show a card with the title and a screenshot wherever previews appear.
    

What you’d record

## A draft for the procedure.

For your docs, you or the engineer would record something like this, then you’d rewrite it:

An example, written out. Not recorded, so no screenshots

### “Configure a webhook”

1.  Open Developer settings
2.  Add an endpoint URL
3.  Choose events
4.  Send a test

We haven’t recorded that one. Here’s a guide we did make with Asterly, for a pretend invoicing app: four steps, each with its screenshot and the click marked.

Fernwood Invoicing Help center

### Send your first invoice

4 steps

1.  ![Fernwood Invoicing dashboard with the Customers link in the top bar highlighted](https://asterly.co/home/sample-guide/step-1-480.webp)
    
    Check who you are billing
    
2.  ![Invoices page with the New invoice button highlighted](https://asterly.co/home/sample-guide/step-2-480.webp)
    
    Start a new invoice
    
3.  ![New invoice form for Harbor Street Bakery with the Add line item button highlighted](https://asterly.co/home/sample-guide/step-3-480.webp)
    
    Add what you are billing for
    
4.  ![Invoice with two line items and the Send invoice button highlighted](https://asterly.co/home/sample-guide/step-4-480.webp)
    
    Send it
    

Demo data Fernwood Invoicing is made up.

## Which procedure would you record?

Asterly is early. Public access is a waitlist and pricing isn’t set. Leave your email, and tell me the procedure you’d record.

Just your email. No card, no grand commitment.

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