Manny Silva
Head Of AI Docs Practice at Doc Detective
Gilroy, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolManny Silva is a technical writer-turned-engineering leader who currently heads the AI Docs practice, blending documentation strategy with hands-on developer tooling and AI experimentation. With a background leading developer docs at Skyflow and product-defining work at Google, he focuses on intuitive, scalable developer experiences and information architecture. He founded Doc Detective and codified the "Docs as Tests" approach, turning prose into executable tests that validate UIs, APIs, and CLIs across platforms. Manny bridges writing and engineering by building CI pipelines, linting, OpenAPI generation, and Docs-as-Code workflows that empower company-wide contributions. Based in Gilroy, CA, he pairs an MA in Technical Communication with a habit of shipping open-source tooling and internal AI assistants to speed content creation. Colleagues value him as a 0th-user practitioner who prototypes solutions end-to-end while coaching teams to maintain consistency and quality.
4 years of coding experience
Master of Arts (M.A.), Technical Communication, Master of Arts (M.A.), Technical Communication at Minnesota State University, MankatoBA, English, Minor in Professional and Technical Writing, Concentration in Creative Writing, BA, English, Minor in Professional and Technical Writing, Concentration in Creative Writing at San José State University
English
Github Skills (35)
sphinx10
testing10
documentation10
sphinx-doc9
npm-package9
redocly8
documentation-template8
devtools7
quality-assurance7
linter6
lint6
openapi5
asyncapi5
docker-image5
firefox-webextension4
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
doc-detective/common
Jan 2023 - Mar 2026
Shared resources for Doc Detective projects.
Contributions:56 releases, 37 reviews, 147 PRs in 3 years 1 month
hawkeyexl/doc-detective
Apr 2022 - Jan 2023
Contributions:378 commits, 28 PRs, 169 pushes in 9 months
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