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title: Style Guide
description: Improve your contributions to Cloudflare's documentation. Ensure consistency, professionalism, and clarity in your content across all products.
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# Style Guide

Use this guide when writing any content for product, including the dashboard and documentation.

Understanding Cloudflare style is the first step in being able to write, review, and edit documentation. Adhering to Cloudflare style ensures consistency across the company's documentation and promotes the following benefits:

* A professional and reliable product image
* A seamless customer experience across Cloudflare products
* Minimized customer confusion
* Simplified translation process

To contribute to the documentation, visit the [contributor guide](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/contributions/).

## Available resources

* [ Components ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/)  
  * [ Buttons ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/buttons/)
  * [ CURL ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/curl/)
  * [ Anchor heading ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/anchor-heading/)
  * [ API request ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/api-request/)
  * [ Available notifications ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/available-notifications/)
  * [ Badges ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/badges/)
  * [ Cards ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/cards/)
  * [ DashButton ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/dash-button/)
  * [ Descriptions ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/description/)
  * [ Details ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/details/)
  * [ Directory listing ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/directory-listing/)
  * [ Example ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/example/)
  * [ Feature ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/feature/)
  * [ Feature table ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/feature-table/)
  * [ File tree ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/file-tree/)
  * [ GitHubCode ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/github-code/)
  * [ Glossary ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/glossary/)
  * [ Glossary definition ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/glossary-definition/)
  * [ Glossary tooltip ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/glossary-tooltip/)
  * [ Icons ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/icons/)
  * [ Inline badge ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/inline-badge/)
  * [ Link cards ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/link-cards/)
  * [ List tutorials ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/list-tutorials/)
  * [ Markdown ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/markdown/)
  * [ Package Managers ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/package-managers/)
  * [ Pages build preset ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/pages-build-preset/)
  * [ Plan ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/plan/)
  * [ Product availability text ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/product-availability-text/)
  * [ Product changelog ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/product-changelog/)
  * [ Product features ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/product-features/)
  * [ Public stats ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/public-stats/)
  * [ Related product ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/related-product/)
  * [ Render ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/render/)
  * [ Resources by selector ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/resources-by-selector/)
  * [ RSSButton ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/rss-button/)
  * [ Rule ID ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/rule-id/)
  * [ Steps ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/steps/)
  * [ Stream ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/stream/)
  * [ Subtract IP calculator ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/subtract-ip-calculator/)
  * [ Tabs ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/tabs/)
  * [ Type highlighting ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/type-highlighting/)
  * [ TypeScript example ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/typescript-example/)
  * [ Usage ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/usage/)
  * [ Width ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/width/)
  * [ WranglerCommand ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/wrangler-command/)
  * [ WranglerConfig ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/wrangler-config/)
  * [ WranglerNamespace ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/wrangler-namespace/)
  * [ YouTube ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/youtube/)
* [ API docs content strategy ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/api-content-strategy/)  
  * [ API content types ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/api-content-strategy/api-content-types/)  
    * [ Get started - API ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/api-content-strategy/api-content-types/get-started-api/)
    * [ Resources ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/api-content-strategy/api-content-types/resources/)
    * [ Endpoints ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/api-content-strategy/api-content-types/endpoints/)
    * [ Deprecated APIs ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/api-content-strategy/api-content-types/deprecated-apis/)
    * [ Parameters ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/api-content-strategy/api-content-types/parameters/)
  * [ Method types & common verbs ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/api-content-strategy/method-types-and-command-verbs/)
  * [ Guidelines for cURL commands ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/api-content-strategy/guidelines-for-curl-commands/)
* [ Contributions ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/contributions/)
* [ Grammar ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/)  
  * [ Punctuation marks and symbols ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/punctuation-marks-and-symbols/)  
    * [ Ampersands ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/punctuation-marks-and-symbols/ampersands/)
    * [ Colons ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/punctuation-marks-and-symbols/colons/)
    * [ Commas ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/punctuation-marks-and-symbols/commas/)
    * [ Dashes ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/punctuation-marks-and-symbols/dashes/)
    * [ Exclamation points ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/punctuation-marks-and-symbols/exclamation-points/)
    * [ Percentages ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/punctuation-marks-and-symbols/percentages/)
    * [ Periods ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/punctuation-marks-and-symbols/periods/)
    * [ Quotation marks ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/punctuation-marks-and-symbols/quotation-marks/)
    * [ Semicolons ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/punctuation-marks-and-symbols/semicolons/)
  * [ Parts of speech ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/parts-of-speech/)  
    * [ Abbreviations ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/parts-of-speech/abbreviations/)
    * [ Acronyms ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/parts-of-speech/acronyms/)
    * [ Anthropomorphisms ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/parts-of-speech/anthropomorphisms/)
    * [ Capitalization ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/parts-of-speech/capitalization/)
    * [ Compound words ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/parts-of-speech/compound-words/)
    * [ Contractions ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/parts-of-speech/contractions/)
    * [ Nouns and pronouns ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/parts-of-speech/nouns-and-pronouns/)
    * [ Possessives ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/parts-of-speech/possessives/)
    * [ Prepositions ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/parts-of-speech/prepositions/)
    * [ Slang ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/parts-of-speech/slang/)
* [ Formatting ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/)  
  * [ Code block guidelines ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/code-block-guidelines/)
  * [ Code conventions and format ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/code-conventions-and-format/)
  * [ Dates and times ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/dates-and-times/)
  * [ Example values ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/example-values/)
  * [ External references ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/external-references/)
  * [ File types and extensions ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/file-types-and-extensions/)
  * [ Footnotes ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/footnotes/)
  * [ Keyboard keys ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/keyboard-keys/)
  * [ Notes and other notation types ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/notes-and-other-notation-types/)
  * [ Numbers and units of measurement ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/numbers-and-units-of-measurement/)
  * [ Product name and pluralization ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/product-name-and-pluralization/)
  * [ Structure ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/structure/)  
    * [ Links ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/structure/links/)
    * [ Lists ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/structure/lists/)
    * [ Paragraphs and line breaks ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/structure/paragraphs-and-line-breaks/)
    * [ Sentence structure ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/structure/sentence-structure/)
    * [ Tables ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/structure/tables/)
  * [ UI elements ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/ui-elements/)
  * [ URLs and domain names ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/urls-and-domain-names/)
* [ Frontmatter ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/frontmatter/)  
  * [ Banner ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/frontmatter/banner/)
  * [ Custom properties ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/frontmatter/custom-properties/)
  * [ Sidebar ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/frontmatter/sidebar/)
* [ Product docs content strategy ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/)  
  * [ Content types ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/)  
    * [ 3rd-party integration guide ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/3rd-party-integration-guide/)
    * [ Design guide ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/design-guide/)
    * [ FAQ ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/faq/)
    * [ Get started ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/get-started/)
    * [ How to ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/how-to/)
    * [ Implementation guide ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/implementation-guide/)
    * [ Navigation ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/navigation/)
    * [ Overview ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/overview/)
    * [ Reference ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/reference/)
    * [ Reference architecture ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/reference-architecture/)
    * [ Reference architecture diagram ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/reference-architecture-diagram/)
    * [ How to select a content type ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/select-content-type/)
    * [ Changelog ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/changelog/)
    * [ Concept ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/concept/)
    * [ Configuration ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/configuration/)
    * [ Solution guide ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/solution-guide/)
    * [ Troubleshooting ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/troubleshooting/)
    * [ Tutorial ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/tutorial/)
  * [ Component attributes ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/)  
    * [ Context ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/context/)
    * [ Diagrams ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/diagrams/)
    * [ Dynamic lists ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/dynamic-lists/)
    * [ Examples ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/examples/)
    * [ Glossary entry ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/glossary-entry/)
    * [ Intended audience ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/intended-audience/)
    * [ Introduction ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/introduction/)
    * [ Last updated ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/last-updated/)
    * [ Links ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/links/)
    * [ Mathematical operations ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/mathematical-operations/)
    * [ Next steps ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/next-steps/)
    * [ Notes/tips/warnings ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/notes-tips-warnings/)
    * [ Prerequisites ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/prerequisites/)
    * [ Product descriptions ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/product-descriptions/)
    * [ Reference diagram ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/reference-diagram/)
    * [ Screenshots ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/screenshots/)
    * [ Steps/tasks/procedures ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/steps-tasks-procedures/)
    * [ Tables ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/tables/)
    * [ Titles ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/titles/)
  * [ Information architecture ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/information-architecture/)
  * [ Writing guidelines ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/writing-guidelines/)
  * [ Accessibility guidelines ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/accessibility/)
  * [ File conventions ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/file-conventions/)
* [ How we docs ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/how-we-docs/)  
  * [ Content reviews ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/how-we-docs/reviews/)
  * [ Image maintenance ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/how-we-docs/image-maintenance/)
  * [ Links ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/how-we-docs/links/)
  * [ Metadata ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/how-we-docs/metadata/)
  * [ Our site ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/how-we-docs/our-site/)
  * [ How we video ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/how-we-docs/how-we-video/)  
    * [ Why and when we use videos ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/how-we-docs/how-we-video/why-and-when-we-use-videos/)
    * [ Video production workflow ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/how-we-docs/how-we-video/video-production-workflow/)
    * [ Integration in docs ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/how-we-docs/how-we-video/integration-in-docs/)
    * [ Maintenance ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/how-we-docs/how-we-video/maintenance/)
  * [ AI consumability ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/how-we-docs/ai-consumability/)
  * [ How we AI ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/how-we-docs/how-we-ai/)  
    * [ When we use AI ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/how-we-docs/how-we-ai/when-we-use-ai/)
    * [ Prompt templates ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/how-we-docs/how-we-ai/prompt-templates/)
    * [ Prompt libraries ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/how-we-docs/how-we-ai/prompt-libraries/)
    * [ Control how AI crawls your docs ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/how-we-docs/how-we-ai/control-ai-crawls/)
    * [ Examples ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/how-we-docs/how-we-ai/examples/)  
      * [ CLUE ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/how-we-docs/how-we-ai/examples/clue/)
      * [ Cloudspeaker ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/how-we-docs/how-we-ai/examples/cloudspeaker/)
  * [ Redirects ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/how-we-docs/redirects/)

```json
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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/directory/","name":"Directory"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/style-guide/","name":"Style Guide"}}]}
```