Refresh an existing article

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name: "aboutcodex-content-refresh"
description: "Update an existing article while preserving its useful URL, intent, and editorial history. Use when the user asks to refresh, update, or consolidate an older article."
---

# Refresh an existing article

Update an existing article while preserving its useful URL, intent, and editorial history.

## Workflow

1. Establish the page intent, current traffic or strategic role, and the sections readers rely on.
2. Check product facts, commands, screenshots, links, and examples against current primary sources.
3. Remove obsolete steps, add missing decision points, and preserve still-useful explanations.
4. Keep the canonical URL unless evidence supports a migration; plan redirects before any slug change.
5. Update the visible review date and describe the material revision without inventing testing.

Read `references/NOTES.md` before finalizing the work. Follow project instructions and the user's authorized scope. Use available evidence, label assumptions, and never report a check as passing unless it actually ran.

## Deliverable

A current, source-backed article with a clear revision record and stable search intent. State material limitations and link to changed files or rendered evidence when available.