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title: Implementation guide
description: Write implementation guide documentation.
image: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cf-twitter-card.png
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# Implementation guide

## Purpose

Walk the reader through best practices for the [implementation](https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/implementation-guides/) of a solution using Cloudflare.

Disambiguation

This page describes the content strategy for an implementation guide. For help with Cloudflare products, refer to [Implementation guides](https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/implementation-guides/).

## Tone

instructional, straightforward

## content\_type

YAML

```
pcx_content_type: implementation-guideproducts:  - product-a  - product-b  - product-c
```

For more details, refer to [pcx\_content\_type](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/frontmatter/custom-properties/#pcx%5Fcontent%5Ftype).

## Components

### Required

[**Title**](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/titles/): Short verb phrase in second-person imperative. Do not use gerund phrases.

[**Steps**](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/steps-tasks-procedures/): Numbered steps that complete a task.

[**Next steps**](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/next-steps/): What users should see as the end result of the steps and/or actionable next steps.

### Optional

[**Prerequisites**](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/prerequisites/): Tasks or conditions that must be completed before a user can complete a series of steps.

[**Notes/warnings**](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/notes-tips-warnings/)

[**Examples**](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/examples/)

[**Diagrams**](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/diagrams/)

**Screenshots**

[**Related links**](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/links/): Bulleted list of links to associated resources.

## Template

```
---pcx_content_type: implementation-guidetitle: Second-person imperative verb phrasedescription: Implement <Cloudflare solution> to <what the implementation accomplishes>. Covers <key steps or components>.---
# Second-person imperative verb phrase
Context for procedure
## Prerequisites
## 1. First step
## 2. Second step
## Next steps
```

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