docs(waiter): Add comprehensive documentation for terminal content waiters

- Create detailed markdown documentation in docs/test-helpers/waiter.md
- Add key features section highlighting main capabilities
- Include quick start examples for all functions
- Document fluent API with Playwright-inspired design
- Explain wait_for_any_content and wait_for_all_content with practical examples
- Add detailed API reference for all waiters
- Include testing best practices section

Author: tony

docs/internals/index.md

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 ```{toctree}
 dataclasses
 query_list
+waiter
 ```
 
 ## Environmental variables

docs/internals/waiter.md

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+(waiter)=
+
+# Terminal Content Waiters
+
+The waiter module provides utilities for waiting on specific content to appear in tmux panes, making it easier to write reliable tests that interact with terminal output.
+
+## Key Features
+
+- **Fluent API**: Playwright-inspired chainable API for expressive, readable test code
+- **Multiple Match Types**: Wait for exact matches, substring matches, regex patterns, or custom predicate functions
+- **Composable Waiting**: Wait for any of multiple conditions or all conditions to be met
+- **Flexible Timeout Handling**: Configure timeout behavior and error handling to suit your needs
+- **Shell Prompt Detection**: Easily wait for shell readiness with built-in prompt detection
+- **Robust Error Handling**: Improved exception handling and result reporting
+- **Clean Code**: Well-formatted, linted code with proper type annotations
+
+## Basic Concepts
+
+When writing tests that interact with tmux sessions and panes, it's often necessary to wait for specific content to appear before proceeding with the next step. The waiter module provides a set of functions to help with this.
+
+There are multiple ways to match content:
+- **Exact match**: The content exactly matches the specified string
+- **Contains**: The content contains the specified string
+- **Regex**: The content matches the specified regular expression
+- **Predicate**: A custom function that takes the pane content and returns a boolean
+
+## Quick Start Examples
+
+### Simple Waiting
+
+Wait for specific text to appear in a pane:
+
+```{literalinclude} ../../tests/examples/test/waiter/test_wait_for_text.py
+:language: python
+```
+
+### Advanced Matching
+
+Use regex patterns or custom predicates for more complex matching:
+
+```{literalinclude} ../../tests/examples/test/waiter/test_wait_for_regex.py
+:language: python
+```
+
+```{literalinclude} ../../tests/examples/test/waiter/test_custom_predicate.py
+:language: python
+```
+
+### Timeout Handling
+
+Control how long to wait and what happens when a timeout occurs:
+
+```{literalinclude} ../../tests/examples/test/waiter/test_timeout_handling.py
+:language: python
+```
+
+### Waiting for Shell Readiness
+
+A common use case is waiting for a shell prompt to appear, indicating the command has completed. The example below uses a regular expression to match common shell prompt characters (`$`, `%`, `>`, `#`):
+
+```{literalinclude} ../../tests/examples/test/waiter/test_wait_until_ready.py
+:language: python
+```
+
+> Note: This test is skipped in CI environments due to timing issues but works well for local development.
+
+## Fluent API (Playwright-inspired)
+
+For a more expressive and chainable API, you can use the fluent interface provided by the `PaneContentWaiter` class:
+
+```{literalinclude} ../../tests/examples/test/waiter/test_fluent_basic.py
+:language: python
+```
+
+```{literalinclude} ../../tests/examples/test/waiter/test_fluent_chaining.py
+:language: python
+```
+
+## Multiple Conditions
+
+The waiter module also supports waiting for multiple conditions at once:
+
+```{literalinclude} ../../tests/examples/test/waiter/test_wait_for_any_content.py
+:language: python
+```
+
+```{literalinclude} ../../tests/examples/test/waiter/test_wait_for_all_content.py
+:language: python
+```
+
+```{literalinclude} ../../tests/examples/test/waiter/test_mixed_pattern_types.py
+:language: python
+```
+
+## Implementation Notes
+
+### Error Handling
+
+The waiting functions are designed to be robust and handle timing and error conditions gracefully:
+
+- All wait functions properly calculate elapsed time for performance tracking
+- Functions handle exceptions consistently and provide clear error messages
+- Proper handling of return values ensures consistent behavior whether or not raises=True
+
+### Type Safety
+
+The waiter module is fully type-annotated to ensure compatibility with static type checkers:
+
+- All functions include proper type hints for parameters and return values
+- The ContentMatchType enum ensures that only valid match types are used
+- Combined with runtime checks, this prevents type-related errors during testing
+
+### Example Usage in Documentation
+
+All examples in this documentation are actual test files from the libtmux test suite. The examples are included using `literalinclude` directives, ensuring that the documentation remains synchronized with the actual code.
+
+## API Reference
+
+```{eval-rst}
+.. automodule:: libtmux._internal.waiter
+   :members:
+   :undoc-members:
+   :show-inheritance:
+   :member-order: bysource
+```
+
+## Extended Retry Functionality
+
+```{eval-rst}
+.. automodule:: libtmux.test.retry_extended
+   :members:
+   :undoc-members:
+   :show-inheritance:
+   :member-order: bysource
+```