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Assistant by Mintlify

Assistant by Mintlify

A conversational, agentic assistant built into your docs

Overview

What it is

The next generation of documentation. AI-native, beautiful out-of-the-box, and built for collaboration.

Intent

I need it when

Embed an intelligent AI chat experience into a product, support portal, or internal tools

The Assistant API (mint_dsc_ prefix) allows developers to embed the AI assistant into any application via REST API endpoints. The assistant understands documentation context and can be integrated into custom workflows, products, and portals.

Ensure AI agents and LLMs can discover and understand product documentation

Mintlify Assistant is built for both humans and AI. It supports llms.txt, MCP (Model Context Protocol), and structured content optimized for LLM consumption, ensuring your docs are discoverable and usable by AI workflows and agents.

Monitor and improve documentation gaps based on user questions

Mintlify provides analytics on assistant conversations, search queries, and user feedback. Teams can export conversation history and identify where users get stuck, then use workflows to automatically suggest and implement documentation updates.

Reduce support ticket volume by enabling users to self-serve answers

Mintlify Assistant provides an AI-powered conversational interface trained on your documentation, allowing users to ask questions and receive contextual answers without contacting support. This reduces repeated questions and support team workload.

Provide guided, context-aware help to users navigating documentation

The Assistant turns every documentation visit into a guided conversation. It understands user context, page history, and documentation structure to deliver personalized, relevant answers and guidance without users having to search manually.

Drop

Not a fit when

  • User needs a standalone AI chatbot unrelated to documentation—Mintlify Assistant is tightly integrated with documentation content only
  • Organization requires on-premise or fully self-hosted AI without any cloud dependency—Mintlify is cloud-hosted SaaS
  • User needs real-time AI training on proprietary data outside of documentation—Assistant is trained only on your docs
  • Team has no documentation or minimal documentation to index—Assistant effectiveness depends on rich, well-structured docs
  • Budget is extremely constrained and free tier is insufficient—Pro plan at $250/month may exceed tight budgets
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Pricing

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