# AI-native documentation (/ai-native)

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When you host your documentation on Mintlify, built-in AI features help your users find answers and your team maintain content more efficiently. Your content provides the context for these AI-native features to improve the experiences of reading, writing, and discovering your documentation.

## What makes your documentation AI-native [#what-makes-your-documentation-ai-native]

### Reading [#reading]

In addition to reading individual pages, users can chat with the [assistant](/assistant) in your documentation for immediate answers to their questions and links to relevant content. The assistant helps guide users through your product with accurate information from your documentation. Embed the assistant into custom apps with the [API](/api/assistant/create-assistant-message-v2) to extend where users can access your documentation.

### Writing [#writing]

The [agent](/agent) helps you write and maintain documentation. It creates pull requests with proposed changes based on your prompts, pull requests, and Slack threads. Add the agent to your Slack workspace so that anyone on your team can help maintain your documentation by chatting with the agent. Or embed the agent into custom apps via the [API](/api/agent/v2/create-agent-job).

Create [automations](/automations/index) to run the agent on a schedule or on a push to a repository. Each automation defines a prompt for the agent and a trigger for when to run it.

Configure popular tools like [Cursor](/guides/cursor), [Claude Code](/guides/claude-code), and [Devin Desktop](/guides/devin-desktop) to reference the Mintlify schema, your style guide, and best practices.

### Discovering [#discovering]

Your site is automatically optimized for AI tools and search engines to help users discover your documentation. All pages send their content as Markdown to AI agents instead of HTML, which helps these tools process your content faster and use fewer tokens. Every page is also available to view as Markdown by appending `.md` to the URL. Use the [visibility](/components/visibility) component to tailor content for each audience.

Mintlify hosts `llms.txt` and `skill.md` files for your documentation. These industry-standard files help LLMs respond efficiently with relevant information to user queries and provide a list of capabilities for agents to use. As a result, users are more successful with your product.

<Tip>
  Teach your users how to install your `skill.md` file so they get better results when using your product with AI tools. Embed an installation prompt directly in your docs with the [`Prompt` component](/components/prompt):

  ```mdx
  <Prompt description="Install the skill for your product." actions={["copy", "cursor"]}>
  npx skills add https://your-docs-domain.com
  </Prompt>
  ```
</Tip>

Your documentation site also hosts an MCP server that lets users connect your documentation directly to their AI tools for up-to-date information about your product directly where they want it.

Full-text search and semantic understanding help users and AI tools find relevant information quickly. Search understands user intent rather than just matching keywords. And if a user encounters a 404 error, your site suggests related pages to help them find what they're looking for. No configuration required.

## Enable AI features [#enable-ai-features]

Select any of the following cards for more information.

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    Configure the assistant to search external sites or direct people to your support team if it can't answer their questions.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Automations" icon="<svg xmlns=&#x22;http://www.w3.org/2000/svg&#x22; viewBox=&#x22;0 0 24 24&#x22; fill=&#x22;none&#x22;><path d=&#x22;M21.5 12C21.5 17.2467 17.2467 21.5 12 21.5C10.3719 21.5 8.8394 21.0904 7.5 20.3687C5.63177 19.362 4.37462 20.2979 3.26592 20.4658C3.09774 20.4913 2.93024 20.4302 2.80997 20.31C2.62741 20.1274 2.59266 19.8451 2.6935 19.6074C3.12865 18.5818 3.5282 16.6382 2.98341 15C2.6698 14.057 2.5 13.0483 2.5 12C2.5 6.75329 6.75329 2.5 12 2.5C17.2467 2.5 21.5 6.75329 21.5 12Z&#x22; stroke=&#x22;currentColor&#x22; stroke-linecap=&#x22;round&#x22; stroke-linejoin=&#x22;round&#x22; stroke-width=&#x22;1.5&#x22;/><path d=&#x22;M15.5 12H8.5M12 8.5V15.5&#x22; stroke=&#x22;currentColor&#x22; stroke-linecap=&#x22;round&#x22; stroke-linejoin=&#x22;round&#x22; stroke-width=&#x22;1.5&#x22;/></svg>" href="/automations/index">
    Get documentation updates automatically on a schedule or when a push event occurs.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Contextual menu" icon="<svg xmlns=&#x22;http://www.w3.org/2000/svg&#x22; viewBox=&#x22;0 0 24 24&#x22; fill=&#x22;none&#x22;><path d=&#x22;M15 2L15.5387 4.39157C15.9957 6.42015 17.5798 8.00431 19.6084 8.46127L22 9L19.6084 9.53873C17.5798 9.99569 15.9957 11.5798 15.5387 13.6084L15 16L14.4613 13.6084C14.0043 11.5798 12.4202 9.99569 10.3916 9.53873L8 9L10.3916 8.46127C12.4201 8.00431 14.0043 6.42015 14.4613 4.39158L15 2Z&#x22; stroke=&#x22;currentColor&#x22; stroke-linejoin=&#x22;round&#x22; stroke-width=&#x22;1.5&#x22;/><path d=&#x22;M7 12L7.38481 13.7083C7.71121 15.1572 8.84275 16.2888 10.2917 16.6152L12 17L10.2917 17.3848C8.84275 17.7112 7.71121 18.8427 7.38481 20.2917L7 22L6.61519 20.2917C6.28879 18.8427 5.15725 17.7112 3.70827 17.3848L2 17L3.70827 16.6152C5.15725 16.2888 6.28879 15.1573 6.61519 13.7083L7 12Z&#x22; stroke=&#x22;currentColor&#x22; stroke-linejoin=&#x22;round&#x22; stroke-width=&#x22;1.5&#x22;/></svg>" href="/ai/contextual-menu">
    Add a menu to pages that lets users query AI tools, connect to your MCP server, and copy pages as context with one click.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>