--- title: "Mintlify: vendor profile | Agent Ready Checklist" description: "Mintlify, a docs tool: 7 of 9 checklist rows read are met by default, with 8 sourced facts, dated plans and what it does not do." canonical: https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/mintlify site: "Agent Ready Checklist" last_updated: 2026-11-05 section: "Vendors" --- # Mintlify: vendor profile | Agent Ready Checklist > Mintlify, a docs tool: 7 of 9 checklist rows read are met by default, with 8 sourced facts, dated plans and what it does not do. Source: https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/mintlify Site: Agent Ready Checklist Last reviewed: 2026-11-05 Agent endpoints: https://agentreadychecklist.com/llms.txt (index), https://agentreadychecklist.com/openapi.json (API), https://agentreadychecklist.com/mcp (MCP server), https://agentreadychecklist.com/ask (search) Access: https://agentreadychecklist.com/auth.md (no key). Pricing: https://agentreadychecklist.com/pricing.md (free). # Mintlify Mintlify generates llms.txt, llms-full.txt, a markdown copy of every page, JSON-LD, a sitemap and a search MCP server for each docs site by default, and answers Accept: text/markdown with markdown, which meets AR-READ-07, AR-READ-09, AR-READ-08, AR-FIND-03, AR-ACT-03 and CF-MARKDOWN-NEGOTIATION. Mintlify publishes no ai-catalog.json, and a reverse proxy can add one. ## At a glance Type [Docs tool](https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/by-type/docs-tool/) Homepage [mintlify.com](https://www.mintlify.com), answered HTTP 200 on 2026-11-05 Checklist rows 9 of 31 read: **7** supported, 1 partial, 1 no statement In the crawl 1 of 5,897 home pages counted on 2026-11-04. Counted from the crawl's headers and generator tags, an undercount for hosted builders. Last read 2026-11-05 ## What it does for this layer - Mintlify docs state that "Mintlify automatically hosts an llms.txt file at the root of your project" that lists all pages and can be replaced by a custom file. primary source: [mintlify.com/docs/ai/llmstxt](https://mintlify.com/docs/ai/llmstxt), read 2026-11-05 - Mintlify generates llms-full.txt alongside llms.txt so AI tools can read the whole documentation set in one file. primary source: [mintlify.com/docs/ai/llmstxt](https://mintlify.com/docs/ai/llmstxt), read 2026-11-05 - Mintlify docs state that "Mintlify generates a search MCP server for your site" that MCP clients such as Claude, Cursor and ChatGPT can connect to. primary source: [mintlify.com/docs/ai/model-context-protocol](https://mintlify.com/docs/ai/model-context-protocol), read 2026-11-05 - Mintlify pages are available with a .md suffix and answer Accept: text/markdown with markdown, according to its markdown export docs. primary source: [mintlify.com/docs/ai/markdown-export](https://mintlify.com/docs/ai/markdown-export), read 2026-11-04 - Mintlify generates sitemap.xml and robots.txt for each docs site and adds JSON-LD to indexable pages, per its SEO docs. primary source: [mintlify.com/docs/optimize/seo](https://mintlify.com/docs/optimize/seo), read 2026-11-04 - Mintlify's pricing page says "Starter is free" and Pro costs $450 a month billed annually or $540 billed monthly. primary source: [mintlify.com/pricing](https://www.mintlify.com/pricing), read 2026-11-05 - Mintlify charges its AI Assistant in credits, 25 credits per answer, free when the Assistant cannot answer. primary source: [mintlify.com/pricing](https://www.mintlify.com/pricing), read 2026-11-05 - Mintlify's pricing page says "20,000+" companies build on it. vendor claim: [mintlify.com/pricing](https://www.mintlify.com/pricing), read 2026-11-05 ## Products and plans | Product | What it is | Price | As of | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Mintlify Starter | Hosted docs site with the generated agent files. | Free plan; mintlify.com/pricing | 2026-11-05 | | Mintlify Pro | Team plan with more editors, analytics and AI Assistant credits. | From USD 450 per month billed annually; $540 billed monthly; 14-day trial with 5,000 credits; mintlify.com/pricing | 2026-11-05 | ## Standards | Row | What it asks | Status | What the vendor's pages say | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | AR-FIND-01 | Do not block agents | supports | The generated robots.txt does not block AI crawlers. | mintlify.com/docs/optimize/seo | | AR-FIND-03 | Sitemap listed in robots.txt | supports | sitemap.xml is generated and referenced from robots.txt. | mintlify.com/docs/optimize/seo | | AR-FIND-04 | AI Catalog at .well-known | no statement | No ai-catalog.json is generated; a reverse proxy can add one. | mintlify.com/docs/deploy/reverse-proxy | | AR-READ-07 | Ship llms.txt | supports | llms.txt and llms-full.txt are generated and kept current. | mintlify.com/docs/ai/llmstxt | | AR-READ-08 | JSON-LD on key pages | supports | JSON-LD is added to every indexable page. | mintlify.com/docs/optimize/seo | | AR-READ-09 | Advertise a markdown mirror | supports | Pages link a text/markdown alternate and serve a .md copy. | mintlify.com/docs/ai/markdown-export | | AR-ACT-02 | OpenAPI contract | partial | OpenAPI files referenced in docs.json render as an API reference and playground. | mintlify.com/docs/api-playground/openapi-setup | | AR-ACT-03 | MCP over Streamable HTTP | supports | A search MCP server is generated for every site. | mintlify.com/docs/ai/model-context-protocol | | CF-MARKDOWN-NEGOTIATION | Markdown by Accept | supports | Accept: text/markdown returns the page as markdown. | mintlify.com/docs/ai/markdown-export | ## Checks on its own site | Reading | Result | Date | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Cloudflare scan of mintlify.com | 47 of 100, band L1 Basic Web Presence | 2026-11-05 | isitagentready.com | | Home pages counted in the crawl | 1 of 5,897; Counted from the shared crawl of 2026-11-04 by generator meta tag in the home page HTML; the generator rule only sees tags whose name attribute comes first, so it undercounts | 2026-11-04 | agentreadychecklist.com/data/ | ## What it does not do - Mintlify does not publish an ai-catalog.json under /.well-known/ for a docs site. - Mintlify does not host the product's own MCP server; the generated one searches the docs. ## Related pages on this site Recipes [Mintlify](https://agentreadychecklist.com/platforms/mintlify/) ([checklist view](https://agentreadychecklist.com/platform/mintlify/checklist/)) Same type [Docs tools](https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/by-type/docs-tool/), [all vendors](https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/) ## Sources - [mintlify.com](https://www.mintlify.com)read 2026-11-05 - [mintlify.com/docs/ai/llmstxt](https://mintlify.com/docs/ai/llmstxt)read 2026-11-05 - [mintlify.com/docs/ai/model-context-protocol](https://mintlify.com/docs/ai/model-context-protocol)read 2026-11-05 - [mintlify.com/docs/ai/markdown-export](https://mintlify.com/docs/ai/markdown-export)read 2026-11-04 - [mintlify.com/docs/optimize/seo](https://mintlify.com/docs/optimize/seo)read 2026-11-04 - [mintlify.com/pricing](https://www.mintlify.com/pricing)read 2026-11-05 - [mintlify.com/docs/deploy/reverse-proxy](https://mintlify.com/docs/deploy/reverse-proxy)read 2026-11-05 - [mintlify.com/docs/api-playground/openapi-setup](https://mintlify.com/docs/api-playground/openapi-setup)read 2026-11-05 - [isitagentready.com](https://isitagentready.com/)read 2026-11-05 - [agentreadychecklist.com/data/](https://agentreadychecklist.com/data/)read 2026-11-04 Edition Data 2026-11-04 Reviewed 2026-11-05 Spec AgentReady v2.0, 273d2d7 Crawl 13,071 rows, 2026-11-04 Ora 132 checks, contract 1.38.0, 2026-11-05 Verify with Ora The scanner this site recommends for the whole checklist. 132 checks, a score out of 100, no account. `npx ax@0.10 audit --min-score ` [Why Ora, and its limits](https://agentreadychecklist.com/verify-with-ora/) Method - [How rows, commands and rates are made](https://agentreadychecklist.com/method/) - [How an Ora check is matched to a row](https://agentreadychecklist.com/checklist/ora-checks/) - [Pass rates by rank band](https://agentreadychecklist.com/data/by-rank/) Sources and read dates sit at the foot of the page. Last reviewed 2026-11-05. AgentReady v2.0, read 2026-11-04.