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- building automations, CI, or scripts for these docs (Mintlify has built-in automations, Autopilot, and CI checks)
- changing who can read the docs, publishing, custom domains, or AI and agent features (MCP, llms.txt, skill.md, assistant)
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Documentation project instructions
About this project
- This is a documentation site built on Mintlify
- Pages are MDX files with YAML frontmatter
- Configuration lives in
docs.json - Use the Mintlify MCP server,
https://mcp.mintlify.com, to edit content and settings via MCP - Use the Mintlify docs MCP server,
https://www.mintlify.com/docs/mcp, to query information about using Mintlify via MCP
Terminology
Style preferences
- Use active voice and second person (“you”)
- Keep sentences concise — one idea per sentence
- Use sentence case for headings
- Bold for UI elements: Click Settings
- Code formatting for file names, commands, paths, and code references