Mintlify

Mintlify Assistant API

Embeddable AI chat experience grounded in your documentation.

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Operations 2

POST /discovery/v2/assistant/{domain}/message Create assistant message #

POST /discovery/v1/search/{domain} Search documentation #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Mintlify Assistant API
  description: Mintlify provides a suite of APIs for managing documentation deployments, automating documentation editing through agents, embedding AI assistants, and exporting analytics. Endpoints span the Update, Agent, Assistant, and Analytics APIs.
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: Mintlify
    url: https://www.mintlify.com/docs/api/introduction
servers:
- url: https://api.mintlify.com
  description: Mintlify primary API server
- url: https://api.mintlify.com/discovery
  description: Discovery server (Assistant and Search APIs)
security:
- adminKey: []
tags:
- name: Assistant
  description: Embeddable AI chat experience grounded in your documentation.
paths:
  /discovery/v2/assistant/{domain}/message:
    post:
      tags:
      - Assistant
      summary: Create assistant message
      description: Generate an AI assistant response grounded in your documentation.
      operationId: createAssistantMessage
      security:
      - assistantKey: []
      parameters:
      - name: domain
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/AssistantMessageRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Assistant streamed response.
          content:
            text/event-stream:
              schema:
                type: string
  /discovery/v1/search/{domain}:
    post:
      tags:
      - Assistant
      summary: Search documentation
      operationId: searchDocs
      security:
      - assistantKey: []
      parameters:
      - name: domain
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Search results.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchResult'
components:
  schemas:
    AssistantMessageRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - fp
      - messages
      properties:
        fp:
          type: string
          description: Fingerprint identifier (anonymous or unique user ID).
        threadId:
          type: string
        messages:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
        retrievalPageSize:
          type: integer
          default: 5
    SearchRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - query
      properties:
        query:
          type: string
        pageSize:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 50
          default: 10
        scoreThreshold:
          type: number
          minimum: 0
          maximum: 1
        filter:
          type: object
    SearchResult:
      type: object
      properties:
        content:
          type: string
        path:
          type: string
        metadata:
          type: object
  securitySchemes:
    adminKey:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: mint_*
      description: Admin API key prefixed with mint_.
    assistantKey:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: mint_dsc_*
      description: Public assistant API key prefixed with mint_dsc_.