Build and maintain documentation sites with Mintlify. Use when creating docs pages, configuring navigation, adding components, or setting up API references.
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Does it follow best practices?
Impact
97%
1.07xAverage score across 3 eval scenarios
Advisory
Suggest reviewing before use
Quality
Discovery
85%Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.
This is a well-structured description that clearly identifies the tool (Mintlify), lists concrete actions, and includes an explicit 'Use when' clause with relevant triggers. Its main weakness is that trigger terms could be expanded to include more natural user language variations and technical specifics like file types or config file names.
Suggestions
Add common user-facing terms and file references like 'mint.json', 'MDX files', '.mdx', 'sidebar configuration', or 'OpenAPI spec' to improve trigger term coverage.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Specificity | Lists multiple specific concrete actions: 'creating docs pages', 'configuring navigation', 'adding components', 'setting up API references'. These are distinct, actionable tasks within the Mintlify domain. | 3 / 3 |
Completeness | Clearly answers both 'what' (build and maintain documentation sites with Mintlify) and 'when' (explicit 'Use when' clause listing four trigger scenarios: creating docs pages, configuring navigation, adding components, setting up API references). | 3 / 3 |
Trigger Term Quality | Includes good terms like 'documentation sites', 'Mintlify', 'docs pages', 'navigation', 'API references', and 'components'. However, it misses common variations users might say such as 'mint.json', 'MDX', 'docs config', 'sidebar', 'openapi', or file extensions like '.mdx'. | 2 / 3 |
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk | The mention of 'Mintlify' as a specific platform creates a clear niche. It is unlikely to conflict with generic documentation skills or other static site generator skills because the brand name serves as a strong distinguishing trigger. | 3 / 3 |
Total | 11 / 12 Passed |
Implementation
87%Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
This is a strong, well-structured skill that efficiently covers the breadth of Mintlify documentation development. Its greatest strengths are conciseness and actionability—decision tables, concrete commands, and specific configuration examples make it immediately useful. The main weakness is the lack of explicit multi-step workflows with validation checkpoints, particularly for common operations like setting up a new docs site or adding API references.
Suggestions
Add a sequenced workflow for common multi-step tasks (e.g., 'Setting up a new docs site') that integrates validation commands like `mint validate` and `mint broken-links` as explicit checkpoints between steps.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The content is lean and well-organized. It avoids explaining what MDX, YAML, or documentation platforms are. Tables are used efficiently for decision points, and there's minimal filler text. Every section provides actionable information without unnecessary preamble. | 3 / 3 |
Actionability | Provides concrete CLI commands, specific configuration patterns (e.g., redirects JSON syntax, OpenAPI integration), file structure examples, component decision tables, and clear import syntax. The guidance is specific enough to act on immediately without ambiguity. | 3 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | While individual tasks are clear, there's no explicit multi-step workflow with validation checkpoints. For example, creating a new docs site or adding an API reference could benefit from a sequenced workflow with validation steps (e.g., run `mint validate` after changes). The `mint validate` command is listed but never integrated into a workflow. | 2 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | The skill serves as a well-organized overview with clear one-level-deep references to external documentation (global settings, components overview, deploy docs, MCP server). Content is appropriately structured with sections that progress from setup to content writing to deployment to edge cases. No bundle files are needed for this reference-style skill. | 3 / 3 |
Total | 11 / 12 Passed |
Validation
90%Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.
Validation — 10 / 11 Passed
Validation for skill structure
| Criteria | Description | Result |
|---|---|---|
metadata_field | 'metadata' should map string keys to string values | Warning |
Total | 10 / 11 Passed | |
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