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Markdown provides structured text that AI tools can process more efficiently than HTML, which results in better response accuracy, faster processing times, and lower token usage. Mintlify automatically generates Markdown versions of pages optimized for AI tools and external integrations.

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.md URL extension

Add .md to any page’s URL to view a Markdown version.

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Accept header

Send a request with Accept: text/markdown or Accept: text/plain to any page URL to receive the Markdown version instead of HTML. This is useful for AI tools and integrations that programmatically fetch documentation content. 
curl -L -H "Accept: text/markdown" https://mintlify.com/docs/ai/markdown-export

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Audience-specific content

Use the visibility component to customize content for human and AI audiences. Content wrapped in <Visibility for="humans"> appears on the web page, but not in Markdown output. Content wrapped in <Visibility for="agents"> appears in Markdown output, but not on the web page. 
<Visibility for="humans">
  Click the **Get started** button in the top-right corner to create your account.
</Visibility>

<Visibility for="agents">
  To create an account, call `POST /v1/accounts` with a valid email address.
</Visibility>

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API reference pages

By default, Markdown exports of API reference pages include the full OpenAPI or AsyncAPI specification so AI tools have complete context about each endpoint. If you prefer to omit the spec from Markdown output, set markdown.schema to false in your docs.json: 
"markdown": {
  "schema": false
}

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Custom agent instructions

To append your own guidance to the Markdown that Mintlify serves to AI agents, set markdown.instructions in your docs.json. Use it for site-wide directions like citing an API version, preferring a specific SDK, or following your terminology. Provide a single string:
Example agent instructions string
"markdown": {
  "instructions": "Always cite the API version. Prefer the TypeScript SDK in examples."
}
Or an array of strings, which Mintlify joins with line breaks:
Example agent instructions array
"markdown": {
  "instructions": [
    "Always cite the API version.",
    "Prefer the TypeScript SDK in examples."
  ]
}
Mintlify renders your instructions as an Agent Instructions block in the Markdown output:
Example rendered agent instructions
> ## Agent Instructions
> Always cite the API version.
> Prefer the TypeScript SDK in examples.
The block appears in:
  • The Markdown export of every page, including API reference pages.
  • Your llms.txt file, after the site title and description.
  • Your llms-full.txt file.
These instructions apply to every page. To tailor content for a single page or audience, use the visibility component instead.

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Agent feedback

If you enable agent feedback, Mintlify appends an <AgentInstructions> block to each page’s Markdown export that tells agents how to submit feedback about the page’s content. Agents submit feedback by posting to the endpoint with the page path and feedback text. Use agent feedback to improve your pages for agents based on what they find incorrect, outdated, or confusing.

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Authentication

Markdown export respects the same authentication rules as the HTML version of each page.
Authentication modeBehavior
No authenticationAll .md URLs are publicly accessible.
Partial authentication.md URLs for public pages are publicly accessible. .md URLs for protected pages require authentication and respect user group restrictions.
Full authenticationAll .md URLs require authentication and respect user group restrictions.

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Keyboard shortcut

Press Command + C (Ctrl + C on Windows) to copy a page as Markdown to your clipboard.

Related topics

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