# Automations: Self-updating documentation

DevFeed: [Automations: Self-updating documentation](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/automations-self-updating-documentation-30985.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.mintlify.com/blog/automations>)

Author: Patrick Foster

Published: 2026-03-06T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Mintlify Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/mintlify-blog.md>)

Topics: [Automation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/automation.md>), [Documentation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/documentation.md>), [Markdown](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/markdown.md>), [pull-requests](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/pull-requests.md>), [changelog](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/changelog.md>), [audit](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/audit.md>)

Tags: [agent](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agent.md>), [announcements](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/announcements.md>), [automation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/automation.md>), [beta](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/beta.md>), [documentation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/documentation.md>), [markdown](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/markdown.md>), [repository](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/repository.md>), [sync](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sync.md>), [triggers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/triggers.md>)

## AI overview

Mintlify introduces Automations in beta, allowing teams to automate documentation maintenance from version-controlled Markdown files in a repository. Users define triggers, criteria, instructions, and outcomes such as committing changes or opening pull requests.

## Source excerpt

Automations let you automate documentation maintenance directly from your repository by defining triggers and instructions in Markdown, so your docs stay in sync with your product.