# How I built our knowledge base in an afternoon

DevFeed: [How I built our knowledge base in an afternoon](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-i-built-our-knowledge-base-in-an-afternoon-31025.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.mintlify.com/blog/how-to-build-a-knowledge-base>)

Author: Anahita Sahu

Published: 2026-01-13T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

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

Topics: [Documentation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/documentation.md>), [Information Architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/information-architecture.md>), [Markdown](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/markdown.md>), [navigation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/navigation.md>)

Tags: [best-practices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/best-practices.md>), [documentation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/documentation.md>), [information-architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/information-architecture.md>), [knowledge-base](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/knowledge-base.md>), [markdown](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/markdown.md>), [navigation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/navigation.md>)

## AI overview

A Mintlify team member describes migrating internal documentation from multiple platforms into a knowledge base using Mintlify's assistant, Slack, and the web editor. The workflow handled formatting and page placement, while the editor supported real-time navigation and information architecture changes.

## Source excerpt

Migrating content from multiple sources to Mintlify and building a knowledge base in hours, not weeks.