# Refactoring mint.json into docs.json

DevFeed: [Refactoring mint.json into docs.json](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/refactoring-mint-json-into-docs-json-31083.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.mintlify.com/blog/refactoring-mint-json-into-docs-json>)

Author: Hahnbee Lee

Published: 2025-02-07T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

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

Topics: [Documentation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/documentation.md>), [Refactoring](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/refactoring.md>)

Tags: [docs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/docs.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [navigation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/navigation.md>), [refactoring](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/refactoring.md>), [schema](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/schema.md>), [update](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/update.md>)

## AI overview

Mintlify explains its transition from mint.json to docs.json, a navigation schema that consolidates tabs, anchors, versions, and groups into one recursive structure. The change simplifies navigation management and allows more flexible nesting across documentation hierarchies.

## Source excerpt

Revamping a navigation schema might not sound flashy, but shipping docs.json is a major foundational update to mintlify.