# Should you generate docs from your API schema?

DevFeed: [Should you generate docs from your API schema?](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/should-you-generate-docs-from-your-api-schema-31089.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.mintlify.com/blog/should-you-generate-docs-from-your-api-schema>)

Author: Emma Adler

Published: 2025-05-16T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

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

Topics: [Documentation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/documentation.md>), [OpenAPI Specification](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/openapi.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [Structured-data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/structured-data.md>), [Swagger](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/swagger.md>), [JSON](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/json.md>), [YAML](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/yaml.md>)

Tags: [ai-trends](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-trends.md>), [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [api-documentation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api-documentation.md>), [automate](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/automate.md>), [automation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/automation.md>), [best-practices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/best-practices.md>), [hybrid](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hybrid.md>), [json](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/json.md>), [openapi](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openapi.md>), [schemas](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/schemas.md>), [swagger](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/swagger.md>)

## AI overview

This guide examines the benefits and limitations of generating API documentation from OpenAPI schemas. It explains how schema-based tools such as Swagger UI automatically create documentation from structured endpoint, method, data model, and response definitions, while noting that automation can leave gaps in user guidance and conceptual explanations. It recommends combining automation with customization.

## Source excerpt

When your API constantly changes, how do you ensure your documentation keeps up?