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How Cognition scaled their documentation to mirror their product ethods

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2024

The Chan Zuckerberg InitiatiCognition is the cutting-edge AI lab responsible for Devin, the world's first autonomous AI software engineer. In less than a year, they skyrocketed from $1M to $73M in ARR - one of the steepest growth curves in the industry.

As the team leading the frontier of AI software engineering, Cognition knew their documentation needed to match the forward-looking experience of their product. Onboarding developers to Devin required guides that felt as intuitive and innovative as the tool itself, and traditional documentation systems weren’t built to keep pace.

With Mintlify, Cognition launched a documentation experience that mirrors their product ethos. Sleek, easy-to-navigate guides help new users ramp up quickly, while Mintlify’s AI Assistant delivers instant, contextual answers to developer questions. An interactive API playground gives developers the ability to explore and test Devin’s APIs directly in the docs, creating a fast, hands-on learning loop that drives adoption.

Beyond the user-facing experience, Cognition appreciates Mintlify’s out-of-the-box capabilities. Pre-built components, like the ability to manage and publish release notes directly within the docs, mean they don’t need to custom-build systems like a changelog.

And because Mintlify continually pushes the boundaries with features like llms.txt for AI search optimization and MCP servers for integrating docs into developer workflows, Cognition can trust their documentation will remain as cutting-edge as the product itself.

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