Generate a new button variant that matches our existing tokens
ask the agentvs.Mintlify
Looking for amodern alternativeto Mintlify?
Mintlify is the best-looking developer documentation on the internet. Its MCP server still serves your MDX — the prose, not the system.
>90%
of day-to-day design-system work automated by Supernova agents
vs. MDX that describes a system living somewhere else
>10x
faster design system adoption across your teams via in-tool integrations
vs. hoping engineers read the docs site
>70%
fewer tokens spent on every prompt your team or agent runs
vs. pasting entire docs into prompts and hoping
“All the support we've received since our arrival shows just how much better it is to be here .”
Renato Michalischen
Design System Manager, Userlane
Mintlify teams have spoken
Read against each product’s published capabilities and documentation, August 2026.
01
Beautiful MDX, still prose
Mintlify renders developer docs better than almost anyone. What sits behind the page is still MDX — no Figma import, no token source of truth.
02
Generated MCP serves the docs
An MCP server for your MDX is real progress. Ask it for a spacing token and it returns the sentence describing it, not the token.
03
A table in Git goes stale
You can write tokens into MDX and render a handsome table. Nothing derives that table from Figma, and nothing notices when a variable changes.
04
A preview is not the component
A generic MDX component can render an image of a button. It cannot render the button from the same record your pipeline ships to code.
The gap
Supernova laps Mintlify
Linked design system graph
Docs plus tokens, components, rules, and skills — the system you actually wanted.
Agents that take action
Automate day-to-day work with Claude, Cursor, or Supernova’s own agents.
Real-time multiplayer
Notion-like editing in real time. Write together, ship together.
Built-in feedback loop
See how people and agents use the system, then close the gaps.
Precise data distribution
Scope exactly what each team and agent needs — nothing more.
Made to meet the true reality
Keep Mintlify for API reference. The design system needs to be data.
Agent-native
A glimpse of what your team can do with Supernova
Four kinds of work, one system behind them. Slide through the deck, or pick a kind.
What's the correct spacing token for card padding?
ask the agentReview accessibility of my login screen
ask the agentCreate a dark-theme version of this component
ask the agentWhich components use the primary color token?
ask the agentUpdate the border-radius across all form elements
ask the agentShow me the usage guidelines for the modal
ask the agentDoes this component meet WCAG 2.2 AA?
ask the agentGenerate React code for the data table using our system
ask the agentWhat patterns do we have for empty states?
ask the agentFlag any components that still use hard-coded colors
ask the agentSuggest a better token structure for our spacing scale
ask the agentPull the latest API props for the Select component
ask the agentCreate documentation for the new badge component
ask the agentWhich teams are still using the deprecated button?
ask the agentConvert this Figma frame into system-compliant components
ask the agentAudit this screen for token and component consistency
ask the agentPropose a new status indicator based on our existing patterns
ask the agentMigration
Switching is easier than staying
“We were prepared for a steep learning curve, but it turned out to be a smooth glide.”
- 1
Open Mintlify to your agent
Mintlify exposes your docs through the MCP server it generates and your MDX in Git. Give Claude or Cursor read access there.
- 2
Give it the keys to Supernova
Hook Supernova’s edit capabilities into the same agent — it can write designs, code, Figma links, and docs straight into the system.
- 3
Say the word. Watch it move.
Ask your agent to port the MDX over. It rebuilds the structure in Supernova in minutes — no export scripts, no rewrite sprint.
- 4
Keep Mintlify for API reference
Developer documentation outside the design system stays in Mintlify. Supernova takes the tokens, components, and rules underneath.
The deep dive
What makes Supernova the best Mintlify alternative
Design sources
Figma import and sync
Variables, collections and components as data
Yes
No
You can embed a frame, not import a system
Storybook and code component import
Stories, props and APIs, connected
Yes
No
An iframe, with no component data behind it
Updates when the design changes
The system refreshes itself, on its own
Yes
No, and..
An agent can rewrite it. Nothing tells it to.
Design system data
Token management
A real source of truth for tokens
Yes
Types, aliases, history and versions
No, and..
A table of values copied from somewhere else
Component and asset management
Structured data, not embedded images
Yes
No
Theming and multi-brand
One system, many brands and themes
Yes
No
No theme layer — a brand is a separate copy
Design system versioning
Versions of the system, not the page
Yes
Yes, but..
Docs versions, not system versions
Documentation
Design system documentation blocks
Live previews, token tables, spec blocks
Yes
No, and..
Generic blocks. Images, not live components.
Writing, structure and collaboration
Real-time multiplayer editing
Yes
Yes
Custom domain and site theming
Publish under your own brand
Yes
Yes
Distribution and code
Code pipelines and exporters
Design data out as platform code
Yes
No
Docs-as-code ships pages, not tokens
Design system data over API and SDK
Query the system programmatically
Yes
No, and..
Your MDX files, and nothing behind them
AI and agents
MCP over the design system
Agents read the system, not a page
Yes
Tokens, components and docs together
Yes, but..
Generates an MCP server for the docs
Scoped contexts per team and brand
Each agent gets only its slice
Yes
No
Agent skills and knowledge files
Rules that travel with the system
Yes
No
Agents that write back
Change the system, not just read it
Yes
No
Agents edit pages, not the design system
Usage feedback loop
See where people and agents hit gaps
Yes
Yes, but..
Docs analytics, not system adoption
Everything else your company writes
Meeting notes, project docs, handbook
The rest of how a company writes
No, and..
Not what it is for. Keep your wiki.
Yes, but..
Developer docs rather than a wiki
“It's easy to use, intuitive, and offers many opportunities to scale across teams — a true single source of truth .”
Matthias Fritsch
Design Lead, Celonis
Give your agents a system worth following
See how Supernova documents, syncs, and serves your system in one place.