SKALE Docs V3: Built for AI-Native Building and Faster Shipping

The new & improved SKALE developer documentation is now live at docs.skale.space, bringing a refreshed experience designed for the way developers build today, especially as AI tooling and agent-style workflows become more common. The update focuses on two big improvements: a modern docs foundation that improves AI readiness, and a clearer structure that helps builders find answers faster across a growing ecosystem.

Practical AI Readiness Upgrades

The new documentation migrates from the Astro framework to Mintlify. Documentation platforms always involve tradeoffs between simplicity and features, and this change reflects a step forward in maintainability and modern tooling..

A concrete part of that “AI-ready” foundation is support for an updated llms.txt endpoint that improves how AI tools can discover and index SKALE documentation.

A Clearer Structure

Docs v3 also introduces a reorganized structure designed for an ecosystem that has evolved over years. After experimenting with multiple layouts, the docs now follow a multi-section approach with an explicit Cookbook and a clearer split between Concepts and Developers. This structure separates deeper knowledge from hands-on recipes and tutorials, making it easier to move from understanding to implementation.

This shift is especially relevant as new AI tooling changes how developers learn and build. The Cookbook is now a dedicated section rather than being blended into other areas, reflecting feedback and iteration on what works best in practice.

Alongside the structural work, Docs v3 reintroduces and overhauls important sections that had previously been trimmed down, including content around the SKL token and staking, and adds new pages for expanding areas like SKALE Expand.

New Cookbook with AI Agent & Privacy-Focused Recipes

The Cookbook is the hands-on layer of SKALE Docs v3. It focuses on practical, end-to-end recipes that help builders go from idea to working implementation quickly, with steps that map cleanly to real development workflows.

It includes:

• AI Agents recipes for building and integrating agent-style applications on SKALE, with clear guidance that’s easy to adapt as agent tooling evolves.

• x402 Payments recipes that walk through enabling agent-friendly payments, including facilitator flows and making and accepting payments.

• Privacy recipes with the BITE Protocol for building privacy-aware experiences, including patterns for encrypted transactions and integration guidance.

Alongside these featured areas, the Cookbook also includes deployment and smart contract recipes, plus native feature guides like gasless transactions and onchain randomness, so teams can assemble a complete build path from setup to production.

Chain Types and Developer Experience Updates

Docs v3 makes it easier to choose the right SKALE environment by clearly defining the major chain types. Appchains are purpose-built chains dedicated to a single application. Credit Chains are designed for DeFi and financial use cases. Gasless chains offer a zero-fee experience that works especially well for micropayments and agentic systems. This clearer taxonomy helps builders quickly match their product needs to the right infrastructure.

Alongside these updates, the developer path is faster end to end. With a streamlined Go Live guide and refreshed SKALE Base documentation, new teams can move from setup to launch with fewer steps and less guesswork.

What’s Updated Across the Docs

Beyond the platform and navigation changes, Docs v3 includes a wide set of content improvements aimed at clarity and speed for developers.

• SKL content restored and refreshed: updated SKL page and SKL staking pages.
  
  
• Core references improved: updated SKALE Base page and clearer “Chains for SKALE Ethereum” documentation.
  
  
• Smoother path to production: streamlined Go Live page.
  
  
• Expanded Concepts coverage: new/expanded sections for SKALE Expand and the BITE Protocol.
  
  
• New integration entry point: added “Integrate SKALE” section for developers.
  

• BITE Protocol integration docs: dedicated integration documentation.
  

What’s Next

Docs v3 is designed as a foundation for continued iteration. Upcoming improvements include more x402 and AI Agent recipes aligned with upcoming demos, more partner-based recipes to help drive integrations when partners are actively exploring SKALE, additional use cases in the Get Started section, and ongoing polish through bug fixes, link fixes, and redirects.

Explore SKALE Docs V3

Visit docs.skale.space to explore the new structure, browse the expanded Cookbook, and review the refreshed Concepts and integration documentation.