diff --git a/scripts/docs-link-audit.mjs b/scripts/docs-link-audit.mjs
index e57f46523d07..5269da4310e4 100644
--- a/scripts/docs-link-audit.mjs
+++ b/scripts/docs-link-audit.mjs
@@ -7,12 +7,21 @@ import os from "node:os";
 import path from "node:path";
 import { pathToFileURL } from "node:url";
 import { resolveClawHubRepoPath, syncClawHubDocsTree } from "./docs-sync-publish.mjs";
-import { createPnpmRunnerSpawnSpec } from "./pnpm-runner.mjs";
+import { resolveNpmRunner } from "./npm-runner.mjs";
 
 const ROOT = process.cwd();
 const DOCS_DIR = path.join(ROOT, "docs");
 const DOCS_JSON_PATH = path.join(DOCS_DIR, "docs.json");
-const MINTLIFY_BROKEN_LINKS_ARGS = ["dlx", "mint", "broken-links", "--check-anchors"];
+const MINTLIFY_CLI_VERSION = "4.2.715";
+const MINTLIFY_BROKEN_LINKS_ARGS = [
+  "exec",
+  "--yes",
+  `--package=mint@${MINTLIFY_CLI_VERSION}`,
+  "--",
+  "mint",
+  "broken-links",
+  "--check-anchors",
+];
 const NODE_25_UNSUPPORTED_BY_MINTLIFY = 25;
 
 if (!fs.existsSync(DOCS_DIR) || !fs.statSync(DOCS_DIR).isDirectory()) {
@@ -353,17 +362,26 @@ function parseNodeMajor(version) {
   return Number.isFinite(major) ? major : 0;
 }
 
-function createMintlifyPnpmRunnerSpawnSpec(params, options = {}) {
-  return createPnpmRunnerSpawnSpec({
+function createMintlifyNpmRunnerSpawnSpec(params, options = {}) {
+  const env = params.env ?? process.env;
+  const runner = resolveNpmRunner({
     comSpec: params.comSpec,
-    cwd: params.cwd,
-    env: params.env ?? process.env,
-    nodeExecPath: options.nodeExecPath ?? params.nodeExecPath,
-    npmExecPath: params.npmExecPath,
+    env,
+    execPath: options.nodeExecPath ?? params.nodeExecPath,
+    npmArgs: MINTLIFY_BROKEN_LINKS_ARGS,
     platform: params.platform,
-    pnpmArgs: MINTLIFY_BROKEN_LINKS_ARGS,
-    stdio: "inherit",
   });
+  return {
+    command: runner.command,
+    args: runner.args,
+    options: {
+      cwd: params.cwd,
+      env: runner.env ?? env,
+      shell: runner.shell,
+      stdio: "inherit",
+      windowsVerbatimArguments: runner.windowsVerbatimArguments,
+    },
+  };
 }
 
 /**
@@ -377,7 +395,6 @@ function createMintlifyPnpmRunnerSpawnSpec(params, options = {}) {
  *   spawnSyncImpl: typeof spawnSync;
  *   env?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
  *   nodeExecPath?: string;
- *   npmExecPath?: string;
  *   platform?: NodeJS.Platform;
  *   comSpec?: string;
  * }} params
@@ -385,11 +402,11 @@ function createMintlifyPnpmRunnerSpawnSpec(params, options = {}) {
 export function resolveMintlifyAnchorAuditInvocation(params) {
   const nodeVersion = params.nodeVersion ?? process.versions.node;
   if (parseNodeMajor(nodeVersion) < NODE_25_UNSUPPORTED_BY_MINTLIFY) {
-    return createMintlifyPnpmRunnerSpawnSpec(params);
+    return createMintlifyNpmRunnerSpawnSpec(params);
   }
 
   const node22Probe = "process.exit(Number(process.versions.node.split('.')[0]) === 22 ? 0 : 1)";
-  const node22Runner = createMintlifyPnpmRunnerSpawnSpec(params, { nodeExecPath: "node" });
+  const node22Runner = createMintlifyNpmRunnerSpawnSpec(params, { nodeExecPath: "node" });
   const candidates = [
     {
       command: "fnm",
@@ -413,7 +430,7 @@ export function resolveMintlifyAnchorAuditInvocation(params) {
     }
   }
 
-  return createMintlifyPnpmRunnerSpawnSpec(params);
+  return createMintlifyNpmRunnerSpawnSpec(params);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -558,7 +575,6 @@ export function auditDocsLinks(options = {}) {
  *   env?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
  *   nodeExecPath?: string;
  *   nodeVersion?: string;
- *   npmExecPath?: string;
  *   platform?: NodeJS.Platform;
  *   spawnSyncImpl?: typeof spawnSync;
  *   prepareAnchorAuditDocsDirImpl?: (sourceDir?: string) => string;
@@ -585,16 +601,14 @@ export function runDocsLinkAuditCli(options = {}) {
 
     try {
       anchorDocsDir = prepareAnchorAuditDocsDirImpl(mirroredDocsDir.dir);
-      // Use the npm Mintlify package explicitly. Some developer machines also
-      // have the Swift Package Manager tool named `mint` on PATH, and that
-      // binary exits with "command 'broken-links' not found".
+      // Mintlify's package graph expects npm's hoisted layout; pnpm dlx can fail
+      // to resolve declared transitive packages from its strict store layout.
       const invocation = resolveMintlifyAnchorAuditInvocation({
         comSpec: options.comSpec,
         cwd: anchorDocsDir,
         env: options.env,
         nodeExecPath: options.nodeExecPath,
         nodeVersion: options.nodeVersion,
-        npmExecPath: options.npmExecPath,
         platform: options.platform,
         spawnSyncImpl,
       });
diff --git a/src/scripts/docs-link-audit.test.ts b/src/scripts/docs-link-audit.test.ts
index d1c502dc30be..4c235f7d0fcf 100644
--- a/src/scripts/docs-link-audit.test.ts
+++ b/src/scripts/docs-link-audit.test.ts
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ describe("docs-link-audit", () => {
     expect(mirroredCleaned).toBe(true);
   });
 
-  it("uses Mintlify through pnpm dlx for anchor validation", () => {
+  it("uses a pinned Mintlify package through npm for anchor validation", () => {
     let invocation:
       | {
           command: string;
@@ -225,16 +225,13 @@ describe("docs-link-audit", () => {
       | undefined;
     let cleanedDir: string | undefined;
     const anchorDocsDir = path.join(os.tmpdir(), "docs-link-audit-anchor");
-    const fakePnpm = path.join(anchorDocsDir, "pnpm.cjs");
     fs.mkdirSync(anchorDocsDir, { recursive: true });
-    fs.writeFileSync(fakePnpm, "#!/usr/bin/env node\n", { mode: 0o755 });
 
     const exitCode = runDocsLinkAuditCli({
       args: ["--anchors"],
       env: { ...process.env, OPENCLAW_DOCS_LINK_SENTINEL: "1" },
       nodeExecPath: "/opt/node/bin/node",
       nodeVersion: "22.21.1",
-      npmExecPath: fakePnpm,
       prepareAnchorAuditDocsDirImpl() {
         return anchorDocsDir;
       },
@@ -249,8 +246,16 @@ describe("docs-link-audit", () => {
 
     expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
     expect(invocation).toEqual({
-      command: "/opt/node/bin/node",
-      args: [fakePnpm, "dlx", "mint", "broken-links", "--check-anchors"],
+      command: "npm",
+      args: [
+        "exec",
+        "--yes",
+        "--package=mint@4.2.715",
+        "--",
+        "mint",
+        "broken-links",
+        "--check-anchors",
+      ],
       options: expect.objectContaining({
         cwd: anchorDocsDir,
         env: expect.objectContaining({ OPENCLAW_DOCS_LINK_SENTINEL: "1" }),
@@ -269,15 +274,12 @@ describe("docs-link-audit", () => {
     }> = [];
     let cleanedDir: string | undefined;
     const anchorDocsDir = path.join(os.tmpdir(), "docs-link-audit-anchor");
-    const fakePnpm = path.join(anchorDocsDir, "pnpm.cjs");
     fs.mkdirSync(anchorDocsDir, { recursive: true });
-    fs.writeFileSync(fakePnpm, "#!/usr/bin/env node\n", { mode: 0o755 });
 
     const exitCode = runDocsLinkAuditCli({
       args: ["--anchors"],
       nodeExecPath: "/opt/node/bin/node",
       nodeVersion: "25.3.0",
-      npmExecPath: fakePnpm,
       prepareAnchorAuditDocsDirImpl() {
         return anchorDocsDir;
       },
@@ -312,9 +314,11 @@ describe("docs-link-audit", () => {
       args: [
         "exec",
         "--using=22",
-        "node",
-        fakePnpm,
-        "dlx",
+        "npm",
+        "exec",
+        "--yes",
+        "--package=mint@4.2.715",
+        "--",
         "mint",
         "broken-links",
         "--check-anchors",