context7

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Retrieve up-to-date documentation for software libraries, frameworks, and components via the Context7 API. This skill should be used when looking up documentation for any programming library or framework, finding code examples for specific APIs or features, verifying correct usage of library functions, or obtaining current information about library APIs that may have changed since training.

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npx skill4agent add intellectronica/agent-skills context7

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Context7

Overview

This skill enables retrieval of current documentation for software libraries and components by querying the Context7 API via curl. Use it instead of relying on potentially outdated training data.

Workflow

Step 1: Search for the Library

To find the Context7 library ID, query the search endpoint:
bash
curl -s "https://context7.com/api/v2/libs/search?libraryName=LIBRARY_NAME&query=TOPIC" | jq '.results[0]'
Parameters:
  • libraryName
    (required): The library name to search for (e.g., "react", "nextjs", "fastapi", "axios")
  • query
    (required): A description of the topic for relevance ranking
Response fields:
  • id
    : Library identifier for the context endpoint (e.g., 
    /websites/react_dev_reference
    )
  • title
    : Human-readable library name
  • description
    : Brief description of the library
  • totalSnippets
    : Number of documentation snippets available

Step 2: Fetch Documentation

To retrieve documentation, use the library ID from step 1:
bash
curl -s "https://context7.com/api/v2/context?libraryId=LIBRARY_ID&query=TOPIC&type=txt"
Parameters:
  • libraryId
    (required): The library ID from search results
  • query
    (required): The specific topic to retrieve documentation for
  • type
    (optional): Response format - 
    json
    (default) or 
    txt
    (plain text, more readable)

Examples

React hooks documentation

bash
# Find React library ID
curl -s "https://context7.com/api/v2/libs/search?libraryName=react&query=hooks" | jq '.results[0].id'
# Returns: "/websites/react_dev_reference"

# Fetch useState documentation
curl -s "https://context7.com/api/v2/context?libraryId=/websites/react_dev_reference&query=useState&type=txt"

Next.js routing documentation

bash
# Find Next.js library ID
curl -s "https://context7.com/api/v2/libs/search?libraryName=nextjs&query=routing" | jq '.results[0].id'

# Fetch app router documentation
curl -s "https://context7.com/api/v2/context?libraryId=/vercel/next.js&query=app+router&type=txt"

FastAPI dependency injection

bash
# Find FastAPI library ID
curl -s "https://context7.com/api/v2/libs/search?libraryName=fastapi&query=dependencies" | jq '.results[0].id'

# Fetch dependency injection documentation
curl -s "https://context7.com/api/v2/context?libraryId=/fastapi/fastapi&query=dependency+injection&type=txt"

Tips

  • Use 
    type=txt
    for more readable output
  • Use 
    jq
    to filter and format JSON responses
  • Be specific with the 
    query
    parameter to improve relevance ranking
  • If the first search result is not correct, check additional results in the array
  • URL-encode query parameters containing spaces (use 
    +
    or 
    %20
    )
  • No API key is required for basic usage (rate-limited)