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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 Use it instead of relying on potentially outdated training data.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:

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curl -s "https://context7.com/api/v2/libs/search?libraryName=LIBRARY_NAME&query=TOPIC" | jq '.results[0]'
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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:

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curl -s "https://context7.com/api/v2/context?libraryId=LIBRARY_ID&query=TOPIC&type=txt"
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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
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# 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"
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### Next.js routing documentation
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# 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"
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### FastAPI dependency injection
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# 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"
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## 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)

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