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 functio

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 Use it instead of relying on potentially outdated training data.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: 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: 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 Next.js routing documentation FastAPI dependency injection 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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