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Melvynx

context7-cli

"Manage Context7 via CLI - search libraries, get documentation context. Use when user mentions 'context7', 'library docs', 'documentation context', or wants to fetch up-to-date library documentation."

Install

$ npx api2cli install context7-cli

Details

Auth type: api-key
Version: 0.1.0
Author: Melvynx
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README

context7-cli

CLI for the Context7 API — search libraries and retrieve up-to-date documentation context. Made with api2cli.dev.

Install

npx api2cli install Melvynx/context7-cli

This clones the repo, builds the CLI, links it to your PATH, and installs the AgentSkill to your coding agents.

Install AgentSkill only

npx skills add Melvynx/context7-cli

Usage

context7-cli auth set "your-ctx7sk-api-key"
context7-cli auth test
context7-cli --help

Resources

libs

CommandDescription
context7-cli libs --name react --query "hooks" --jsonSearch for libraries by name

context

CommandDescription
context7-cli context get --library /facebook/react --query "useEffect" --jsonGet documentation snippets (JSON)
context7-cli context get --library /vercel/next.js --query "app router" --type txt --rawGet docs as raw text
context7-cli context get --library /vercel/next.js/v15.1.8 --query "middleware" --jsonPin to specific version

Global Flags

All commands support: --json, --format <text|json|csv|yaml>, --verbose, --no-color, --no-header