Context7 Skill — Documentation skill for Claude Code

Context7 Documentation Lookup Skill

Fetch up-to-date library documentation via Context7 REST API. Lightweight alternative to Context7 MCP with no persistent context overhead.

Features

• No MCP Overhead - Uses REST API directly, no tool schemas consuming context
• Current Documentation - Fetches live docs from Context7's curated database
• Topic Filtering - Focus on specific areas (hooks, routing, middleware, etc.)
• 50+ Libraries - React, Next.js, Vue, Express, Prisma, and more

Installation

Marketplace (Recommended)

Add the [Netresearch marketplace](https://github.com/netresearch/claude-code-marketplace) once, then browse and install skills:

# Claude Code
/plugin marketplace add netresearch/claude-code-marketplace

npx ([skills.sh](https://skills.sh))

Install with any [Agent Skills](https://agentskills.io)-compatible agent:

npx skills add https://github.com/netresearch/context7-skill --skill context7

Download Release

Download the [latest release](https://github.com/netresearch/context7-skill/releases/latest) and extract to your agent's skills directory.

Git Clone

git clone https://github.com/netresearch/context7-skill.git

Composer (PHP Projects)

composer require netresearch/context7-skill

Requires [netresearch/composer-agent-skill-plugin](https://github.com/netresearch/composer-agent-skill-plugin).

Usage

The skill triggers on keywords like:

• "how do I use [library]"
• "what's the API for [library]"
• "[library] documentation"
• "show me [library] patterns"

Example Prompts

"How do I use React hooks?"
"What's the Next.js App Router API?"
"Show me Prisma query patterns"
"Express middleware documentation"

Manual Script Usage

# Search for a library ID
scripts/context7.sh search "prisma"

# Fetch documentation with topic
scripts/context7.sh docs "/prisma/prisma" "queries"

Structure

context7/

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