context7-auto-research

name	context7-auto-research
version	1.0.1
author	BenedictKing
description	Automatically fetches up-to-date documentation from Context7 when users ask about libraries, frameworks, APIs, or need code examples. Triggers proactively without explicit user request.
allowed-tools	["Bash"]
user-invocable	true

Context7 Auto Research

Fetch current official documentation from Context7 when a user asks about a library, framework, package, or API.

Trigger

Activate proactively when the request includes any of these:

• How to use, configure, install, migrate, or implement something in a named library/framework
• Documentation, reference, API, examples, or best practices for a library/framework
• Version-specific behavior such as React 19, Next.js 15, Vue 3.5
• Code generation that depends on framework or package APIs

Common cues:

• Chinese requests such as 如何实现 怎么写 配置 安装 文档 参考 示例
• English requests such as how to configure install docs reference example
• Library mentions such as React Next.js Vue Prisma Tailwind Express
• Package or repository names from npm, PyPI, GitHub, or official docs sites

Workflow

1. Run from this skill directory and use ./context7-api.cjs.
2. Search with the full user query:

cd skills/context7-auto-research
node ./context7-api.cjs --help
node ./context7-api.cjs search '<library-name>' - <<'__C7_QUERY__'
<full user query>
__C7_QUERY__

3. Pick the best match in this order:

• Exact library name
• Official package over forks
• Version match when the user specified one
• Higher trust score

4. Fetch focused documentation:

node ./context7-api.cjs context '<library-id>' - <<'__C7_QUERY__'
<feature name or focused question>
__C7_QUERY__

5. Answer with the retrieved documentation:

• Prefer current behavior over memory
• Mention version when relevant
• Extract only the needed points
• Include concise code examples when useful
• If the CLI returns ok: false, treat the lookup as failed even if JSON was printed

Fallback

• If search returns no useful match, ask for the exact package or repository name.
• If Context7 fails, say the lookup failed and label the answer as based on local knowledge.
• If multiple libraries are involved, fetch only the ones needed for the answer.

Environment

• Preferred: CONTEXT7_API_KEY environment variable
• Also supported: <skill-dir>/.env
• CLI help: node ./context7-api.cjs --help

Notes

• The helper accepts either inline query text or - to read the query from stdin.
• Use the full user question for search; use a narrower feature query for context when possible.
• The CLI prints structured JSON for search and context, including error cases.
• The CLI exits non-zero when the lookup or argument parsing fails.
• Requires network access and is subject to Context7 coverage and rate limits.