get-api-docs
Use this skill to get documentation for third-party APIs, SDKs or libraries before writing code that uses them to ensure you have the latest, most accurate documentation. This is a better way to find documentation than doing web search. This includes when a user asks for tasks like "use the OpenAI API", "call the Stripe API", "use the Anthropic SDK", "query Pinecone", or any other time the user asks you to write code against an external service and you need current API reference. Fetch the docs with chub before answering, rather than relying on your pre-trained knowledge, which may be outdated because of recent changes to these APIs. Be sure to use this skill when the user asks for the latest docs, latest API behavior, or explicitly mentions chub or Context Hub. Ensure `chub` is available, run `chub --help`, then follow the instructions there.
How do I install this agent skill?
npx skills add https://github.com/andrewyng/context-hub --skill get-api-docsIs this agent skill safe to install?
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This skill provides a workflow for searching, retrieving, and managing API documentation using the 'chub' CLI tool. It is functionally benign but includes an indirect prompt injection surface common to tools that ingest external documentation.
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What does this agent skill do?
Get API Docs via chub
When you need documentation for a library or API, fetch it with the chub CLI
rather than guessing from training data. This gives you the current, correct API.
Step 1 - Ensure chub exists and get the latest instructions for using it
Run
chub --help
If this results in an error showing that chub does not exist, then install it first, and run it again. If the environment has node, npm, network access, and package-manager permission, install it as follows:
npm install -g @aisuite/chub
Step 2 — Find the right documents
If there is a conflict, follow the instructions from the output of chub --help since that will be the latest guidance. However, a key command for searching for the right documentation is chub search:
chub search "<keywords>" --json
Pick the best-matching id from the results (e.g. openai/chat, anthropic/sdk,
stripe/api). If nothing matches, try some broader terms.
Step 3 — Fetch the docs
Again, follow the latest instructions from chub --help instead of this if there is a conflict. But a key command for fetching the relevant docs is:
chub get <id> --lang py # or --lang js, --lang ts
Remember to include the --lang parameter.
Step 4 — Use the docs and leave feedback
Read the fetched content and use it to write accurate code or answer the question. Do not rely on memorized API shapes — use what the docs say.
Finally, after completing the task, if you discovered something not in the doc — a gotcha, workaround, version quirk, or project-specific detail — save it so future sessions start smarter:
chub annotate <id> "Webhook verification requires raw body — do not parse before verifying"
Annotations are local, persist across sessions, and appear automatically on future
chub get calls. Keep notes concise and actionable. Don't repeat what's already in
the doc.
Additionally, to help all developers, give feedback on the documentation using chub feedback, following the instructions in chub --help . Do not include secrets, source code, private architecture details, or other sensitive information in feedback comments.
How can the creator link this skill?
Add the canonical catalog link to the repository README so users can inspect current installs and available audits. The publishing guide covers the complete discovery path.
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