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Get API Docs skill

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

$npx skills add mxyhi/ok-skills --skill get-api-docs
View this skill on GitHubmxyhi/ok-skills/get-api-docs/SKILL.md
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Install Get API Docs

Pick your agent. Every command is ready to paste.

$npx skills add mxyhi/ok-skills --skill get-api-docs

The open skills CLI detects your agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and 70+ more) and installs to the right folder. Add -g to install globally.

01

Install it

Run the command above, or upload the folder in Claude.

02

Ask naturally

Describe the task. Your agent loads get-api-docs when the request matches its description.

03

Name it if needed

If it does not trigger, say “use the get-api-docs skill”. In Codex, type $get-api-docs.

The skill itself

SKILL.md

FolderGitHub

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.

Tips for Get API Docs

  • • Start a fresh session after installing so your agent picks up the new skill.
  • • It is part of a pack with 30 skills. Install only the ones you need with --skill to keep triggers precise.
  • • If two skills overlap, mention the one you want by name.

Questions about Get API Docs

What does the Get API Docs skill do?

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

How do I install Get API Docs?

Run "npx skills add mxyhi/ok-skills --skill get-api-docs" in your project. The skills CLI installs it for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and 70+ other agents. In Claude on the web, upload the skill folder as a ZIP under Customize > Skills.

Does Get API Docs work in Cursor and Codex?

Yes. Get API Docs uses the open SKILL.md format, so it works in Claude Code, Claude, Cursor, OpenAI Codex, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and other agents that support agent skills.

Is Get API Docs free?

Get API Docs is open source on GitHub under the Apache-2.0 license. It is free to install; check the license before commercial use.

Who made Get API Docs?

Get API Docs is published by mxyhi in the mxyhi/ok-skills repository, together with 29 other skills.

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