Context7 Plugin
Up-to-date, version-specific documentation and code examples for any library, directly in your AI coding assistant.
What is Context7?
Context7 solves the problem of outdated training data and hallucinated APIs by providing real-time library documentation. Instead of relying on potentially outdated knowledge, Context7 fetches current documentation straight from source repositories.
Without Context7:
- Code examples based on outdated training data
- Hallucinated APIs that don't exist
- Generic answers for old package versions
With Context7:
- Current documentation from source repositories
- Working code examples
- Version-specific information
- Intelligent query-based context selection
Available Tools
resolve-library-id
Search and resolve library names to Context7-compatible library IDs.
Parameters:
- libraryName: Library name to search for (e.g., "react", "next.js")
- query: Your question for relevance ranking
Returns:
- id: Context7-compatible ID (e.g., "/vercel/next.js")
- title: Display name
- description: Short description
- totalSnippets: Documentation coverage
- benchmarkScore: Quality indicator (0-100)
- versions: Available versions
query-docs
Fetch documentation with intelligent, query-based reranking.
Parameters:
- libraryId: Context7-compatible library ID
- Format: /org/project (e.g., /vercel/next.js)
- With version: /org/project/version (e.g., /vercel/next.js/v15.1.8)
- query: Specific question or task
Features:
- LLM-driven reranking based on query intent
- Deduplicated snippet selection
- Limited to 3 calls per question
Usage
Automatic (Skill)
The documentation-lookup skill triggers automatically when you:
- Ask "how do I..." for any library
- Need code generation with a specific library
- Ask about setup or configuration
- Mention any framework (React, Next.js, Vue, etc.)
Manual (Command)
Use the /context7:docs command:
/context7:docs react hooks
/context7:docs next.js how to set up authentication
/context7:docs /vercel/next.js/v15.1.8 app router
Agent
Use the docs-researcher agent for focused documentation lookups that don't bloat the main conversation:
Spawn a docs-researcher agent to find React Query mutation examples
Version Pinning
For consistent, reproducible results, use version-specific library IDs:
/vercel/next.js/v15.1.8
/facebook/react/v18.3.0
/prisma/prisma/v5.0.0
Examples
Basic usage:
How do I set up authentication in Next.js?
→ Automatically fetches Next.js auth documentation
With specific version:
/context7:docs /vercel/next.js/v15.1.8 middleware
→ Fetches Next.js 15.1.8 middleware documentation
Multiple libraries:
How do I use Prisma with Next.js API routes?
→ Fetches relevant docs from both Prisma and Next.js