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Use the ctx7 CLI to fetch library documentation and configure Context7 MCP.
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Install
npx skills add upstash/context7 --skill context7-clinpx skills add upstash/context7/plugin marketplace add upstash/context7The first command installs just this skill, by the name in its SKILL.md; the second installs the whole repository.
The Context7 CLI does two things: fetches up-to-date library documentation and sets up Context7 MCP for your editor.
Make sure the CLI is up to date before running commands:
npm install -g ctx7@latestOr run directly without installing:
npx ctx7@latest <command># Documentation
ctx7 search <query> # Search all libraries in one step
ctx7 library <name> <query> # Step 1: resolve library ID
ctx7 docs <libraryId> <query> # Step 2: fetch docs
# Setup
ctx7 setup # Configure Context7 MCP (interactive)
ctx7 login # Log in for higher rate limits
ctx7 whoami # Check current login statusctx7 login # Opens browser for OAuth
ctx7 login --no-browser # Prints URL instead of opening browser
ctx7 logout # Clear stored tokens
ctx7 whoami # Show current login status (name + email)Most commands work without login. Exception: ctx7 setup requires it unless --api-key or --oauth is passed. Login also unlocks higher rate limits on docs commands.
Set an API key via environment variable to skip interactive login entirely:
export CONTEXT7_API_KEY=your_key/ prefix — /facebook/react not facebook/reactctx7 library first — ctx7 docs react "hooks" will fail without a valid IDUse the ctx7 CLI to fetch library documentation and configure Context7 MCP. Activate when the user mentions "ctx7" or "context7", needs current docs for any library, or needs to set up Context7 for their AI coding agent.
The verbatim description from this skill’s front matter — the string an agent matches on to decide whether to load it.
master, last pushed 6 November 2026.SKILL.md, not by matching a directory convention. 3 distinct layouts observed: packages/pi/skills/*/SKILL.md, plugins/agent-plugins/context7/skills/*/SKILL.md, skills/*/SKILL.md.h1 and no skipped levels:.claude-plugin/marketplace.json by Upstash, declaring 1 plugin. It is read for editorial metadata only — never as the skill index, which is always the repository tree./upstash/context7.md, and each skill at its own .md URL.2 files · 9 KB
Everything this skill ships beside its prose. All of it is set here, as subchapters of skill 3.
Documentation the agent loads on demand, rather than up front.