Context7

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Provides up-to-date, version-specific documentation and code examples for libraries directly into your prompt.

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upstash
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Developer Tools, Knowledge Base

Setup

Install Context7 in your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, and others).

Repository: https://github.com/upstash/context7

Follow the installation instructions in the repository README, then restart your MCP client.

Context7 Platform - Up-to-date Code Docs For Any Prompt

LLMs rely on outdated or generic information about the libraries you use. You get:

- ❌ Code examples are outdated and based on year-old training data
- ❌ Hallucinated APIs that don't even exist
- ❌ Generic answers for old package versions

Context7 pulls up-to-date, version-specific documentation and code examples straight from the source — and places them directly into your prompt.

Configure a Cloudflare Worker script to cache JSON API responses for five minutes. use context7
Show me the Supabase auth API for email/password sign-up.

Context7 fetches up-to-date code examples and documentation right into your LLM's context. No tab-switching, no hallucinated APIs that don't exist, no outdated code generation.

- CLI + Skills— installs a skill that guides your agent to fetch docs usingctx7CLI commands (no MCP required)
- MCP— registers a Context7 MCP server so your agent can call documentation tools natively

[!NOTE]API Key Recommended: Get a free API key atcontext7.com/dashboardfor higher rate limits.

Set up Context7 for your coding agents with a single command. Thectx7CLI requires Node.js 18 or newer.

Authenticates via OAuth, generates an API key, and installs the appropriate skill. You can choose between CLI + Skills or MCP mode. Use--cursor,--claude, or--opencodeto target a specific agent.

To remove the generated setup later, runnpx ctx7 remove. If you globally installed the CLI withnpm install -g ctx7, remove that package separately withnpm uninstall -g ctx7.

To configure manually, use the Context7 server URLhttps://mcp.context7.com/mcpwith your MCP client and pass your API key via theAuthorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEYheader. See the link below for client-specific setup instructions.

If you already know exactly which library you want to use, add its Context7 ID to your prompt. That way, Context7 can skip the library-matching step and directly retrieve docs.

Implement basic authentication with Supabase. use library /supabase/supabase for API and docs.

The slash syntax tells Context7 exactly which library to load docs for.

To get documentation for a specific library version, just mention the version in your prompt:

How do I set up Next.js 14 middleware? use context7

Context7 will automatically match the appropriate version.

If you installed viactx7 setup, a skill is configured automatically that triggers Context7 for library-related questions. To set up a rule manually instead, add one to your coding agent:

- Cursor:Cursor Settings > Rules
- Claude Code:CLAUDE.md
- Or the equivalent in your coding agent

Always use Context7 when I need library/API documentation, code generation, setup or configuration steps without me having to explicitly ask.

- ctx7 library <name> <query>: Searches the Context7 index by library name and returns matching libraries with their IDs.
- ctx7 docs <libraryId> <query>: Retrieves documentation for a library using a Context7-compatible library ID (e.g.,/mongodb/docs,/vercel/next.js).

- resolve-library-id: Resolves a general library name into a Context7-compatible library ID.

- query(required): The user's question or task (used to rank results by relevance)
- libraryName(required): The name of the library to search for

- libraryId(required): Exact Context7-compatible library ID (e.g.,/mongodb/docs,/vercel/next.js)
- query(required): The question or task to get relevant documentation for

- CLI Reference- Full CLI documentation
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MCP Clients- Manual MCP installation for 30+ clients
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Adding Libraries- Submit your library to Context7
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Troubleshooting- Common issues and solutions
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API Reference- REST API documentation
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Developer Guide- Run Context7 MCP locally

- @upstash/context7-mcp- MCP server
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ctx7- CLI
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@upstash/context7-sdk- TypeScript SDK
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@upstash/context7-tools-ai-sdk- Vercel AI SDK tools
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@upstash/context7-pi- pi.dev extension

1- Context7 projects are community-contributed and while we strive to maintain high quality, we cannot guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or security of all library documentation. Projects listed in Context7 are developed and maintained by their respective owners, not by Context7. If you encounter any suspicious, inappropriate, or potentially harmful content, please use the "Report" button on the project page to notify us immediately. We take all reports seriously and will review flagged content promptly to maintain the integrity and safety of our platform. By using Context7, you acknowledge that you do so at your own discretion and risk.

2- This repository hosts the MCP server’s source code. The supporting components — API backend, parsing engine, and crawling engine — are private and not part of this repository.

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