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

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❌ Without Context7

LLMs rely on outdated or generic information about the libraries you use.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• ❌ Code examples are outdated and based on year-old training data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

✅ With Context7

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

Create a Next.js middleware that checks for a valid JWT in cookies
and redirects unauthenticated users to `/login`. use context7

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 No tab-switching, no hallucinated APIs that don't exist, no outdated code generation.

Works in two modes:

• CLI + Skills — installs a skill that guides your agent to fetch docs using ctx7 CLI commands (no MCP required)
• MCP — registers a Context7 MCP server so your agent can call documentation tools natively

Installation

[!NOTE] API Key Recommended: Get a free API key at context7.com/dashboard for higher rate limits.

Set up Context7 for your coding agents with a single command. The ctx7 CLI requires Node.js 18 or newer.

npx ctx7 setup

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 --opencode to target a specific agent.

To remove the generated setup later, run npx ctx7 remove. If you globally installed the CLI with npm install -g ctx7, remove that package separately with npm uninstall -g ctx7.

To configure manually, use the Context7 server URL https://mcp.context7.com/mcp with your MCP client and pass your API key via the CONTEXT7_API_KEY header. See the link below for client-specific setup instructions.

Manual Installation / Other Clients →

Important Tips

Use Library Id

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.

Specify a Version

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.

Add a Rule

If you installed via ctx7 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

Example rule:

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

Available Tools

CLI Commands

• 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).

MCP Tools

• 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
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