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Get API Docs via chub

Fetches current API and SDK documentation with the chub CLI before the agent writes code.

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andrewyng/context-hub
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13,984
Licence
MIT
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1 file

What it does

When you ask the agent to write code against an external service (for example the OpenAI or Stripe API), this skill tells it to look up up-to-date documentation using a command-line tool called chub, instead of relying on what it remembers from training. The agent searches for the matching doc, fetches it in your chosen language, and writes code based on that text. It can also save short notes about gotchas it discovered and send documentation feedback back through chub.

Great for

  • Developers who want code written against recent API versions
  • Teams whose third-party APIs change often and whose agent's memory may be out of date
  • People already using the chub CLI from Context Hub

Skip it if

  • Tasks that don't involve external APIs or libraries, where the skill adds nothing
  • Environments where installing global npm packages or running network commands is not allowed, since the skill will fail or need workarounds
  • Sharing sensitive code or architecture through feedback or annotations, which the skill itself warns against but cannot fully prevent

Try asking

  • “Use the OpenAI API to build a chat endpoint, using the latest docs”
  • “Call the Stripe API to create a subscription in Python”
  • “Query Pinecone with the current SDK in TypeScript”
  • “Show me the latest Anthropic SDK behaviour before you write this code”
Step-by-step guide: how to use Get API Docs via chubInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

Install in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Download the skill

    The ZIP contains the 1 original files, the MIT licence and an attribution note.

    get-api-docs.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip get-api-docs.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip get-api-docs.zip -d .claude/skills/

    Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.

  3. 3

    Ask for the task

    No special command needed — the agent reads the skill's description and loads it when your request matches. Try one of the prompts above.

Get better results

  • Ask for the specific language (Python, JavaScript or TypeScript) so the agent passes the correct --lang flag.
  • Review any npm install command the agent proposes before approving it, since it installs a global package.
  • Check feedback and annotation text before sending it, so no secrets or private code are included.

What's inside

  • SKILL.md

Redistributed unmodified from andrewyng/context-hub under the MIT licence. The assessment was drafted with AI from the skill's files on 2026-10-29. Skills can instruct your agent to run code — read SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.