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docs-sources
Knowledge of documentation platforms and fetching strategies. Use when adding new documentation sources, determining fetch strategy for a docs site, detecting doc frameworks, or configuring the docs registry.
Why this skill is useful
Provides specific strategies and commands for fetching documentation from various platforms that the AI wouldn't reliably generate on its own.
What it needs
About 4k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-07. 405 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Documentation Sources Skill Understand documentation platforms and how to efficiently fetch content from each. Supports 20+ platforms and frameworks. Variables Variable Default Description ---------- --------- ------------- PREFERLLMSTXT true Check for llms.txt before other strategies PREFERGITHUB true Prefer raw GitHub over web crawling BROWSERFALLBACK true Use browser automation when curl fails DEFAULTSTRATEGY webcrawl Fallback when detection fails Instructions MANDATORY - Follow the Workflow steps below when adding or analyzing documentation sources. Always check for AI-native signals first (llms.txt) Prefer raw content over rendered HTML Use browser automation only when necessary Red Flags - STOP and Reconsider If you're about to: Web crawl a site without checking for llms.txt first Use browser automation without trying curl first Add a source without detecting the documentation framework Skip GitHub raw access when repo is available STOP -> Read the appropriate cookbook file -> Follow detection order -> Then proceed Quick Decision Tree Workflow 1. [ ] Identify the documentation URL 2. [ ] CHECKPOINT: Check for AI-native signals (llms.txt, ai.txt) 3. [ ] Check if GitHub repo is available 4. [ ] Detect documentation framework from config files 5. [ ] Select appropriate strategy from cookbook 6. [ ] CHECKPOINT: Test fetch with curl before using browser 7. [ ] Configure registry entry with correct strategy 8. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills aiskillstore/docs-sources