Documentation Lookup with Context7

Context7 provides up-to-date, version-specific documentation and code examples directly from source libraries.

Why Context7

• Current APIs: No hallucinated or outdated patterns

• Version-specific: Gets docs for exact library versions

• Code examples: Real, working code from actual documentation

Workflow

• Resolve library ID: mcp__context7__resolve-library-id with libraryName

• Get documentation: mcp__context7__get-library-docs with context7CompatibleLibraryID and topic

Modes

Mode Use For

code

API references, code examples (default)

info

Conceptual guides, architecture, tutorials

Examples

React hooks

resolve-library-id: "react" get-library-docs: context7CompatibleLibraryID="/facebook/react", topic="hooks", mode="code"

Next.js middleware

resolve-library-id: "next.js" get-library-docs: context7CompatibleLibraryID="/vercel/next.js", topic="middleware"

Go net/http

resolve-library-id: "go net/http" get-library-docs: context7CompatibleLibraryID="/golang/go", topic="http server"

Kubernetes API

resolve-library-id: "kubernetes" get-library-docs: context7CompatibleLibraryID="/kubernetes/kubernetes", topic="deployment"

Tips

• Use topic parameter to narrow results to specific features

• Try mode="info" for architectural questions

• Paginate with page=2 , page=3 if initial results insufficient