Nia Docs Skill for Claude
Search library documentation and code examples via Nia
Install
one command, takes just this skill from the repositorynpx skills add https://github.com/parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3 --skill nia-docsThe instruction itself
8 sections, as written by the authorNia Documentation Search
Search across 3000+ packages (npm, PyPI, Crates, Go) and indexed sources for documentation and code examples.
Usage
Semantic search in a package
uv run python -m runtime.harness scripts/mcp/nia_docs.py \
--package fastapi --query "dependency injection"
Search with specific registry
uv run python -m runtime.harness scripts/mcp/nia_docs.py \
--package react --registry npm --query "hooks patterns"
Grep search for specific patterns
uv run python -m runtime.harness scripts/mcp/nia_docs.py \
--package sqlalchemy --grep "session.execute"
Universal search across indexed sources
uv run python -m runtime.harness scripts/mcp/nia_docs.py \
--search "error handling middleware"
Options
| Option | Description |
|--------|-------------|
| --package | Package name to search in |
| --registry | Registry: npm, py_pi, crates, go_modules (default: npm) |
| --query | Semantic search query |
| --grep | Regex pattern to search |
| --search | Universal search across all indexed sources |
| --limit | Max results (default: 5) |
Examples
# Python library usage
uv run python -m runtime.harness scripts/mcp/nia_docs.py \
--package pydantic --registry py_pi --query "validators"
# React patterns
uv run python -m runtime.harness scripts/mcp/nia_docs.py \
--package react --query "useEffect cleanup"
# Find specific function usage
uv run python -m runtime.harness scripts/mcp/nia_docs.py \
--package express --grep "app.use"
Requires NIA_API_KEY in environment or nia server in mcp_config.json.
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How to use it
Take parcadei/nia-docs from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal
use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.
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