Claude Code Documentation

This Skill provides access to official Claude Code documentation through the claude-docs CLI tool.

Available Documentation

The plugin's session hook installs the claude-docs CLI globally, making it available as a command.

When to Use This Skill

User asks questions:

• "How do I..." (create plugins, use hooks, configure settings, etc.)
• "Can Claude Code..." (feature capability questions)
• "What are..." (subagents, MCP servers, skills, etc.)
• "Tell me about..." (any Claude Code feature or concept)
• Questions about configuration, setup, deployment
• Troubleshooting Claude Code issues

User requests implementation:

• "Create/make a skill that..." - Get skill documentation first
• "Write a plugin for..." - Get plugin documentation first
• "Add a hook that..." - Get hook documentation first
• "Set up a slash command..." - Get command documentation first
• "Build a subagent..." - Get subagent documentation first
• ANY task involving Claude Code features - retrieve docs BEFORE implementing

You recognize you need domain knowledge:

• Before creating plugins, skills, hooks, subagents, or commands
• Before modifying Claude Code configuration
• Before answering questions about Claude Code capabilities
• When you're unsure about the correct way to implement a Claude Code feature

How to Use the CLI Tool

Step 1: Identify what documentation is needed

Determine the topic from the user's question:

• plugins, hooks, skills, mcp, agents, slash commands, settings, etc.

Step 2: Load ALL related documentation

Common topics and their related slugs (load ALL):

• plugins → plugins, plugin-marketplaces, plugins-reference
• hooks → hooks-guide, hooks
• skills → skills
• mcp → mcp
• agents/subagents → sub-agents
• slash commands → slash-commands
• settings → settings
• security/iam → security, iam
• monitoring → monitoring-usage, analytics, costs

Step 3: Use the CLI tool with Bash

Load full documents (default approach):

claude-docs get plugins
claude-docs get plugin-marketplaces
claude-docs get plugins-reference

Browse document structure (if needed):

# See list of all available docs
claude-docs list

# See table of contents for a specific document
claude-docs list plugins

Search for specific topics:

claude-docs search 'oauth'
claude-docs search 'environment variables'

Get specific section (only if specifically requested):

claude-docs get 'plugins#quickstart'

Key Principles

1. Load full documents first - get <slug> loads the entire document including all sections
2. Load ALL related docs - Don't load just one if multiple exist for a topic
3. Avoid anchors unless needed - Full documents are usually better than subsections
4. Be comprehensive - When in doubt, load more documentation rather than less

What NOT to Do

• ❌ Don't answer from training data without checking current docs
• ❌ Don't use anchors (get <slug>#<anchor>) unless user specifically requests a section
• ❌ Don't load just one doc when multiple related ones exist
• ❌ Don't search the web before checking official documentation

Example Workflows

User asks: "How do I create a plugin with hooks?"

1. Identify topics: plugins + hooks
2. Load all related documentation:

   claude-docs get plugins
   claude-docs get plugin-marketplaces
   claude-docs get plugins-reference
   claude-docs get hooks-guide
   claude-docs get hooks
   

3. Provide comprehensive answer from loaded docs

User asks: "What are Skills?"

1. Identify topic: skills
2. Load documentation:

   claude-docs get skills
   

3. Explain Skills concept from documentation

User asks: "Can you help me set up MCP servers?"

1. Identify topic: mcp
2. Load documentation:

   claude-docs get mcp
   

3. Provide setup instructions from docs

Remember

• The claude-docs CLI is installed globally (managed by the plugin's session hook)
• Always load documentation BEFORE implementing Claude Code features
• Documentation is locally cached and fast to retrieve
• Full documents are comprehensive - you usually don't need subsections
• After loading docs, provide answers based on official information

This Skill ensures you always have accurate, up-to-date Claude Code documentation when needed.