# ask-docs

This skill queries official CrewAI documentation against the version in use. Use it for API details, configuration, errors, tools, and AMP features outside the other CrewAI skills.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 8200 installs · ★ 48
- Author: crewAIInc
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/crewAIInc/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/ask-docs/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-06
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/ask-docs

## What it does

ask-docs answers CrewAI questions from the official documentation and matches the result to the version the project runs. It covers API parameters, configuration options, advanced features, tools, CLI commands, testing, observability, and CrewAI AMP topics. The first step is checking the installed CrewAI version so the search targets the right release.

The skill works with two documentation sites: one for the open-source framework and one for the hosted CrewAI AMP platform. When the docs MCP server is configured, it can search without authentication. It can also use the `llms.txt` index and Markdown pages. Check `crewai version` first; otherwise, the answer may describe a different release.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add crewAIInc/skills --skill ask-docs -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/ask-docs/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/ask-docs/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add crewAIInc/skills --skill ask-docs -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/ask-docs/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add crewAIInc/skills --skill ask-docs -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/ask-docs/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install crewAIInc/skills ask-docs
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/ask-docs/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add crewAIInc/skills --skill ask-docs -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/crewAIInc/skills --path skills/ask-docs
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/ask-docs/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add crewAIInc/skills --skill ask-docs -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/crewAIInc/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/ask-docs/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- find a CrewAI API parameter for a specific release
- trace a configuration error to the relevant docs
- check the current syntax for a method
- locate documentation for a tool or CLI command
- look up a CrewAI AMP API operation

## Example prompts
- “Check the official CrewAI docs for how to configure memory in the version used by this project.”
- “Find the cause of this CrewAI error and match the answer to `crewai version`.”
- “Look up the current way to call `/kickoff` in the CrewAI AMP API.”

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: ask-docs
description: "Query the official CrewAI documentation for answers. Use when the user has a CrewAI question that isn't fully covered by the getting-started, design-agent, design-task skills — e.g., specific API details, configuration options, advanced features, troubleshooting errors, enterprise features, tool references, or anything where the latest docs are the best source of truth."
---

# Ask CrewAI Docs

Answer CrewAI questions from the official documentation, matched to the crewai version the user actually runs.

Verified against crewai 1.15.23 and the docs sites below on 2026-10-01.
Live-tested with real LLMs on 2026-10-01.

There are two documentation sites:

| Site | Covers | Index | MCP server |
|---|---|---|---|
| `docs.crewai.com` | The open-source framework: agents, crews, tasks, flows, memory, knowledge, LLMs, tools, CLI, testing, telemetry, observability, and the AMP REST API reference (`/inputs`, `/kickoff`, `/status`, `/resume`) | `https://docs.crewai.com/llms.txt` | `https://docs.crewai.com/mcp` |
| `docs-platform.crewai.com` | CrewAI AMP (the hosted platform): deploying, automations, triggers, RBAC, secrets, Studio, platform API | `https://docs-platform.crewai.com/llms.txt` | `https://docs-platform.crewai.com/mcp` |

Old `docs.crewai.com/en/enterprise/...` links redirect to `docs-platform.crewai.com/platform/en/...` - to the matching page when it still exists (as HTML, even from a `.md` URL), otherwise to the platform introduction. Look platform topics up on `docs-platform.crewai.com` directly; its pages also serve Markdown with a `.md` suffix.

---

## When to Use This Skill

- A CrewAI feature, parameter, or behavior that the other skills do not cover
- Another skill says "re-verify with ask-docs" because the user's `crewai version` differs from the version that skill was checked against
- Current API syntax, method signatures, or configuration options
- An error message that may be covered by a troubleshooting note or caveat in the docs
- Less common features: telemetry, observability integrations, CLI commands, the tools library, AMP platform features
- Experimental conversational Flows (`handle_turn()`, `ConversationConfig`, `RouterConfig`, tracing, streaming)

**Use a sibling skill first** when it covers the topic. They hold curated guidance checked against crewai 1.15.x:

| Topic | Skill |
|---|---|
| Project scaffolding, choosing `LLM.call()` / `Agent` / `Crew` / `Flow` | getting-started |
| Agent role/goal/backstory, LLMs, memory, knowledge | design-agent |
| Task descriptions, `expected_output`, guardrails, structured output | design-task |
| Current 1.15.x API versus remembered 0.x API | check-crewai-api |
| Flow state, `@start` / `@listen` / `@router`, persistence | build-flow |
| Custom tools, `crewai_tools`, MCP servers for agents | connect-tools-and-mcp |
| Testing crews and flows with pytest, `crewai test` | test-crewai-project |
| Deploying to CrewAI AMP | deploy-to-amp |
| Calling a deployed crew over HTTP (`/kickoff`, `/status`, webhooks) | call-deployed-crew |
```
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