daily-dev-ask — Claude Code skill: search daily.dev articles
Gives your agent a search over developer articles ranked by community upvotes. Answers cite real sources instead of guessing.
npx skills add dailydotdev/daily --skill daily-dev-ask -a claude-codeWhat daily-dev-ask does
The skill turns a question into a search across daily.dev. It runs a keyword query first, then a semantic one built from the full phrasing, and returns titles, links, summaries, tags, read time and upvote counts. The agent keeps searching until it has enough material, drops duplicates by id, and writes the answer with a source list at the end.
You need a token from daily.dev settings. A free account is enough; Plus raises the request limits. Tokens carry the dda_ prefix and may only go to api.daily.dev. Keep yours in the DAILY_DEV_TOKEN variable or in OS storage — Keychain on macOS, Credential Manager on Windows, Secret Service on Linux. Agents already wired to the MCP server at https://api.daily.dev/mcp skip the token entirely: the same calls run through the getSearchPosts and getPostsById tools.
Every claim in the answer has to trace back to a fetched article, and when nothing matches the topic the skill says so rather than inventing content. A 401 means the token expired and needs reissuing in settings; on 429 the agent waits and retries.
What it helps with
- find articles on a narrow technical topic without scrolling search results
- back an agent answer with links to write-ups by other developers
- filter weak material by upvotes and comment counts
- collect a source list for one question in a single pass
- check that the agent's advice is not made up
Example prompts for the agent
- Use daily-dev-ask to find how to set up a pnpm monorepo
- Ask daily-dev-ask about the pitfalls of React Server Components
- Search daily-dev-ask for articles on moving from Jest to Vitest
How to install daily-dev-ask
1Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add dailydotdev/daily --skill daily-dev-ask -a claude-code2Manually: put the files in place
~/.claude/skills/daily-dev-ask/SKILL.mdCopy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/daily-dev-ask/
1Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add dailydotdev/daily --skill daily-dev-ask -a codex2Manually: put the files in place
.agents/skills/daily-dev-ask/SKILL.mdFor all projects use ~/.agents/skills/
1Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add dailydotdev/daily --skill daily-dev-ask -a cursor2Manually: put the files in place
.cursor/skills/daily-dev-ask/SKILL.mdCursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/
1GitHub CLI
gh skill install dailydotdev/daily daily-dev-ask2Manually: put the files in place
.github/skills/daily-dev-ask/SKILL.md1Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add dailydotdev/daily --skill daily-dev-ask -a gemini-cli2Platform CLI
gemini skills install https://github.com/dailydotdev/daily --path skills/daily-dev-askManually: put the files in place
.devin/skills/daily-dev-ask/SKILL.mdThe legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works
Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add dailydotdev/daily --skill daily-dev-ask -a opencodeClaude.ai
Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills
Step by step, with commands for each platform: How to install skills in Claude Code: five ways
Questions about daily-dev-ask
How do I install daily-dev-ask in Claude Code?
Run npx skills add dailydotdev/daily --skill daily-dev-ask -a claude-code. The skill file lands at ~/.claude/skills/daily-dev-ask/SKILL.md.
What does daily-dev-ask do?
It searches daily.dev for developer articles by keyword and by the meaning of your question, then assembles an answer with links to the sources. Results are ordered by community upvotes.
What does the skill need to work?
A token from daily.dev settings, stored in DAILY_DEV_TOKEN or in OS secure storage. If your agent is connected to the MCP server at https://api.daily.dev/mcp, no separate token is required.
