# daily-dev-ask

Gives your agent a search over developer articles ranked by community upvotes. Answers cite real sources instead of guessing.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 20114
- Author: dailydotdev
- License: AGPL-3.0 · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/dailydotdev/daily/tree/HEAD/skills/daily-dev-ask/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/daily-dev-ask

## What it 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.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dailydotdev/daily --skill daily-dev-ask -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dailydotdev/daily --skill daily-dev-ask -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install dailydotdev/daily daily-dev-ask
```

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

### Gemini CLI

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

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/dailydotdev/daily --path skills/daily-dev-ask
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dailydotdev/daily --skill daily-dev-ask -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/dailydotdev/daily/tree/HEAD/skills/daily-dev-ask/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- 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
- 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

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