# deepwiki

A skill that pulls documentation for any public GitHub repo through DeepWiki: table of contents, full wiki text, and answers to questions about the code.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 894 installs · ★ 22
- Author: seflless
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/seflless/deepwiki/tree/HEAD/skills/deepwiki/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-02-12
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/deepwiki

## What it does

The skill wraps the `@seflless/deepwiki` CLI, which queries DeepWiki for docs on public repos. Three commands: `toc` returns the table of contents, `wiki` dumps the full wiki, `ask` answers a specific question about the code. You can ask about several repos at once, up to 10 per call, which helps when you need to see how two libraries fit together.

Inside are the command and flag tables the skill fills in for you. `--json` gives raw JSON for parsing, `-q` hides spinners, `--no-color` turns off colors. It suggests starting with `toc` to see which sections exist, then asking specifics through `ask`.

Node.js is required, since the commands run through `npx`. No Node means the skill won't start, so check that before sending your agent off to look up docs.

## Requirements
- Works with: GitHub

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add seflless/deepwiki --skill deepwiki -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add seflless/deepwiki --skill deepwiki -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add seflless/deepwiki --skill deepwiki -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install seflless/deepwiki deepwiki
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add seflless/deepwiki --skill deepwiki -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/seflless/deepwiki --path skills/deepwiki
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add seflless/deepwiki --skill deepwiki -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/seflless/deepwiki/tree/HEAD/skills/deepwiki/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- see the doc structure of an unfamiliar library
- dump a repo's full wiki as JSON
- ask a question about someone else's source code
- compare how two libraries are built
- save docs to a file for later reading

## Example prompts
- look up the docs for facebook/react with deepwiki
- ask deepwiki how the tool permission system works in anthropics/claude-code
- compare server components in facebook/react and vercel/next.js via deepwiki

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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````text
---
name: deepwiki
description: >
  Query any public GitHub repo's documentation via DeepWiki.
  Use when needing to understand a library, framework, or dependency.
  Triggers on "look up docs", "how does X work", "deepwiki", "deepwiki".
---

# deepwiki

Query any public GitHub repo's docs from the terminal via DeepWiki. Assumes Node.js is installed.

## Commands

| Command | Usage | Description |
|---------|-------|-------------|
| `toc`   | `npx @seflless/deepwiki toc <owner/repo>` | Table of contents |
| `wiki`  | `npx @seflless/deepwiki wiki <owner/repo>` | Full wiki content |
| `ask`   | `npx @seflless/deepwiki ask <owner/repo> "<question>"` | AI-powered Q&A |
| `ask`   | `npx @seflless/deepwiki ask <repo1> <repo2> "<question>"` | Multi-repo Q&A (max 10) |

## Flags

| Flag | Purpose |
|------|---------|
| `--json` | Raw JSON output (good for piping) |
| `-q, --quiet` | No spinners/progress |
| `--no-color` | Disable colors |

## Examples

```bash
# Understand a library's structure
npx @seflless/deepwiki toc facebook/react

# Get full docs for reference
npx @seflless/deepwiki wiki oven-sh/bun --json > bun-docs.json

# Ask a specific question
npx @seflless/deepwiki ask anthropics/claude-code "How does the tool permission system work?"

# Cross-project question
npx @seflless/deepwiki ask facebook/react vercel/next.js "How do server components work across these projects?"
```

## Tips

- Use `--json` when you need structured data to parse
- Use `toc` first to understand what docs exist, then `ask` for specifics
- Multi-repo `ask` is great for understanding how libraries interact
````
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© seflless · MIT · https://github.com/seflless/deepwiki/tree/HEAD/skills/deepwiki/SKILL.md

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