Locally searches documentation files to answer specific questions.

Install

mkdir -p .claude/skills/search-docs && curl -L -o skill.zip "https://agentskills.codes/api/skills/download/6371" && unzip -o skill.zip -d .claude/skills/search-docs && rm skill.zip

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Activation

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Search local Fern documentation for content related to a topic
62 charsno explicit “when” trigger
Beginner

Key capabilities

  • Search local documentation
  • Retrieve project setup instructions
  • Look up API details
  • Access local guides

How it works

It uses a dedicated subagent to scan the local documentation directory for content matching the user's search topic.

Inputs & outputs

You give it
Search topic
You get back
Relevant documentation snippets

When to use search-docs

  • Finding project setup instructions
  • Looking up API documentation in the docs folder
  • Retrieving implementation details from local guides

About this skill

Documentation Search

Use the docs-searcher subagent to search local Fern documentation for content related to: $ARGUMENTS

Call the Task tool with:

  • subagent_type: "docs-searcher"
  • mode: "bypassPermissions"
  • prompt: the search topic

Report the results back to the user exactly as returned by the agent.

When not to use it

  • Searching external web documentation
  • Searching non-documentation files

Limitations

  • Limited to local docs/ folder

How it compares

It searches local project-specific documentation instead of general web searches.

Compared to similar skills

search-docs side by side with the closest alternatives in the catalog.

SkillInstallsUpdatedSafetyDifficulty
search-docs (this skill)11moNo flagsBeginner
citation-management237moReviewBeginner
microsoft-docs105moReviewBeginner
peer-review117moReviewAdvanced

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