/nia-docs

name: nia-docs
description: Search library documentation and code examples via Nia
allowed-tools: [Bash, Read]

Nia Documentation Search

Search across 3000+ packages (npm, PyPI, Crates, Go) and indexed sources for documentation and code examples.

Usage

Semantic search in a package

uv run python -m runtime.harness scripts/mcp/nia_docs.py \
  --package fastapi --query "dependency injection"

Search with specific registry

uv run python -m runtime.harness scripts/mcp/nia_docs.py \
  --package react --registry npm --query "hooks patterns"

Grep search for specific patterns

uv run python -m runtime.harness scripts/mcp/nia_docs.py \
  --package sqlalchemy --grep "session.execute"

Universal search across indexed sources

uv run python -m runtime.harness scripts/mcp/nia_docs.py \
  --search "error handling middleware"

Options

| Option | Description | |--------|-------------| | `--package` | Package name to search in | | `--registry` | Registry: npm, py_pi, crates, go_modules (default: npm) | | `--query` | Semantic search query | | `--grep` | Regex pattern to search | | `--search` | Universal search across all indexed sources | | `--limit` | Max results (default: 5) |

Examples

# Python library usage
uv run python -m runtime.harness scripts/mcp/nia_docs.py \
  --package pydantic --registry py_pi --query "validators"

# React patterns
uv run python -m runtime.harness scripts/mcp/nia_docs.py \
  --package react --query "useEffect cleanup"

# Find specific function usage
uv run python -m runtime.harness scripts/mcp/nia_docs.py \
  --package express --grep "app.use"

Requires `NIA_API_KEY` in environment or `nia` server in mcp_config.json.