api-documentation-discovery SKILL.md skillA
api-documentation-discovery from technicalpickles/pickled-claude-plugins is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add technicalpickles/pickled-claude-plugins/api-documentation-discovery@git:20261028.1458c1bPins git:20261028.1458c1b in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- technicalpickles/pickled-claude-plugins
- Path
plugins/dev-tools/skills/finding-api-docs/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- git:20261028.1458c1b, committed Oct 28, 2026
- First version recorded
- Dec 7, 2025
- Size
- 3,286 bytes
- Repository stars
- 12
- License
- MIT
Use when APIs fail repeatedly with version-related errors (method not found, wrong arguments, unknown flag) or when about to use library APIs with uncertain knowledge - guides finding current, accurate documentation instead of guessing from training data.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# API Documentation Discovery ## Overview When an API call fails in a way that points at a version mismatch, look up the installed version's docs instead of retrying from memory. Training data ages; the installed version is the truth. ## When to Use - Two or more failed attempts against the same library or API. - Errors like "method not found", "wrong number of arguments", "unknown flag", "undefined method", or a version mismatch in a stack trace. - You're about to rely on an API detail you haven't checked against the installed version, including one the user is sure of that keeps failing. Skip it for a first failure whose error names the fix, and for errors that aren't about API usage (logic bugs, type errors in your own code). ## The Discovery Workflow ### Step 1: Stop retrying Treat the trigger as the signal to look it up, not to try another variation. ### Step 2: Identify Context - What library/framework is failing? (check imports, stack traces, go.mod/Gemfile) - What version is installed? (language tools show this) - What operation are you trying? (the actual goal, not the syntax attempt) ### Step 3: Use Language Discovery Tools …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add technicalpickles/pickled-claude-plugins/api-documentation-discovery@sha256:e6c948025b80dfbdThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261028.1458c1b, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between Dec 7, 2025 and Oct 28, 2026, about one every 162 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| git:20261028.1458c1b latest | 2026-10-28 | 1458c1b | 3,286 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261028.c2c0bcf | 2026-10-28 | c2c0bcf | 3,732 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20251207.d01c4b3 | 2025-12-07 | d01c4b3 | 5,099 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
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Source
technicalpickles/pickled-claude-plugins · 12 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-07 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_edgnrwb54vwi3cod GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=technicalpickles/pickled-claude-plugins/api-documentation-discovery GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/e6c948025b80dfbd7e51af8bcb9c207b12e43795e8d9eaa34a5ef7ac7fab6f0b
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