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retrieving-developer-knowledgeby GoogleOfficialResearchGitHub stars: 21.6k

Retrieving Developer Knowledge skill: what it does and how to install it

Searches and synthesises official Google developer documentation for commands, API syntax, IAM permissions and platform choices.

Summary generated from the skill's documentation.

Install

$ npx skills add google/skills --skill retrieving-developer-knowledge

Run it in a terminal. If your agent is already running, start a new session so it picks the skill up.

About this skill

What it does. Queries Google's Developer Knowledge MCP server for conceptual answers, document searches or full pages, using the REST API with curl as a fallback. It verifies results, retries quota-limited queries with focused searches and grounds technical solutions in retrieved documentation.

When to use it. For Google Cloud, Gemini, Android, Chrome, Flutter, Go, Firebase and other Google developer platforms. It does not cover local filesystem lookups or non-Google documentation.

History

Repo stars

21.6kAbout +3.3k since 30 Jul 2026

Before 1 Oct 2026 the curve is estimated from public event data.

Stars are counted for the whole repository, which holds 130 skills.

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DateRepo stars
26 Oct 202621,583
25 Oct 202621,560
24 Oct 202621,534
23 Oct 202621,511
22 Oct 202621,483
21 Oct 202621,458
20 Oct 202621,430
19 Oct 202621,411
18 Oct 202621,389
17 Oct 202621,374
16 Oct 202621,351
15 Oct 202621,316
14 Oct 202621,272
13 Oct 202621,235
12 Oct 202621,200
11 Oct 202621,140
10 Oct 202621,101
9 Oct 202621,071
8 Oct 202621,041
7 Oct 202621,006
6 Oct 202620,967
5 Oct 202620,939
4 Oct 202620,924
3 Oct 202620,865
2 Oct 202620,592
1 Oct 202620,557
24 Sept 2026 (estimated)20,498
17 Sept 2026 (estimated)20,452
10 Sept 2026 (estimated)19,878
3 Sept 2026 (estimated)18,833
27 Aug 2026 (estimated)18,776
20 Aug 2026 (estimated)18,765
13 Aug 2026 (estimated)18,765
6 Aug 2026 (estimated)18,294
30 Jul 2026 (estimated)18,271

Installs

4.1k+344 since 19 Oct 2026

Installs via skills.sh

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DateInstalls
26 Oct 20264,145
25 Oct 20264,090
24 Oct 20264,058
23 Oct 20264,022
22 Oct 20263,966
21 Oct 20263,910
20 Oct 20263,855
19 Oct 20263,801

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