context7-docs

A set of rules for consulting current documentation for libraries, packages, and programming frameworks through Context7 MCP. It first finds the correct library and then retrieves either usage examples or conceptual guidance.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when adding a dependency, checking how a library works, debugging its behavior, or implementing framework features using current documentation.
Why use it?
It reduces errors caused by guessing API names or relying on documentation that may no longer match the installed software.

Cursor rule for Cursor

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add rules/goranerhartic/cursor-development-rules/context7-docs
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/GoranErhartic/cursor-development-rules

Made for: Cursor.

Per session 20 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 253 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00020 $0.00253
Opus 5 $0.00010 $0.00127
Sonnet 5 $0.00004 $0.00051
Haiku 4.5 $0.00002 $0.00025

Measured 2d ago against content hash 96556bda40d6, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

context7-docs scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 2d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

.cursor/rules/development/context7-docs.mdc · 27 lines

What it actually says

Documentation Research (Context7 MCP)

Consult context7 MCP server for library/package/framework information.

When you need to understand or use any library, package, or framework:

  1. Use context7 first - Query the MCP server for up-to-date documentation
  2. Resolve library ID - Use resolve-library-id to find the correct library
  3. Get documentation - Use get-library-docs with appropriate mode:
    • mode='code' - For API references, code examples, specific methods
    • mode='info' - For concepts, architecture, getting started guides
  4. Verify current practices - Documentation from context7 is authoritative

Do NOT:

  • Rely solely on training data for library-specific details
  • Guess at API signatures or method names
  • Use outdated patterns when current docs are available

Example scenarios:

  • Adding a new dependency → Query context7 for latest usage patterns
  • Debugging library behavior → Check context7 for current API documentation
  • Implementing framework features → Consult context7 for best practices
Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 2d ago First seen · 27 lines · 20 tokens per session scan A 96556bda40d6

Subscribe to this mod's changes

context7-docs is a cursor rule published in the GitHub repository GoranErhartic/cursor-development-rules (19 stars, last pushed 6mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 20 tokens to every session and 253 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.