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The Context.dev skill teaches your coding agent how to use Context.dev without being told each time. The skill file is hosted at docs.context.dev/skill.md. Once installed, your agent will be able to:
  • Look up brand information using name, domain, email, stock ticker, or ISIN
  • Scrape websites and get markdown outputs
  • Classify industries and transactions
  • Integrate Context.dev APIs and SDKs into your application

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Prerequisites

  • A Context.dev API key. Sign up at context.dev/signup, copy the key from the dashboard (prefix ctxt_secret_), and export it in the shell your agent inherits so the skill can read it: 
    # Add to your shell profile or .envrc — never commit it.
export CONTEXT_DEV_API_KEY="ctxt_secret_..."
    For a single project, drop it in .env.local and have the agent load that file before each run.
  • A supported agent. Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Windsurf, OpenCode, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, and 50+ others read skill files.
  • Node.js to run the npx skills installer (or install manually with curl).

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Installation

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Method 1: Skills CLI (one command, every agent)

The skills CLI detects your agent and drops the skill in the directory that agent reads. One command covers every supported agent: 
npx skills add -g https://docs.context.dev/skill.md
Drop the -g to install into the current project instead of globally.

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Method 2: Manual install with curl

Pick your client below and run the matching curl. Use the project commands for an in-repo skill, or the global commands for a cross-project skill that lives in your home directory. 
# Project
mkdir -p .claude/skills/context-dev
curl -fsSL https://docs.context.dev/skill.md -o .claude/skills/context-dev/SKILL.md

# Global (across all projects)
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/context-dev
curl -fsSL https://docs.context.dev/skill.md -o ~/.claude/skills/context-dev/SKILL.md

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Verify it loaded

Open a fresh agent session and ask:
“Using Context.dev, what’s the fastest, lightest-payload way to get just a brand’s logos and colors for a domain?”
A correctly loaded skill answers with GET /brand/retrieve-simplified and notes it costs the same 10 credits as the full brand retrieve. If the agent invents an endpoint, the skill didn’t load. Confirm the file exists at the path your agent reads and that nothing else is shadowing it.

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Next steps

Agent Quickstart

Pair the skill with a copyable agent prompt.

MCP server

Add live API execution alongside the skill.

Get brand data

The core endpoint the skill teaches.

Introduction

What Context.dev returns and how responses are shaped.