# Navigate Local Documentation Efficiently

Large documentation sets waste context when assistants load broad files or guess paths. This skill follows hierarchical indexes to find targeted local pages before web search.

## Install

```bash
npx skillstore add consiliency/docs-navigation
```

## Metadata

- Status: approved
- Slug: consiliency-docs-navigation
- Skillstore revision: r1
- Version status: missing
- Tree hash: 058ed4ceb1bbee46bed26b69918916749c171e907da99da8d919ca3fef751aa1
- Author: Consiliency
- GitHub username: Consiliency
- License: MIT
- Repository: https://github.com/Consiliency/treesitter-chunker/tree/main/.ai-dev-kit/skills/docs-navigation
- Ref: 635f69fb8d2f4e6330ba47a4e5a0fb239c04d110
- Supported tools: Claude, Codex, Claude Code
- Audit status: complete
- Agent install advisory: allowed
- Manual install advisory: allowed
- Artifact signature: available
- Audit attestation: unavailable
- Human verification: not\_verified
- Risk factors: external\_commands, network, filesystem
- Quality score: 78
- Quality tier: bronze
- Public page: https://skillstore.pages.dev/skills/consiliency-docs-navigation
- Manifest: https://skillstore.pages.dev/api/skills/consiliency-docs-navigation/manifest

## Capabilities

- Selects a starting index level from a known category, library, section, or page.
- Matches task terms and synonyms against descriptions, keywords, purposes, and common tasks.
- Follows index paths from broad categories to specific page summaries.
- Recommends targeted page sets for complex or cross-library questions.
- Compares targeted loading with full-context loading to control token use.

## Use Cases

- Resolve Library Questions: Find focused page summaries for implementation, configuration, and debugging questions without loading an entire library context.
- Research Documentation Coverage: Trace index sections and page priorities before planning tutorials, migrations, or documentation updates.
- Control Assistant Context: Select only relevant local sources for coding sessions that have limited context or token budgets.

## Prompt Templates

### Find One Topic

```
Find documentation for [library and topic]. Start at the most specific known index, select the relevant page, and summarize its guidance.
```

### Search by Task

```
Locate local documentation for [task]. Match keywords and synonyms through the indexes, then load only the page summaries needed to answer.
```

### Compare Libraries

```
Compare [feature] across [library A] and [library B]. Navigate each hierarchy, select relevant pages, and summarize differences with source paths.
```

### Plan Broad Research

```
Plan documentation research for [migration or architecture review]. Estimate required coverage, justify any full-context loading, and report unresolved gaps.
```

## Limitations

- Requires an ai-docs hierarchy and index files in the current workspace.
- Does not create, update, or validate documentation indexes.
- Cannot guarantee that indexed content is current or complete.
- Does not define a web search provider or verify remote source availability.

## Best Practices

- Start at the most specific index supported by known details.
- Match both direct terms and synonyms before choosing pages.
- Load full-context files only when broad coverage is required.

## Anti Patterns

- Do not guess page paths without checking an index.
- Do not load every page for a narrow question.
- Do not assume local summaries are current when evidence is missing.

## Security Audit

- Audited at: 2026-07-13T16:04:03.063\+00:00
- Summary: All 49 static findings are false positives caused by Markdown formatting, documentation metadata, or illustrative relative links. The reviewed files contain no executable commands, network request logic, unsafe filesystem operations, or prompt injection attempts.

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