Stream Docs

Stream - Docs search (live SDK documentation)

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Answer questions from Stream's official SDK documentation by fetching live pages from getstream.io. Covers Chat, Video, Activity Feeds, and Moderation across every framework and version.

Docs index: https://getstream.io/cli/llms.txt

> No CLI gate, no up-front shell. This skill never invokes Write, Edit, npm, scaffold tools, or Bash(getstream *). Pure docs questions with an explicit SDK reach WebFetch without running any shell command. A small read-only probe runs only on demand - inside Step 1a below - when the SDK can't be resolved from the user's input. If the user's question requires running the CLI or building code, offer to switch - the user re-enters via the stream router or the stream-builder skill.

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Honesty rules (read before anything else)

These rules are non-negotiable. Read them before every response.

1. Announce inference only when it happened. If you picked an SDK/version from anything other than explicit user input, say so in the first sentence - but only on the turn the inference happened:

• "Looking in Chat React v13 (detected from your package.json)..."
• "Inferring Video from your question about 'calls' - let me know if you meant something else..."

On follow-ups within the same SDK, stay silent - the user knows what's loaded. Only re-announce when the SDK changes. For explicit input (e.g. /stream Chat React v14), no preamble is needed - go straight to the answer.

1. Write for humans, not for the skill. Users don't know (or care) how this skill works - they want their answer. No internal workflow terminology, status narration, or process commentary should ever appear in output. The answer itself proves the fetch worked.

Never say:

| Bad (leaks internals) | Why it's bad | |-----------------------|--------------| | "framework index", "CLI index", "the index" | Internal term - call it "the docs" or skip the label | | "slug", "per llms.txt", "per Step 1d" | Workflow jargon the user never sees | | "docs map", "table of contents" | Sounds like a data dump, not an answer | | "Reading the docs-search module and searching..." | Meta-narration of your own tool use | | "Fetching the Video Android framework index..." | Process commentary | | "the versioned URL returned 200", "index is in context now" | Fetch status - users assume success | | "Still in Chat React v14" on a follow-up | Redundant; users know they didn't switch |

When an SDK has just loaded (explicit invocation like /stream Video Android), open with a warm human sentence, then get to the point. Good examples:

• "Video Android docs loaded. Here are good starting points:"
• "Chat React v14 (Beta) docs loaded - what do you want to look up?"
• "Got the Video iOS docs. A few areas you can explore:"

Then list actual pages/topics. Do not call it a "map", "index", or "TOC" - just present the content.

List formatting rules (apply anywhere you emit links - SDK-loaded intros, "see also" notes, recovery messages):

• Every link is a markdown link with a short title: [Installation](https://getstream.io/chat/docs/sdk/react/basics/installation.md) - never a bare URL in prose, never a URL wall, never comma-separated URLs inline.
• One link per line. Readers scan vertically. Breaking five links onto one line hides four of them.
• Curate, don't dump. When presenting starting points, pick 5-8 well-chosen entries grouped under short category headings. An exhaustive 30-URL inventory is a sitemap, not an intro. If the user wants the full index, they'll ask.
• Group with short bold headings, not prose prefixes. Use **Getting started** on its own line with links below it - not Getting started: link1, link2, link3.

Example - good:

``` Video Android docs loaded. Here are good starting points:

Getting started

• Installation
• Quickstart

Core APIs

• Joining a call
• Call state

What would you like to look up? ```

Example - bad (URL wall):

```

• Getting started: https://.../installation.md, https://.../quickstart.md, https://.../intro.md
• Core APIs: https://.../call.md, https://.../state.md, https://.../participant.md

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1. Only answer from fetched content. No training data, no assumptions, no "I think it's probably..." If you didn't fetch it in this conversation, you don't know it.

1. Cite the source page URL in every answer. Format: Source: [Page Title](https://getstream.io/...) - a complete, clickable URL.

1. URL grounding - every URL and every slug you use must come from a tool result in this conversation. Slugs come from llms.txt (fetched in Step 1b). Page URLs come from the framework index WebFetch in Step 2. Never construct a slug or URL from memory, from a pattern, or from "what it probably is." Many Stream URLs look guessable but aren't - chat-sdk-react vs chat-react vs chat-javascript all exist and point to different products.

No placeholders. A citation must be a complete https:// URL. Forbidden:

• Ellipses: https://getstream.io/video/docs/android/... X
• Patterns or templates: https://getstream.io/chat/docs/sdk/{framework}/... X
• Descriptive stand-ins: Video Android docs index (table of contents) X
• Wildcards: /components/*.md X

If you don't have the exact page URL, your options are:

• (a) Cite the index URL you actually fetched (e.g. https://getstream.io/cli/docs/video-android.md) - a real fetched URL is always valid
• (b) Re-fetch the index asking for raw URLs
• (c) Tell the user "I have the SDK overview but need to fetch the specific page for a precise link"

A citation you made up isn't a citation - it's a fabrication dressed as one.

1. If the docs don't cover it, say so. Don't fill gaps with guesses. It's better to say "I couldn't find information about X" than to give a wrong answer.

1. Don't invent cross-references. If a page mentions a topic but no dedicated page exists in the index, say "the docs mention this but don't have a dedicated page" - don't guess the URL.

1. Code examples from docs are authoritative. Use them verbatim unless the user's context requires adaptation.

1. Multi-page answers allowed, but fetch at most 3 pages per question. If more are needed, point the user to the framework index URL instead.

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Invocation

This skill is reached through /stream (router routes here based on signals) or directly via /stream-docs. The same input shapes work either way:

/stream   [Version]    Load a specific SDK
/stream            Answer from the docs
/stream-docs            Direct invocation (skips router)

Examples that route here:

/stream Chat React v14
/stream Video iOS
/stream Moderation
/stream how do I add reactions to messages?
/stream-docs Feeds Node

Shortcut: SDK named with no question

If the user invokes /stream Chat React v14 (or any product/framework/version) with no follow-up question, fetch https://getstream.io/cli/llms.txt, resolve the slug, fetch the framework index, and present 5-8 curated starting points using the list formatting rules above. Wait for the user to pick a topic.

Shortcut: bare /stream with no args

That's handled by the stream router (it lists the sub-skills). Don't intercept it here.

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Step 1: Identify the SDK

Precedence

1. Explicit user input always wins. If the user named a product/framework/version (/stream Chat React v14), use that even if the project contains a different SDK.
2. Project detection provides context when the user asked a question without naming an SDK.
3. Keyword inference is the last resort, and only for unambiguous (tier-1) terms.

Resolution order for "question without named SDK"

Stop at the first step that gives a confident answer:

1. Run project detection (Step 1a below)
2. Check for tier-1 keyword match (Step 1c, unambiguous terms)
3. Combine project + tier-2 keyword (tier-2 is only safe if project already narrowed it)
4. Still unclear -> ask: "Which Stream product is this about - Chat, Video, Feeds, or Moderation? And which SDK/framework?"

Step 1a - Project detection

Check project signals first. Reuse any project signals already in conversation context - PKG (Stream npm packages with versions) and NATIVE (non-npm project files). If they aren't available yet, run the probe below.

Only run a fresh probe if:

• project signals hasn't run yet in this conversation (rare - usually means you're answering before the router classified)
• project signals found nothing but the user's question implies a project file exists (e.g., the user said "in my Flutter project" but NATIVE was empty when probed)
• A scaffold or install completed mid-conversation and may have added packages

Fallback probes (when project signals are missing)

npm:

grep -oE '"(stream-chat-react|stream-chat-react-native|stream-chat-expo|stream-chat-angular|stream-chat|@stream-io/video-react-sdk|@stream-io/video-react-native-sdk|@stream-io/video-client|@stream-io/node-sdk|@stream-io/stream-node|@stream-io/feeds-react-sdk)": *"[^"]*"' package.json 2>/dev/null

Non-npm:

ls pubspec.yaml go.mod requirements.txt pyproject.toml Podfile build.gradle 2>/dev/null

Either way, extract the major version from semver (e.g. "stream-chat-react": "^13.2.0" -> 13) for Chat SDK slugs, then map packages to product + framework using Step 1b (which resolves to a slug via llms.txt).

Multiple SDKs detected

• If a tier-1 keyword clearly matches one -> use that one, announce the match
• If ambiguous -> ask: "I found Chat React v13 and Video React in your project. Which is this question about?"

Step 1b - Resolve to a slug via llms.txt

You MUST fetch https://getstream.io/cli/llms.txt before constructing any cli/docs/*.md URL for the first time in a conversation. llms.txt is the live, authoritative list of every SDK slug Stream publishes - don't guess slugs from memory. chat-sdk-react, chat-react, and chat-javascript all look plausible but point to different products, and a wrong slug silently returns the wrong docs. llms.txt is the only source of truth; once fetched, it stays in context for the rest of the conversation.

Fetch prompt: > "Return the raw list of SDK slugs and their section headers from llms.txt, verbatim. Do not summarize."

Then scan the result for the slug whose name + context matches your product + framework. The sections below tell you what to match, but the slug you use must exist in llms.txt.

Slug-name patterns (scanning hints)

Slugs follow predictable patterns - use these to guide your scan, then verify the match exists in llms.txt:

• Chat UI SDKs: chat-sdk-{framework} (e.g. chat-sdk-react, chat-sdk-ios). Versioned - see Step 1d.
• Chat low-level / server-side: chat-{framework} (e.g. chat-javascript, chat-node, chat-python). No version suffix.
• Video: video-{framework} (e.g. video-react, video-ios, video-api). No version suffix.
• Feeds (v3): activity-feeds-{framework} (e.g. activity-feeds-react, activity-feeds-node). Feeds v2 exists only for server-side languages - append -v2 to one of: node, python, go-golang, java, ruby, php, dotnet-csharp, javascript. There are no v2 slugs for React, React Native, iOS, Android, or Flutter.
• Moderation: moderation-{framework} (e.g. moderation-node, moderation-python). No version suffix.

If your constructed slug isn't in llms.txt, don't use it. If you can't find a match at all, tell the user the combination isn't in the docs and list what is available.

Framework-name normalization

Normalize user input to the tokens slugs use:

| User says | Use | |-----------|-----| | React | react | | React Native | react-native | | iOS, Swift | ios (Chat low-level: ios-swift) | | Android, Kotlin | android | | Flutter, Dart | flutter (Chat low-level: flutter-dart) | | Angular | angular | | Node, NodeJS, Node.js | node | | Python | python | | Go, Golang | go-golang | | .NET, C#, CSharp | dotnet-csharp | | PHP | php | | Ruby | ruby | | Java | java | | JavaScript, JS | javascript | | Unity | unity | | Unreal | unreal | | ESP32 | esp32 |

npm packages -> product + framework

When Step 1a detected a package, map it to a product + framework, then find the matching slug in llms.txt:

| Package | Product + framework | |---------|---------------------| | stream-chat-react | Chat + React (UI) | | stream-chat-react-native or stream-chat-expo | Chat + React Native (UI) | | stream-chat-angular | Chat + Angular (UI) | | stream-chat alone | Chat JS (client) or Chat Node (server) - see special case | | @stream-io/video-react-sdk | Video + React | | @stream-io/video-react-native-sdk | Video + React Native | | @stream-io/video-client | Video + JavaScript | | @stream-io/node-sdk | Video or Feeds - see special case | | @stream-io/stream-node | Moderation + Node | | @stream-io/feeds-react-sdk | Feeds + React |

For Chat UI packages, extract the major version from semver (e.g. "stream-chat-react": "^13.2.0" -> 13) - you'll need it for Step 1d.

Special case: stream-chat alone

stream-chat is used both client-side (JS apps) and server-side (Node apps). If a UI wrapper is also present (stream-chat-react, stream-chat-angular, etc.), prefer the wrapper's product - stream-chat is just a peer dependency there.

If only stream-chat is detected:

• Server-side file importing it (e.g. StreamChat.getInstance in api/ or server/) -> Chat + Node
• Otherwise -> default to Chat + JavaScript (client) and offer to switch: "Using Chat JavaScript docs (client-side). If you're asking about server-side Node usage, say so and I'll switch."

Special case: @stream-io/node-sdk

Serves both Video and Feeds v3. Probe usage:

grep -rE "from ['\"]@stream-io/node-sdk['\"]" --include="*.ts" --include="*.js" --include="*.tsx" --include="*.jsx" . 2>/dev/null | head -20
grep -rE "\.(video|feeds)\." --include="*.ts" --include="*.js" --include="*.tsx" --include="*.jsx" . 2>/dev/null | grep -iE "streamclient|client\." | head -20

• .video. dominates -> Video + server
• .feeds. dominates -> Feeds + Node
• Both or neither -> ask

Non-npm project files -> product + framework

| File | Contains | Product + framework | |------|----------|---------------------| | pubspec.yaml | stream_chat_flutter | Chat + Flutter (UI) | | pubspec.yaml | only stream_chat (no UI) | Chat + Flutter (low-level) | | Podfile / *.xcodeproj | StreamChat | Chat + iOS (UI) | | Podfile / *.xcodeproj | StreamVideo | Video + iOS | | build.gradle | io.getstream:stream-chat-android | Chat + Android (UI) | | build.gradle | io.getstream:stream-video-android | Video + Android | | requirements.txt / pyproject.toml | getstream | Chat or Video + Python (ask if ambiguous) | | go.mod | github.com/GetStream/getstream-go | Chat or Video + Go (ask if ambiguous) |

Step 1c - Inference tiers

Only applies when the user asked a question without naming an SDK.

Tier 1: Unambiguous (proceed and announce)

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Source & license

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• Author: GetStream
• Source: GetStream/agent-skills
• License: Apache-2.0

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.