Nia Documentation Search

Search across 3000+ packages (npm, PyPI, Crates, Go) and indexed sources for documentation and code examples.

Usage

Semantic search in a package

uv run python -m runtime.harness scripts/mcp/nia_docs.py
--package fastapi --query "dependency injection"

Search with specific registry

uv run python -m runtime.harness scripts/mcp/nia_docs.py
--package react --registry npm --query "hooks patterns"

Grep search for specific patterns

uv run python -m runtime.harness scripts/mcp/nia_docs.py
--package sqlalchemy --grep "session.execute"

Universal search across indexed sources

uv run python -m runtime.harness scripts/mcp/nia_docs.py
--search "error handling middleware"

Options

Option Description

--package

Package name to search in

--registry

Registry: npm, py_pi, crates, go_modules (default: npm)

--query

Semantic search query

--grep

Regex pattern to search

--search

Universal search across all indexed sources

--limit

Max results (default: 5)

Examples

Python library usage

uv run python -m runtime.harness scripts/mcp/nia_docs.py
--package pydantic --registry py_pi --query "validators"

React patterns

uv run python -m runtime.harness scripts/mcp/nia_docs.py
--package react --query "useEffect cleanup"

uv run python -m runtime.harness scripts/mcp/nia_docs.py
--package express --grep "app.use"

Requires NIA_API_KEY in environment or nia server in mcp_config.json.