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Fetches Zig language and standard library documentation via CLI. Activates when needing Zig API details, std lib function signatures, or language reference content that isn't covered in zig-best-practices.

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Zig Documentation Fetching

Instructions

  • Use raw GitHub sources for std lib documentation (most reliable)
  • Use pandoc for language reference from ziglang.org (works for prose content)
  • The std lib HTML docs at ziglang.org are JavaScript-rendered and return empty content; avoid them
  • Zig source files contain doc comments (//! for module docs, /// for item docs) that serve as authoritative documentation

Quick Reference

Fetch Standard Library Source (Recommended)

Standard library modules are self-documenting. Fetch source directly:

# Module source with doc comments
curl -sL "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ziglang/zig/master/lib/std/<module>.zig"

# Common modules:
curl -sL "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ziglang/zig/master/lib/std/log.zig"
curl -sL "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ziglang/zig/master/lib/std/mem.zig"
curl -sL "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ziglang/zig/master/lib/std/fs.zig"
curl -sL "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ziglang/zig/master/lib/std/heap.zig"
curl -sL "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ziglang/zig/master/lib/std/debug.zig"
curl -sL "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ziglang/zig/master/lib/std/testing.zig"

Fetch Allocator Interface

curl -sL "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ziglang/zig/master/lib/std/mem/Allocator.zig"

Fetch Language Reference (Prose)

# Full language reference (large, ~500KB of text)
pandoc -f html -t plain "https://ziglang.org/documentation/master/"

# Pipe to head for specific sections
pandoc -f html -t plain "https://ziglang.org/documentation/master/" | head -200

List Standard Library Contents

# List all std lib modules via GitHub API
curl -sL "https://api.github.com/repos/ziglang/zig/contents/lib/std" | jq -r '.[].name'

# List subdirectory contents
curl -sL "https://api.github.com/repos/ziglang/zig/contents/lib/std/mem" | jq -r '.[].name'

Fetch zig.guide Content

# Landing page and navigation
pandoc -f html -t plain "https://zig.guide/"

Documentation Sources

SourceURL PatternNotes
Std lib sourceraw.githubusercontent.com/ziglang/zig/master/lib/std/<path>Most reliable; includes doc comments
Language referenceziglang.org/documentation/master/Use pandoc; prose content
zig.guidezig.guide/Beginner-friendly; use pandoc
GitHub APIapi.github.com/repos/ziglang/zig/contents/lib/stdList directory contents

Common Module Paths

ModulePath
Allocatorlib/std/mem/Allocator.zig
ArrayListlib/std/array_list.zig
HashMaplib/std/hash_map.zig
StringHashMaplib/std/hash/map.zig
File Systemlib/std/fs.zig
Filelib/std/fs/File.zig
IOlib/std/Io.zig
Logginglib/std/log.zig
Testinglib/std/testing.zig
Debuglib/std/debug.zig
Heaplib/std/heap.zig
Build Systemlib/std/Build.zig
JSONlib/std/json.zig
HTTPlib/std/http.zig
Threadlib/std/Thread.zig
Processlib/std/process.zig

Version-Specific Documentation

Replace master with version tag for stable releases:

# 0.14.0 release
curl -sL "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ziglang/zig/0.14.0/lib/std/log.zig"

# Language reference for specific version
pandoc -f html -t plain "https://ziglang.org/documentation/0.14.0/"

Searching Documentation

Search for specific function/type in std lib

# Search for function name across std lib
curl -sL "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ziglang/zig/master/lib/std/<module>.zig" | grep -A5 "pub fn <name>"

# Example: find allocator.create
curl -sL "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ziglang/zig/master/lib/std/mem/Allocator.zig" | grep -A10 "pub fn create"

Extract doc comments

# Module-level docs (//!)
curl -sL "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ziglang/zig/master/lib/std/log.zig" | grep "^//!"

# Function/type docs (///)
curl -sL "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ziglang/zig/master/lib/std/mem/Allocator.zig" | grep -B1 "pub fn" | grep "///"

Troubleshooting

Empty content from ziglang.org/documentation/master/std/:

  • The std lib HTML docs are JavaScript-rendered; use raw GitHub instead

pandoc fails:

  • Some pages require JavaScript; fall back to curl + raw GitHub
  • Check URL is correct (no trailing slash issues)

Rate limiting on GitHub API:

  • Use raw.githubusercontent.com URLs directly instead of API
  • Cache frequently accessed content locally

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