hexdocs-fetcher

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Fetch HexDocs for Elixir libraries with HTML-to-markdown conversion. Use when looking up docs on hexdocs.pm — modules, functions, guides, changelogs.

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# HexDocs Fetcher Efficiently fetch Elixir library documentation from hexdocs.pm using Claude Code's native `WebFetch` tool. ## Usage When researching libraries, use `WebFetch`: ``` # Fetch library overview WebFetch( url: "https://hexdocs.pm/oban", prompt: "Extract the main documentation, including module overview, installation instructions, and key functions. Format as clean markdown." ) # Fetch specific module docs WebFetch( url: "https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix_live_view/Phoenix.LiveView.html", prompt: "Extract the module documentation including all public functions, their specs, and examples." ) # Fetch getting started guide WebFetch( url: "https://hexdocs.pm/ecto/getting-started.html", prompt: "Extract the complete getting started guide content." ) ``` ## Token Efficiency WebFetch automatically converts HTML to markdown and extracts relevant content: | Source | Raw HTML | With WebFetch | Benefit | |--------|----------|---------------|---------| | HexDocs page | ~80k tokens | ~15k tokens | **80% reduction** | | Phoenix docs | ~120k tokens | ~25k tokens | **79% reduction** | | README | ~20k tokens | ~8k tokens | **60% reduction** | ## Integration with hex-library-researcher When evaluating libraries, fetch docs efficiently: ``` # Get library overview with focused extraction WebFetch( url: "https://hexdocs.pm/oban", prompt: "Extract: 1) Installation instructions 2) Main features 3) Basic usage example" ) ``` ## Common HexDocs URLs ``` # Library over...

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oliver-kriska
Repository
oliver-kriska/claude-elixir-phoenix
Created
4 months ago
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today
Language
Python
License
MIT

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