DeepWiki API (Direct)

Overview

DeepWiki provides AI-powered documentation exploration for GitHub repositories. This skill uses the API directly via curl - no MCP server required.

Base URL

https://api.deepwiki.com

Read Wiki Structure

Get a list of documentation topics for a repository.

Endpoint

GET https://api.deepwiki.com/wiki/{owner}/{repo}/structure

Usage

curl -s "https://api.deepwiki.com/wiki/microsoft/vscode/structure" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" | jq '.'

Read Wiki Contents

Get full documentation content for a repository.

Endpoint

GET https://api.deepwiki.com/wiki/{owner}/{repo}/contents

Usage

curl -s "https://api.deepwiki.com/wiki/xtermjs/xterm.js/contents" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" | jq '.'

Ask Question

Ask a question about a repository and get AI-generated answers.

Endpoint

POST https://api.deepwiki.com/wiki/{owner}/{repo}/ask

Usage

curl -s -X POST "https://api.deepwiki.com/wiki/microsoft/vscode/ask" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"question": "How does the terminal handle PTY integration?"}'

Common Workflows

Research a Library

# Get structure first
curl -s "https://api.deepwiki.com/wiki/xtermjs/xterm.js/structure" | jq '.topics[]'

# Then ask specific questions
curl -s -X POST "https://api.deepwiki.com/wiki/xtermjs/xterm.js/ask" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"question": "How to implement custom key handling?"}'

Understand VS Code Patterns

curl -s -X POST "https://api.deepwiki.com/wiki/microsoft/vscode/ask" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"question": "How are WebView panels implemented?"}'

Explore Repository Architecture

curl -s -X POST "https://api.deepwiki.com/wiki/anthropics/claude-code/ask" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"question": "What is the overall architecture?"}'

Response Processing

# Extract answer only
| jq '.answer'

# Get with sources
| jq '{answer, sources}'

Notes

• No API key required for public repositories
• Rate limits may apply
• Responses are AI-generated based on repository content