skill-seekers-reference/docs/CLAUDE.md

CLAUDE.md

This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with code in this repository.

🎯 Current Status (December 28, 2025)

Version: v2.5.0 (Production Ready - Multi-Platform Feature Parity!) Active Development: Multi-platform support complete

Recent Updates (December 2025):

🎉 MAJOR RELEASE: Multi-Platform Feature Parity! (v2.5.0)

• 🌐 Multi-LLM Support: Full support for 4 platforms - Claude AI, Google Gemini, OpenAI ChatGPT, Generic Markdown
• 🔄 Complete Feature Parity: All skill modes work with all platforms
• 🏗️ Platform Adaptors: Clean architecture with platform-specific implementations
• ✨ 18 MCP Tools: Enhanced with multi-platform support (package, upload, enhance)
• 📚 Comprehensive Documentation: Complete guides for all platforms
• 🧪 Test Coverage: 700 tests passing, extensive platform compatibility testing

Overview

This is a Python-based documentation scraper that converts ANY documentation website into a Claude skill. It's a single-file tool (doc_scraper.py) that scrapes documentation, extracts code patterns, detects programming languages, and generates structured skill files ready for use with Claude.

Dependencies

pip3 install requests beautifulsoup4

Core Commands

Run with a preset configuration

python3 cli/doc_scraper.py --config configs/godot.json
python3 cli/doc_scraper.py --config configs/react.json
python3 cli/doc_scraper.py --config configs/vue.json
python3 cli/doc_scraper.py --config configs/django.json
python3 cli/doc_scraper.py --config configs/fastapi.json

Interactive mode (for new frameworks)

python3 cli/doc_scraper.py --interactive

Quick mode (minimal config)

python3 cli/doc_scraper.py --name react --url https://react.dev/ --description "React framework"

Skip scraping (use cached data)

python3 cli/doc_scraper.py --config configs/godot.json --skip-scrape

Resume interrupted scrapes

# If scrape was interrupted
python3 cli/doc_scraper.py --config configs/godot.json --resume

# Start fresh (clear checkpoint)
python3 cli/doc_scraper.py --config configs/godot.json --fresh

Large documentation (10K-40K+ pages)

# 1. Estimate page count
python3 cli/estimate_pages.py configs/godot.json

# 2. Split into focused sub-skills
python3 cli/split_config.py configs/godot.json --strategy router

# 3. Generate router skill
python3 cli/generate_router.py configs/godot-*.json

# 4. Package multiple skills
python3 cli/package_multi.py output/godot*/

AI-powered SKILL.md enhancement

# Option 1: During scraping (API-based, requires ANTHROPIC_API_KEY)
pip3 install anthropic
export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-...
python3 cli/doc_scraper.py --config configs/react.json --enhance

# Option 2: During scraping (LOCAL, no API key - uses Claude Code Max)
python3 cli/doc_scraper.py --config configs/react.json --enhance-local

# Option 3: Standalone after scraping (API-based)
python3 cli/enhance_skill.py output/react/

# Option 4: Standalone after scraping (LOCAL, no API key)
python3 cli/enhance_skill_local.py output/react/

The LOCAL enhancement option (--enhance-local or enhance_skill_local.py) opens a new terminal with Claude Code, which analyzes reference files and enhances SKILL.md automatically. This requires Claude Code Max plan but no API key.

MCP Integration (Claude Code)

# One-time setup
./setup_mcp.sh

# Then in Claude Code, use natural language:
"List all available configs"
"Generate config for Tailwind at https://tailwindcss.com/docs"
"Split configs/godot.json using router strategy"
"Generate router for configs/godot-*.json"
"Package skill at output/react/"

18 MCP tools available with multi-platform support: list_configs, generate_config, validate_config, fetch_config, estimate_pages, scrape_docs, scrape_github, scrape_pdf, package_skill, upload_skill, enhance_skill (NEW), install_skill, split_config, generate_router, add_config_source, list_config_sources, remove_config_source, submit_config

Test with limited pages (edit config first)

Set "max_pages": 20 in the config file to test with fewer pages.

Multi-Platform Support (v2.5.0+)

4 Platforms Fully Supported:

• Claude AI (default) - ZIP format, Skills API, MCP integration
• Google Gemini - tar.gz format, Files API, 1M token context
• OpenAI ChatGPT - ZIP format, Assistants API, Vector Store
• Generic Markdown - ZIP format, universal compatibility

All skill modes work with all platforms:

• Documentation scraping
• GitHub repository analysis
• PDF extraction
• Unified multi-source
• Local repository analysis

Use the --target parameter for packaging, upload, and enhancement:

# Package for different platforms
skill-seekers package output/react/ --target claude     # Default
skill-seekers package output/react/ --target gemini
skill-seekers package output/react/ --target openai
skill-seekers package output/react/ --target markdown

# Upload to platforms (requires API keys)
skill-seekers upload output/react.zip --target claude
skill-seekers upload output/react-gemini.tar.gz --target gemini
skill-seekers upload output/react-openai.zip --target openai

# Enhance with platform-specific AI
skill-seekers enhance output/react/ --target claude     # Sonnet 4
skill-seekers enhance output/react/ --target gemini --mode api    # Gemini 2.0
skill-seekers enhance output/react/ --target openai --mode api    # GPT-4o

See Multi-Platform Guide and Feature Matrix for complete details.

Architecture

Single-File Design

The entire tool is contained in doc_scraper.py (~737 lines). It follows a class-based architecture with a single DocToSkillConverter class that handles:

• Web scraping: BFS traversal with URL validation
• Content extraction: CSS selectors for title, content, code blocks
• Language detection: Heuristic-based detection from code samples (Python, JavaScript, GDScript, C++, etc.)
• Pattern extraction: Identifies common coding patterns from documentation
• Categorization: Smart categorization using URL structure, page titles, and content keywords with scoring
• Skill generation: Creates SKILL.md with real code examples and categorized reference files

Data Flow

1. Scrape Phase:

   • Input: Config JSON (name, base_url, selectors, url_patterns, categories, rate_limit, max_pages)
   • Process: BFS traversal starting from base_url, respecting include/exclude patterns
   • Output: output/{name}_data/pages/*.json + summary.json

2. Build Phase:

   • Input: Scraped JSON data from output/{name}_data/
   • Process: Load pages → Smart categorize → Extract patterns → Generate references
   • Output: output/{name}/SKILL.md + output/{name}/references/*.md

Directory Structure

Skill_Seekers/
├── cli/                        # CLI tools
│   ├── doc_scraper.py         # Main scraping & building tool
│   ├── enhance_skill.py       # AI enhancement (API-based)
│   ├── enhance_skill_local.py # AI enhancement (LOCAL, no API)
│   ├── estimate_pages.py      # Page count estimator
│   ├── split_config.py        # Large docs splitter (NEW)
│   ├── generate_router.py     # Router skill generator (NEW)
│   ├── package_skill.py       # Single skill packager
│   └── package_multi.py       # Multi-skill packager (NEW)
├── mcp/                        # MCP server
│   ├── server.py              # 9 MCP tools (includes upload)
│   └── README.md
├── configs/                    # Preset configurations
│   ├── godot.json
│   ├── godot-large-example.json  # Large docs example (NEW)
│   ├── react.json
│   └── ...
├── docs/                       # Documentation
│   ├── CLAUDE.md              # Technical architecture (this file)
│   ├── LARGE_DOCUMENTATION.md # Large docs guide (NEW)
│   ├── ENHANCEMENT.md
│   ├── MCP_SETUP.md
│   └── ...
└── output/                     # Generated output (git-ignored)
    ├── {name}_data/           # Raw scraped data (cached)
    │   ├── pages/             # Individual page JSONs
    │   ├── summary.json       # Scraping summary
    │   └── checkpoint.json    # Resume checkpoint (NEW)
    └── {name}/                # Generated skill
        ├── SKILL.md           # Main skill file with examples
        ├── SKILL.md.backup    # Backup (if enhanced)
        ├── references/        # Categorized documentation
        │   ├── index.md
        │   ├── getting_started.md
        │   ├── api.md
        │   └── ...
        ├── scripts/           # Empty (for user scripts)
        └── assets/            # Empty (for user assets)

Configuration Format

Config files in configs/*.json contain:

• name: Skill identifier (e.g., "godot", "react")
• description: When to use this skill
• base_url: Starting URL for scraping
• selectors: CSS selectors for content extraction
  • main_content: Main documentation content (e.g., "article", "div[role='main']")
  • title: Page title selector
  • code_blocks: Code sample selector (e.g., "pre code", "pre")
• url_patterns: URL filtering
  • include: Only scrape URLs containing these patterns
  • exclude: Skip URLs containing these patterns
• categories: Keyword-based categorization mapping
• rate_limit: Delay between requests (seconds)
• max_pages: Maximum pages to scrape
• split_strategy: (Optional) How to split large docs: "auto", "category", "router", "size"
• split_config: (Optional) Split configuration
  • target_pages_per_skill: Pages per sub-skill (default: 5000)
  • create_router: Create router/hub skill (default: true)
  • split_by_categories: Category names to split by
• checkpoint: (Optional) Checkpoint/resume configuration
  • enabled: Enable checkpointing (default: false)
  • interval: Save every N pages (default: 1000)

Key Features

Auto-detect existing data: Tool checks for output/{name}_data/ and prompts to reuse, avoiding re-scraping.

Language detection: Detects code languages from:

1. CSS class attributes (language-*, lang-*)
2. Heuristics (keywords like def, const, func, etc.)

Pattern extraction: Looks for "Example:", "Pattern:", "Usage:" markers in content and extracts following code blocks (up to 5 per page).

Smart categorization:

• Scores pages against category keywords (3 points for URL match, 2 for title, 1 for content)
• Threshold of 2+ for categorization
• Auto-infers categories from URL segments if none provided
• Falls back to "other" category

Enhanced SKILL.md: Generated with:

• Real code examples from documentation (language-annotated)
• Quick reference patterns extracted from docs
• Common pattern section
• Category file listings

AI-Powered Enhancement: Two scripts to dramatically improve SKILL.md quality:

• enhance_skill.py: Uses Anthropic API (~$0.15-$0.30 per skill, requires API key)
• enhance_skill_local.py: Uses Claude Code Max (free, no API key needed)
• Transforms generic 75-line templates into comprehensive 500+ line guides
• Extracts best examples, explains key concepts, adds navigation guidance
• Success rate: 9/10 quality (based on steam-economy test)

Large Documentation Support (NEW): Handle 10K-40K+ page documentation:

• split_config.py: Split large configs into multiple focused sub-skills
• generate_router.py: Create intelligent router/hub skills that direct queries
• package_multi.py: Package multiple skills at once
• 4 split strategies: auto, category, router, size
• Parallel scraping support for faster processing
• MCP integration for natural language usage

Checkpoint/Resume (NEW): Never lose progress on long scrapes:

• Auto-saves every N pages (configurable, default: 1000)
• Resume with --resume flag
• Clear checkpoint with --fresh flag
• Saves on interruption (Ctrl+C)

Key Code Locations

• URL validation: is_valid_url() doc_scraper.py:47-62
• Content extraction: extract_content() doc_scraper.py:64-131
• Language detection: detect_language() doc_scraper.py:133-163
• Pattern extraction: extract_patterns() doc_scraper.py:165-181
• Smart categorization: smart_categorize() doc_scraper.py:280-321
• Category inference: infer_categories() doc_scraper.py:323-349
• Quick reference generation: generate_quick_reference() doc_scraper.py:351-370
• SKILL.md generation: create_enhanced_skill_md() doc_scraper.py:424-540
• Scraping loop: scrape_all() doc_scraper.py:226-249
• Main workflow: main() doc_scraper.py:661-733

Workflow Examples

First time scraping (with scraping)

# 1. Scrape + Build
python3 cli/doc_scraper.py --config configs/godot.json
# Time: 20-40 minutes

# 2. Package
python3 cli/package_skill.py output/godot/

# Result: godot.zip

Using cached data (fast iteration)

# 1. Use existing data
python3 cli/doc_scraper.py --config configs/godot.json --skip-scrape
# Time: 1-3 minutes

# 2. Package
python3 cli/package_skill.py output/godot/

Creating a new framework config

# Option 1: Interactive
python3 cli/doc_scraper.py --interactive

# Option 2: Copy and modify
cp configs/react.json configs/myframework.json
# Edit configs/myframework.json
python3 cli/doc_scraper.py --config configs/myframework.json

Large documentation workflow (40K pages)

# 1. Estimate page count (fast, 1-2 minutes)
python3 cli/estimate_pages.py configs/godot.json

# 2. Split into focused sub-skills
python3 cli/split_config.py configs/godot.json --strategy router --target-pages 5000

# Creates: godot-scripting.json, godot-2d.json, godot-3d.json, etc.

# 3. Scrape all in parallel (4-8 hours instead of 20-40!)
for config in configs/godot-*.json; do
  python3 cli/doc_scraper.py --config $config &
done
wait

# 4. Generate intelligent router skill
python3 cli/generate_router.py configs/godot-*.json

# 5. Package all skills
python3 cli/package_multi.py output/godot*/

# 6. Upload all .zip files to Claude
# Result: Router automatically directs queries to the right sub-skill!

Time savings: Parallel scraping reduces 20-40 hours to 4-8 hours

See full guide: Large Documentation Guide

Testing Selectors

To find the right CSS selectors for a documentation site:

from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import requests

url = "https://docs.example.com/page"
soup = BeautifulSoup(requests.get(url).content, 'html.parser')

# Try different selectors
print(soup.select_one('article'))
print(soup.select_one('main'))
print(soup.select_one('div[role="main"]'))

Running Tests

IMPORTANT: You must install the package before running tests

# 1. Install package in editable mode (one-time setup)
pip install -e .

# 2. Run all tests
pytest

# 3. Run specific test files
pytest tests/test_config_validation.py
pytest tests/test_github_scraper.py

# 4. Run with verbose output
pytest -v

# 5. Run with coverage report
pytest --cov=src/skill_seekers --cov-report=html

Why install first?

• Tests import from skill_seekers.cli which requires the package to be installed
• Modern Python packaging best practice (PEP 517/518)
• CI/CD automatically installs with pip install -e .
• conftest.py will show helpful error if package not installed

Test Coverage:

• 391+ tests passing
• 39% code coverage
• All core features tested
• CI/CD tests on Ubuntu + macOS with Python 3.10-3.12

Troubleshooting

No content extracted: Check main_content selector. Common values: article, main, div[role="main"], div.content

Poor categorization: Edit categories section in config with better keywords specific to the documentation structure

Force re-scrape: Delete cached data with rm -rf output/{name}_data/

Rate limiting issues: Increase rate_limit value in config (e.g., from 0.5 to 1.0 seconds)

Output Quality Checks

After building, verify quality:

cat output/godot/SKILL.md              # Should have real code examples
cat output/godot/references/index.md   # Should show categories
ls output/godot/references/            # Should have category .md files

llms.txt Support

Skill_Seekers automatically detects llms.txt files before HTML scraping:

Detection Order

1. {base_url}/llms-full.txt (complete documentation)
2. {base_url}/llms.txt (standard version)
3. {base_url}/llms-small.txt (quick reference)

Benefits

• ⚡ 10x faster (< 5 seconds vs 20-60 seconds)
• ✅ More reliable (maintained by docs authors)
• 🎯 Better quality (pre-formatted for LLMs)
• 🚫 No rate limiting needed

Example Sites

• Hono: https://hono.dev/llms-full.txt

If no llms.txt is found, automatically falls back to HTML scraping.