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pkgref

v0.0.2

Published

16 days ago

Clone dependency source repositories and index their docs and examples.

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pkgref

Clone dependency source repositories and generate a local index of their docs and examples for coding agents and humans.

Requires Node.js 24+ and Git.

Usage

Run from a project containing package.json:

npx pkgref

Use the arrow keys to navigate, Space to select packages, and Enter to confirm. pkgref then shows the Git URLs, asks for a target directory (default: docs/pkg-reference), and offers to link the index from AGENTS.md.

Skip prompts by supplying packages and a target:

npx pkgref --pkgs=react,vitest --dir docs/pkg-reference

Update every clean clone in the target:

npx pkgref update
npx pkgref update --dir docs/other-references

Output

Repositories are shallow-cloned and deduplicated. INDEX.md links to nested doc, docs, example, and examples directories, or to the repository root when none exist. Reruns preserve earlier index entries.

pkgref never overwrites a user-owned index or unrelated path. Existing clones with local changes are left untouched. Failures return a nonzero exit code without discarding successful work.

See SPEC.md for the full behavioral contract.

Development

vp install
vp check
vp test
vp pack