Installation

npm install -g sof-cli

Or run directly with npx:

npx sof-cli search "vim exit"

Usage

Search questions

stackoverflow search <query> [options]

Examples:

stackoverflow search "PrismaClientKnownRequestError: Invalid `this.prisma.user.upsert()` invocation in" --json
stackoverflow search "pnpm workspace internal packages typescript" --limit 10

Options:

| Option | Description | Default | | ---------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | | -l, --limit <number> | Number of results to return | 5 | | --json | Output results as JSON (useful for scripting or AI agents) | — |

Get question details

Fetch the full question body and top answers by question ID.

stackoverflow get_question <id> [options]
# Alias:
stackoverflow get <id> [options]

Examples:

stackoverflow get 11828270
stackoverflow get 11828270 --max-answers 5 --json

Options:

| Option | Description | Default | | ------------------------ | -------------------------- | ------- | | --max-answers <number> | Number of answers to fetch | 3 | | --json | Output results as JSON | — |

Rate Limits

This tool uses the Stack Exchange API. By default, unauthenticated requests are limited to 300 requests per day per IP address.

Increasing the limit to 10,000 requests/day

Register a Stack Exchange application at stackapps.com to get a free App Key, then configure it:

stackoverflow init --key <YOUR_APP_KEY>

The key is saved to ~/.config/sof-cli/config.json and applied to all subsequent requests automatically.

| | Without Key | With Key | | ------------------- | ----------- | -------- | | Daily request limit | 300 | 10,000 |

License

MIT License

Author

Choe Sumin