Documentation

Installation, commands, and configuration for the anytext CLI.

Installation

Requires Node.js 18 or later. Install globally via npm:

npm install -g anytext-cli

Or use npx to run without installing:

npx anytext-cli list

Add anytext as a skill to your coding agent (Claude Code, Cursor, etc.):

npx skills add ruiyuwg/anytext

Once added, your agent can call anytext commands directly from its tool loop.

List all available libraries and their topic counts.

anytext list              # all libraries
anytext list react        # topics for a library

Read a specific topic. Outputs plain markdown to stdout.

anytext read react hooks
anytext read nextjs routing

Search across all docs. Returns ranked results with library, topic, and token count.

anytext search "server components"

Manage the local cache at ~/.anytext/. Manifest is cached for 24 hours; docs are cached until the manifest version changes.

anytext cache status      # show cache info
anytext cache clear       # clear all cached data

Update to the latest version:

npm update -g anytext-cli

Check your current version with anytext --version.

Remove the CLI and clear cached data:

npm uninstall -g anytext-cli
rm -rf ~/.anytext