Anthropic Platform Docs

Local search over the official Anthropic platform documentation. All ~488 English doc pages from platform.claude.com/docs are stored as individual markdown files with directory structure preserved.

How to search

The docs live in a local directory. Find it by checking common locations:

ls ~/github/*/claude-docs/platform/docs/**/*.md 2>/dev/null

Search strategy

The platform docs are larger (~488 pages) than Claude Code docs, organized into category directories. Narrow by category first, then search within.

1. Identify the category from the table below. Most questions map to one or two directories.
2. Grep within that directory using 2-3 keywords. This quickly narrows to the right doc.
3. Read the most relevant doc in full using Read. Grep snippets alone lack context — the full doc has examples, edge cases, and related parameters.
4. Check related docs when the question spans features. For example, tool use touches both agents-and-tools/ and api/ (for the request schema). A second grep often surfaces the complementary doc.
5. Stop searching once you have the answer. Two or three doc reads should be enough. Don't keep searching for confirmation.

Category directory mapping

Two root-level docs: get-started.md and intro.md.

Common lookups

Tips

• Directory names match the platform.claude.com URL structure, so if you know the URL slug you know the file path
• API reference pages (api/) are very granular — one page per endpoint or schema component
• Use Glob with **/*.md to list all docs or browse a category
• The resources/ directory has practical cookbooks and migration guides — check there for "how do I..." questions