cli-web-codewiki

Google Code Wiki on the command line: repo search, wiki reading, Gemini Q&A about codebases. Repos are referenced by slug org/name (e.g. facebook/react). Install: pip install cli-web-codewiki

Commands

• repos featured — featured repositories on the homepage
• repos search QUERY — search repositories. Options: --limit N (default 25), --offset N
• wiki sections ORG/REPO — table of contents (section titles + descriptions)
• wiki section ORG/REPO TITLE — one section by title (case-insensitive partial match)
• wiki get ORG/REPO — full wiki content, all sections
• wiki download ORG/REPO — save the full wiki as markdown files. Options: -o/--output DIR (default <org>-<repo>-wiki/)
• chat ask QUESTION --repo ORG/REPO — ask Gemini about the repo's codebase

Examples

# Find a repo, then list its wiki sections
cli-web-codewiki repos search "react" --json
cli-web-codewiki wiki sections excalidraw/excalidraw --json

# Read just the overview section
cli-web-codewiki wiki section facebook/react "Overview" --json

# Ask Gemini about architecture (takes ~5-7s)
cli-web-codewiki chat ask "How does the rendering engine work?" --repo excalidraw/excalidraw --json

# Save a repo's whole wiki locally for offline reading
cli-web-codewiki wiki download kubernetes/kubernetes -o k8s-wiki/

JSON output

Add --json for structured output: {"success": true, "data": ...} on success, {"error": true, "code": "...", "message": "..."} on failure. repos search data: [{slug, github_url, description, avatar_url, stars, updated_at}]. wiki get data: {repo, sections: [{title, level, description, content, code_refs}], section_count}. chat ask data: {answer, repo} where answer is markdown with links to source code.

Utilities

cli-web-codewiki doctor [--json] diagnoses local setup. cli-web-codewiki mcp-serve exposes the commands as MCP tools over stdio.

Agent tips

• Prefer wiki sections + wiki section over wiki get — full wikis can be very large.
• Wiki content is markdown with GitHub source links, useful to quote directly.