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Developer Knowledge API

The Developer Knowledge API provides programmatic access to Google developer documentation, including documentation for Google Cloud, Firebase, and Android. It supports semantic and keyword search, document retrieval, and grounded question answering through API and developer tooling.

What it does

Developers can use it to retrieve current Google documentation and ground answers in that documentation from AI agents, IDEs, command-line workflows, and production software.

Availability
Get started using the gcloud CLI, agent skill, client libraries, or APIs Explorer
Pricing model
Not established
Deployment
Google Cloud Application Default Credentials or an API key
Privacy
Not established
Licence
Not established
Capability
searchretrievaltext generationanalysis
Modality
text
Access
APICLISDKweb
Deployment
hosted
Pricing
unknown
Target user
developerenterprise

Evidence

6 claims
  • The API offers semantic and keyword search, document retrieval, and grounded Q&A. [1]
    By offering semantic and keyword search, intelligent document chunking, and grounded Q&A capabilities, the API ensures your agents and developer tools remain accurate and token-efficient.
    Google. Quoted text is outside CC BY 4.0 and keeps its original rights.
  • The API serves frequently indexed, Markdown-formatted Google developer documentation. [1]
    The Developer Knowledge API is indexed frequently to ensure predictable retrieval, fresh documentation, and minimal lag between upstream updates and agent access.
    Google. Quoted text is outside CC BY 4.0 and keeps its original rights.
  • The gcloud CLI surface is pre-installed in Cloud Shell and works with standard Google Cloud SDK installations on Linux, macOS, and Windows. [1]
    It comes pre-installed in Cloud Shell and works across standard Google Cloud SDK installations on Linux, macOS, and Windows without requiring extra plugins or configuration.
    Google. Quoted text is outside CC BY 4.0 and keeps its original rights.
  • The agent skill can be installed with `npx skills add google/skills --skill retrieving-developer-knowledge`. [1]
    npx skills add google/skills --skill retrieving-developer-knowledge
    Google. Quoted text is outside CC BY 4.0 and keeps its original rights.
  • Client libraries are available for C#, Go, Java, Node.js and TypeScript, PHP, Python, and Ruby. [1]
  • BatchGetDocuments can retrieve up to 20 documents in one API call. [1]
    Batching and efficiency: Methods like BatchGetDocuments enable retrieving up to 20 documents in a single API call.
    Google. Quoted text is outside CC BY 4.0 and keeps its original rights.

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