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daily.dev Ask

Your agent already searches the web. Teach it to search like a senior dev.

Give your coding tools access to articles read and upvoted by real developers, instead of random web results.

I'm learning to codeI'm already\* developer

Why not just use web search?

Web search is noisy

Your tools pull from random blogs, outdated StackOverflow answers, and SEO filler. Hard to tell what's actually trustworthy.

AI makes things up

Without good sources, AI tools confidently give you wrong answers. The code looks right but doesn't work.

You need a quality filter

daily-dev-ask only searches articles that real developers have read and upvoted. The community does the filtering for you.

How it works

💬

1

You ask a question

Just type your question, like "How do I set up auth in Next.js?" or "What's the best way to handle state in React?"

🔍

2

Your agent searches daily.dev

Instead of searching the whole internet, it looks through developer articles that have been upvoted by the community.

✅

3

You get a real answer

Every answer links back to the actual articles so you can read them yourself. Nothing made up.

WebSearch vs daily-dev-ask

|                    | WebSearch                | daily-dev-ask                     |
| ------------------ | ------------------------ | --------------------------------- |
| Source quality     | Random web results       | Community-vetted articles         |
| Ranking            | SEO / page rank          | Developer upvotes                 |
| Hallucination risk | High, unverified sources | Low, every claim linked to source |
| Content type       | Anything on the internet | Developer articles only           |
| Quality signal     | None                     | Upvotes, comments, read time      |

Full API access and higher rate limits

daily-dev-ask works on any account. Plus raises your request limits and unlocks the Plus-only endpoints.

[Upgrade to Plus](/plus)

Get started

You'll need an [API token](/settings/api). Pick your tool and install in seconds. [Upgrade to Plus](/plus) for full API access and higher rate limits.

OpenClaw

Copy this instruction to your agent to get started:

`Install daily-dev-ask from clawhub and ask about my topic`

Claude Code

Add daily.dev to Claude Code as a plugin, then use /daily-dev-ask:

`claude plugin marketplace add https://github.com/dailydotdev/daily.git claude plugin install daily.dev@daily.dev claude "/daily-dev-ask your question here"`

After setup, use /daily-dev-ask to search and answer questions from daily.dev articles.

Codex

Install the daily-dev-ask skill in Codex with this command:

`$skill-installer install the daily-dev-ask skill from https://github.com/dailydotdev/daily.git`

Restart Codex after installation, then use $daily-dev-ask.

Cursor

Add daily.dev as a remote skill in Cursor:

1. Open Cursor Settings -> Rules (Cmd+Shift+J on Mac, Ctrl+Shift+J on Windows/Linux)
2. Click "Add Rule" -> "Remote Rule (Github)"
3. Enter the repository URL below

`https://github.com/dailydotdev/daily.git`

Use /daily-dev-ask in Agent chat to search and answer questions.

Frequently asked questions

### Do I need to know how to code to use this?

### What's the difference between this and ChatGPT or web search?

### Is this free?

### What tools does it work with?

### Can I use this for any programming language or framework?

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