Trigger GitHits manually

Some agent harnesses call MCP tools aggressively. Others wait until you ask for a specific kind of research. If your agent is guessing, looping, or relying on generic knowledge, tell it directly to use GitHits. For a broader view of when to use GitHits during planning, implementation, and debugging, see Use GitHits in agentic coding workflows.

Prompt patterns

Use these prompts inside your coding agent.

Debug a dependency issue

Use GitHits Code Navigation to inspect <package_name> version that we have in use. Search for <symbol, behavior, or error message>, then read the relevant source lines and debug the issue.

Good when a stack trace points into a dependency, docs do not explain a behavior, or the agent keeps guessing. The agent can usually infer the package version from your repo.

Read package documentation

Use GitHits docs tools for <package_name> and find the documentation page about <topic>. Summarize the relevant section before implementing.

Good when hosted docs or repo-backed docs are needed inside the agent session.

Review a package or upgrade

Use GitHits Package Inspection for <package_name>. Check vulnerabilities, dependencies, and relevant changelog entries for the version change in this repo.

Good for dependency triage, vulnerability checks, and upgrade context.

Find a real implementation pattern

Use GitHits Code Examples to find prior art and real implementation patterns for <task or API>. Compare the sources, adapt the pattern to this repo, and cite what you used.

Good for unfamiliar APIs, integration patterns, and current ecosystem conventions when you do not need a version-specific source inspection.

Agent instruction snippet

Add this to your project instructions if you want stronger default behavior:

When work depends on open-source libraries, use GitHits before guessing. Use Code Navigation to inspect dependency source for the version in this repo, Documentation Access for hosted or repo-backed docs, Package Inspection for dependency metadata, vulnerabilities, and changelogs, and Code Examples for prior art and current implementation patterns when version-specific inspection is not required.

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Trigger GitHits manually

Prompt patterns

Debug a dependency issue

Read package documentation

Review a package or upgrade

Find a real implementation pattern

Agent instruction snippet

​Prompt patterns

​Debug a dependency issue

​Read package documentation

​Review a package or upgrade

​Find a real implementation pattern

​Agent instruction snippet

Prompt patterns

Debug a dependency issue

Read package documentation

Review a package or upgrade

Find a real implementation pattern

Agent instruction snippet