DeepWiki

Overview

The DeepWiki skill uses the mcporter CLI to query DeepWiki’s public repository documentation endpoint. Suitable for exploring a GitHub repo: listing documentation topics, reading documentation content, and asking questions about the codebase.

Endpoint:

text

https://mcp.deepwiki.com/mcp

Workflow

Step 1: Inspect tool signatures

List available tools and their parameters:

bash

bunx mcporter list https://mcp.deepwiki.com/mcp --all-parameters

Step 2: List documentation topics

bash

bunx mcporter call https://mcp.deepwiki.com/mcp.read_wiki_structure \
  repoName:owner/repo

Parameters:

•repoName (required): GitHub repository in owner/repo format.

Step 3: Read documentation content

bash

bunx mcporter call https://mcp.deepwiki.com/mcp.read_wiki_contents \
  repoName:owner/repo

Parameters:

•repoName (required): GitHub repository in owner/repo format.

Step 4: Ask a repo question

bash

bunx mcporter call https://mcp.deepwiki.com/mcp.ask_question \
  repoName:owner/repo \
  question:"How does the routing layer work?"

Parameters:

•repoName (required): GitHub repository in owner/repo format.
•question (required): The question to answer about the repo.

Examples

List topics for React

bash

bunx mcporter call https://mcp.deepwiki.com/mcp.read_wiki_structure \
  repoName:facebook/react

Read documentation for React

bash

bunx mcporter call https://mcp.deepwiki.com/mcp.read_wiki_contents \
  repoName:facebook/react

Ask a question about React

bash

bunx mcporter call https://mcp.deepwiki.com/mcp.ask_question \
  repoName:facebook/react \
  question:"How is the rendering pipeline structured?"

Tips

•Always start with mcporter list to confirm parameter names and defaults.
•Use precise, repo-specific questions for better answers.
•Only public GitHub repositories are supported.