railway-docs
railwayapp/railway-skills
Fetch up-to-date Railway documentation to answer platform questions accurately.
What is railway-docs?
This skill retrieves current Railway documentation when users ask about platform features, deployments, projects, or share docs.railway.com URLs. Use it before answering Railway questions from memory to ensure accuracy.
- Fetches LLM-optimized Railway docs from docs.railway.com
- Converts standard docs URLs to markdown format by appending .md
- Accesses comprehensive guides on projects, deployments, volumes, variables, and CLI
- Retrieves pricing, changelog, templates, and blog information
- Provides current feature information instead of relying on training data
How to install railway-docs
npx skills add https://github.com/railwayapp/railway-skills --skill railway-docsHow to use railway-docs
- 1.When a user asks about Railway features or shares a docs URL, identify the relevant documentation path
- 2.Fetch the appropriate LLM-optimized source (full docs, templates, changelog, or blog)
- 3.For specific topics, construct the URL by appending .md to the docs.railway.com path
- 4.Parse the markdown response and answer the user's question with current information
- 5.Reference the documentation source in your response
Use cases
- User asks how to set up a Railway project or configure deployments
- User shares a docs.railway.com link and needs explanation
- User needs current pricing or feature information for Railway
- User asks about Railway-specific concepts like volumes or environment variables
- User needs CLI reference or template information
- Developers deploying applications on Railway
- DevOps engineers configuring Railway infrastructure
- Users migrating to or evaluating Railway platform
- Anyone needing accurate, current Railway documentation
railway-docs FAQ
Check the Railway docs first using this skill rather than relying on training data, as Railway features and pricing may have changed.
Append .md to the end of the URL. For example, https://docs.railway.com/guides/projects becomes https://docs.railway.com/guides/projects.md
The full docs (llms-docs.md), templates (llms-templates.md), changelog (llms-changelog.md), blog (llms-blog.md), and the llms.txt index at railway.com/llms.txt
No, this skill is specifically for Railway platform documentation. Use it only when users ask about Railway features, pricing, or share Railway docs URLs.
Full instructions (SKILL.md)
Source of truth, from railwayapp/railway-skills.
name: railway-docs description: This skill should be used when the user asks about Railway features, how Railway works, or shares a docs.railway.com URL. Fetches up-to-date Railway docs to answer accurately.
Railway Docs
Fetch up-to-date Railway documentation to answer questions accurately.
When to Use
- User asks how something works on Railway (projects, deployments, volumes, etc.)
- User shares a docs.railway.com URL
- User needs current info about Railway features or pricing
- Before answering Railway questions from memory - check the docs first
LLM-Optimized Sources
Start here for comprehensive, up-to-date info:
| Source | URL |
|---|---|
| Full docs | https://docs.railway.com/api/llms-docs.md |
| llms.txt index | https://railway.com/llms.txt |
| Templates | https://railway.com/llms-templates.md |
| Changelog | https://railway.com/llms-changelog.md |
| Blog | https://blog.railway.com/llms-blog.md |
Fetching Specific Pages
Append .md to any docs.railway.com URL:
https://docs.railway.com/guides/projects
→ https://docs.railway.com/guides/projects.md
Common Doc Paths
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Projects | https://docs.railway.com/guides/projects.md |
| Deployments | https://docs.railway.com/guides/deployments.md |
| Volumes | https://docs.railway.com/guides/volumes.md |
| Variables | https://docs.railway.com/guides/variables.md |
| CLI | https://docs.railway.com/reference/cli-api.md |
| Pricing | https://docs.railway.com/reference/pricing.md |
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