StackOverflow CLI - Search StackOverflow in your terminal.

Claude Code Plugins(Skills)

Stackoverflow CLI provides official plugins for Claude Code that integrate seamlessly with the AI-powered development environment. These plugins make it easy to search StackOverflow directly from Claude Code, fetch question details, and analyze results with AI assistance.

Installation ​

1. Add the Stackoverflow Plugin Marketplace ​

First, add the Stackoverflow plugin marketplace to Claude Code:

/plugin marketplace add greatsumini/stackoverflow-cli

2. Install Plugins ​

Install the plugins using the following commands:

/plugin install stackoverflow-search@stackoverflow-search

Now you and your claude can use the stackoverflow-search skill in Claude Code 😄

Installation

npm install -g sof-cli

Or run directly with npx:

npx sof-cli search "vim exit"

Usage

Search questions

stackoverflow search <query> [options]

Examples:

stackoverflow search "PrismaClientKnownRequestError: Invalid `this.prisma.user.upsert()` invocation in" --json
stackoverflow search "pnpm workspace internal packages typescript" --limit 10
stackoverflow search "python error" --tagged python --accepted
stackoverflow search "react hook" --sort votes --order asc --limit 10
stackoverflow search "sql injection" --title "prevent" --fromdate 2022-01-01

Options:

Option	Description	Default
-l, --limit <number>	Number of results to return	5
--tagged <tags>	Filter by tags (semicolon-separated, e.g. "python;django")	—
--nottagged <tags>	Exclude questions with these tags (semicolon-separated)	—
--title <text>	Text that must appear in the question title	—
--body <text>	Text that must appear in the question body	—
--accepted	Only return questions with an accepted answer	—
--answers <number>	Minimum number of answers	—
--views <number>	Minimum number of views	—
--user <id>	Only return questions by this user ID	—
--sort <sort>	Sort order: activity, creation, votes, relevance	relevance
--order <order>	Sort direction: asc or desc	desc
--fromdate <date>	Only return questions after this date (YYYY-MM-DD)	—
--todate <date>	Only return questions before this date (YYYY-MM-DD)	—
--json	Output results as JSON (useful for scripting or AI agents)	—

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Get question details

Fetch the full question body and top answers by question ID.

stackoverflow get_question <id> [options]
# Alias:
stackoverflow get <id> [options]

Examples:

stackoverflow get 11828270
stackoverflow get 11828270 --max-answers 5 --json

Options:

Option	Description	Default
--max-answers <number>	Number of answers to fetch	3
--json	Output results as JSON	—

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Rate Limits

This tool uses the Stack Exchange API. By default, unauthenticated requests are limited to 300 requests per day per IP address.

Increasing the limit to 10,000 requests/day

Register a Stack Exchange application at stackapps.com to get a free App Key, then configure it:

stackoverflow init --key <YOUR_APP_KEY>

The key is saved to ~/.config/sof-cli/config.json and applied to all subsequent requests automatically.

	Without Key	With Key
Daily request limit	300	10,000

License

MIT License

Author

Choe Sumin