Search and reference Chromium documentation from the local docs index, including design docs, APIs, and development guides. Use when the user asks to find, locate, browse, or learn from Chromium docs about architecture, APIs, testing, GPU, networking, or other Chromium topics.
Activate this skill when the user:
Do NOT activate when:
Build the index (required before first search; rebuild after major syncs):
python ../../../agents/skills/chromium-docs/scripts/chromium_docs.py \
--build-index
Search documentation:
python ../../../agents/skills/chromium-docs/scripts/chromium_docs.py \
"your query"
The index should be rebuilt when:
git pull or rebase — new docs may have been addedThe index covers ~2000+ markdown files and builds in about 30 seconds.
If the search returns "index needs to be built first":
--build-index command shown aboveDocuments are classified into the following categories. Use these names to understand result groupings:
| Category | Covers |
|---|---|
| android | Android-specific code and build docs |
| ios | iOS-specific docs |
| chromeos | ChromeOS / Ash docs |
| gpu | Graphics, WebGL, Vulkan, OpenGL |
| media | Audio, video, codecs |
| security | Sandbox, site-isolation, crypto, CORS |
| network | Net stack, QUIC, TCP, DNS, SSL/TLS |
| testing | Unit tests, browser tests, test frameworks |
| ui | Views, Aura, UI toolkit |
| accessibility | a11y, screen readers |
| build | GN, Ninja, compilation |
| performance | Benchmarks, memory, speed |
| api | Mojo/mojom interfaces |
| architecture | Design documents, multi-process model |
| development | DevTools, debugging, tools |
| general | Everything else |
Search results are returned as markdown with:
[Title](path/to/doc.md)When presenting results to the user:
User asks: "How does Chromium's multi-process architecture work?"
Search
"multi-process architecture"and return the top design docs with file paths and summaries.
User asks: "Find all testing-related docs"
Search
"testing guide"to surface testing guides and frameworks.
User asks: "Where are the Mojo IPC docs?"
Search
"mojo ipc"and return linked paths to the Mojo binding and interface documentation.
User asks: "GPU rendering best practices"
Search
"gpu rendering"and present GPU-category results with excerpts.
../../../agents/skills/chromium-docs/data/configs/search_config.json../../../agents/skills/chromium-docs/README.md.md files matching docs/**/*.md,
*/README.md, and */docs/*.md across the entire Chromium source tree