upstash/context7 · info

No dependencies detected

Error message

No dependencies detected

What it means

Emitted by `ctx7 skills suggest` at step 1 when detectProjectDependencies(process.cwd()) returned an empty array — the scanner found no supported dependency manifest in the current working directory, so there is nothing to match skills against. The CLI hints at manual search (`ctx7 skills search <keyword>`) and returns before any backend call or auth is attempted.

Source

Thrown at packages/cli/src/commands/skill.ts:836

  }

  log.plain(
    `${pc.bold("Quick commands:")}\n` +
      `  Install all: ${pc.cyan(`ctx7 skills install ${repo} --all`)}\n` +
      `  Install one: ${pc.cyan(`ctx7 skills install ${repo} ${data.skills[0]?.name}`)}\n`
  );
}

async function suggestCommand(options: SuggestOptions): Promise<void> {
  trackEvent("command", { name: "suggest" });
  log.blank();

  // Step 1: Detect dependencies
  const scanSpinner = ora("Scanning project dependencies...").start();
  const deps = await detectProjectDependencies(process.cwd());

  if (deps.length === 0) {
    scanSpinner.warn(pc.yellow("No dependencies detected"));
    log.info(`Try ${pc.cyan("ctx7 skills search <keyword>")} to search manually`);
    return;
  }

  scanSpinner.succeed(`Found ${deps.length} dependencies`);

  // Step 2: Single API call to backend
  const searchSpinner = ora("Finding matching skills...").start();

  const accessToken = await getValidAccessToken();

  let data;
  try {
    data = await suggestSkills(deps, accessToken);
  } catch {
    searchSpinner.fail(pc.red("Failed to connect to Context7"));
    return;
  }

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Solutions

1. cd to the project root that actually contains package.json (or the equivalent manifest) and re-run
2. If you already know the stack, use manual search: `ctx7 skills search <keyword>`
3. Add/commit a dependency manifest for your stack, then retry suggest
4. Verify with `ls` that a manifest file exists in the exact directory you are invoking from

Example fix

# before
$ cd packages/web && ctx7 skills suggest
No dependencies detected

# after
$ cd /path/to/repo-root && ctx7 skills suggest

// Confirm a supported manifest exists in cwd before running suggest
import { access } from "node:fs/promises";
import { join } from "node:path";
const MANIFESTS = ["package.json", "pyproject.toml", "go.mod", "Cargo.toml", "composer.json"];
async function hasManifest(cwd: string): Promise<boolean> {
  for (const m of MANIFESTS) {
    try {
      await access(join(cwd, m));
      return true;
    } catch {}
  }
  return false;
}
if (!(await hasManifest(process.cwd()))) {
  console.error("Run from the project root containing a dependency manifest");
}

When it happens

Trigger: Run `ctx7 skills suggest` in an empty directory, home dir, or a folder without package.json/pyproject.toml/go.mod etc.; run it from a subdirectory (e.g. packages/web) while the manifest sits at the repo root; project uses a manifest format the detector does not support.

Common situations: Running the CLI from the wrong cwd (nested folder, git bare repo); scaffolding a brand-new project before adding dependencies; polyglot repos where the detector only recognizes specific manifests; shell configured to start in ~.

Related errors

• No matching skills found for your dependencies
• This skill contains potentially malicious content and cannot
• No skills found in ${repo}
• Review other skills from this repository carefully before in
• Installation cancelled

AI-assisted analysis of upstash/context7@5284672feb (2026-08-18). Data as JSON: /api/errors/b7253165b4227ef9. Report an issue: GitHub.