- Who it helps
- Developers checking commands against the exact package version they use.
- Availability
- Public manuals website, announced November 3; documented machine-readable formats and MCP access.
The useful change
The announcement describes Markdown, raw and JSON forms, content digests and permanent versioned addresses. The latest alias can change, so a saved version-specific address is the stronger reference.
Chainguard publishes version-specific manuals for coding agents ↗
How an agent can consult it
The documented Model Context Protocol connector exposes search, manual retrieval, cross-reference resolution and package information. MCP is a protocol for connecting assistants to tools and data.
Chainguard publishes version-specific manuals for coding agents ↗Versioned manuals announcement ↗
What you can do
- Open the manuals and select the package version used by your project. Open reference ↗
Where the evidence stops
Announcement and index read November 4. No connector installed or agent workflow executed. Better documentation access alone does not prove fewer coding mistakes.
Sources read. Primary sources read November 4, 2026 UTC. No third-party software, model inference or full workflow executed.
Sources & further reading
Web · official
Chainguard publishes version-specific manuals for coding agents ↗
Identifies the subject, documented capability or specific verification limit.
Chainguard · page checked 2026-11-04
Web · official
Versioned manuals announcement ↗
Identifies the subject, documented capability or specific verification limit.
Dustin Kirkland / Chainguard · page checked 2026-11-04
Coverage note: Independent attention and end-to-end execution remain unverified.
The record over time (1)
Dated source checks and published explanations. An observation date can differ from the original release date.
- · Added to Current
Chainguard makes operating-system manuals available at version-specific addresses that people and coding agents can read.