Docs 'name already taken' - but it's not taken

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Minor inconvenience: I get an error message when adding Docs:
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In this example, I am trying to call it ‘Numpy’ and it is saying that it is already taken, but it is not in my Docs

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Not sure if ‘crawler’ was created before or after this was posted. Currently Cursor automatically indexes documentation for a large number of projects. I agree that the complete lack of information or feedback when trying to add docs should be considered a bug.

But until it’s fixed, you can manually check the crawler repo to see what’s already accounted for. ‘NumPy’ is already in the list, so you would need to use a different name if you are using a different URL.

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This is still a confusing UI issue. It would help if the default docs and Crawler would be mentioned in the error message.

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This is still a thing in March 2025 btw

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still a thing in May 2025

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Found this issue via Google after experiencing it myself, it’s great that many docs are already indexed, but a big UX issue that this is not noted in the IDE. The settings section for Docs should have a way to see which docs are already indexed.