diff --git a/lib/doc.lua b/lib/doc.lua
index 34faa46..e472079 100644
--- a/lib/doc.lua
+++ b/lib/doc.lua
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ doc.searchers = {}
 doc.tctab = {
  ["string"] = 31,
  ["table"] = 32,
+ ["userdata"] = 32,
  ["number"] = 33,
  ["boolean"] = 35,
  ["function"] = 36
@@ -111,6 +112,31 @@ function doc.searchers.cdoc(topic) -- string -- string string -- Searches for do
   end
  end
 end
+function doc.searchers.component(name)
+ local dt = {}
+ local addr = component.list(name)()
+ if addr then
+  for fname,_ in pairs(component.methods(addr)) do
+   fd = {args={},outtypes={},atypes={}}
+   local ds = component.doc(addr,fname)
+   local ins, outs, desc = ds:match("%((.-)%)") or "", ds:match("%):(.*)%-%-") or "", ds:match("%-%-(.+)") or ""
+   for arg in ins:gmatch("[^,%s%[%]]+") do
+    local an,at = arg:match("(.-):(.+)")
+    at = at:match("(.-)=") or at
+    fd.args[#fd.args+1] = {an,at}
+    fd.atypes[an] = at
+   end
+   for out in outs:gmatch("[^,]+") do
+    fd.outtypes[#fd.outtypes+1] = out:match("^%s*(.-)%s*$")
+   end
+   fd.description = desc or ""
+   dt[name.."."..fname] = fd
+  end
+ else
+  return
+ end
+ return doc.format(dt)
+end
 
 function doc.docs(topic) -- string -- boolean -- Displays the documentation for *topic*, returning true, or errors. Also callable as just doc().
  local lib = os.getenv("LIB") or "/boot/lib"