fetch-url

Installation
SKILL.md

Fetch URL

Extract text from any webpage. Works globally.

Usage

fetch-url "https://example.com"           # Auto-selects best tool
fetch-url "https://reddit.com/r/python"   # Works on blocked sites
fetch-url "URL" -v                        # Verbose (show tool used)

Options

Option Description
--tool NAME jina, chrome, markdown, w3m, lynx, chawan
-v, --verbose Show which tool selected
--no-clean Keep empty lines

Tools (Auto-Selected)

Tool Best For
jina Docs, blogs, arXiv, Medium (default)
chrome Cloudflare/JS-protected sites (firmenabc.at, etc.)
w3m Reddit, Hacker News
markdown Fallback, GitHub

Edge Cases

  • Cloudflare-protected sites (firmenabc.at, etc.): Auto-detected, uses chrome headless to solve JS challenges
  • Reddit: w3m may only return navigation elements; try --tool jina for post content
  • StackOverflow: May redirect to different questions; verify URL is canonical
  • Wikipedia: Can return empty results; try --tool w3m as fallback

Credentials (Optional)

Only needed for --tool api mode. Most users don't need this.

credgoo add FETCH_URL_BEARER

Install

cd ~/.pi/agent/skills/fetch-url
./install.sh
ln -sf $(pwd)/fetch-url ~/.local/bin/fetch-url  # Make global
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