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name: web description: Web browsing wrapper for Clawdbot's browser tool. Provides convenient commands for opening URLs, getting page content, searching the web, and taking screenshots. homepage: https://github.com/MillionthOdin16/clawd-explorations metadata: {"clawdbot":{"emoji":"🌐","requires":{"browser":"enabled"}}}

Web Browsing Skill

Browse the web using Clawdbot's built-in browser tool (not curl!).

Setup

Browser must be enabled in Clawdbot:

Copy# Browser is already enabled in your config
clawdbot browser status  # Check status
clawdbot browser start   # Start if needed

Commands

Open a URL

Copyuv run {baseDir}/scripts/web.py open "https://example.com"

Get Page Content

Copyuv run {baseDir}/scripts/web.py get "https://example.com"

Get Specific Element (CSS Selector)

Copyuv run {baseDir}/scripts/web.py get "https://example.com" --selector ".main-content"

Search the Web (DuckDuckGo)

Copyuv run {baseDir}/scripts/web.py search "Python AI agents"
# Output:
# 1. https://result1.com
# 2. https://result2.com

Get Plain Text

Copyuv run {baseDir}/scripts/web.py text "https://example.com"

Take Screenshot

Copyuv run {baseDir}/scripts/web.py screenshot "https://example.com" --output /tmp/page.png

Examples

Browse Hacker News

Copy# Open HN
uv run {baseDir}/scripts/web.py open "https://news.ycombinator.com"

# Get top stories
uv run {baseDir}/scripts/web.py get "https://news.ycombinator.com" --selector ".titleline"

Research a Topic

Copy# Search for information
uv run {baseDir}/scripts/web.py search "multi-agent AI systems research"

# Open first result
uv run {baseDir}/scripts/web.py open "https://arxiv.org/abs/..."

Get Documentation

Copy# Get page text
uv run {baseDir}/scripts/web.py text "https://docs.example.com/api"

Why This Is Better Than Curl

Browser Tool Directly

You can also use the browser tool directly:

Copy# Open URL
clawdbot browser open "https://example.com"

# Get snapshot
clawdbot browser snapshot

# Take screenshot
clawdbot browser screenshot --out /tmp/page.png

# Navigate
clawdbot browser navigate "https://new-url.com"

# Click element
clawdbot browser act --kind click --selector ".button"

Troubleshooting

"Browser not running"

Copyclawdbot browser start

"Browser not available"

Check if browser is enabled in your config.

Slow pages

Increase wait time in scripts or use text command for faster results.