fetch-url SKILL.md skillA
fetch-url from devskale/skale-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add devskale/skale-skills/fetch-url@v2.9.1Pins v2.9.1 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- devskale/skale-skills
- Path
skills/fetch-url/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 16
- Latest version
- v2.9.1, committed Nov 3, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jun 1, 2026
- Size
- 4,233 bytes
- Repository stars
- 2
- License
- none declared
Bash skill — run `fetch-url "url"` in your shell (not an MCP tool). Fetch and extract readable text from any web page. Use when the user wants to read an article, docs, or scrape a page.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Fetch URL ```bash fetch-url "https://example.com" # That's it. ``` Extracts text from any webpage. Works globally after install. **No credentials needed** — the free tools (w3m, lynx, jina, markdown) cover most sites. ## Keep it simple - **Output is already cleaned.** No `head`, no `2>&1`. `fetch-url "url"` genügt. No URL yet? `web-search "query"` first — search finds, fetch-url reads. - **Tool auto-selects per site** (Reddit→w3m, GitHub/docs→defuddle, StackOverflow→markdown). `--tool` only when the default output is poor. - **JS/Cloudflare site?** `--tool chrome` (or `--tool markdown --md-method browser`). ## Install & update ```bash pi install git:github.com/devskale/skale-skills # the pi package (loads the skill) ./install.sh # once from this dir → global `fetch-url` (uv auto-installed) fetch-url --update / --selfcheck # manual update / version+date ``` ## Usage ```bash fetch-url "https://example.com" # Auto-selects best tool fetch-url "https://reddit.com/r/python" # Redirects to old.reddit.com, uses w3m fetch-url "URL" --tool jina # Force specific tool (-v = verbose) ``` …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add devskale/skale-skills/fetch-url@sha256:ec5a064b21ae835bThe line at the top of this page pins the label v2.9.1, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_exaomx4w2pafqopj)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 16 versions of this file, between Jun 1, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026, about one every 10 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v2.9.1 latest | 2026-11-03 | 07b5611 | 4,233 B | A | view · diff |
| v2.9.0 | 2026-11-01 | f49dd7a | 4,831 B | A | view · diff |
| v2.9.0 | 2026-10-17 | 8069cdb | 4,855 B | A | view · diff |
| v2.8.4 | 2026-10-16 | 364e674 | 4,655 B | A | view · diff |
| v2.8.3 | 2026-10-02 | b0e08b0 | 4,655 B | A | view · diff |
| v2.8.3 | 2026-09-26 | ae7af32 | 4,922 B | A | view · diff |
| v2.8.2 | 2026-09-22 | 8a27ca8 | 4,989 B | A | view · diff |
| v2.8.1 | 2026-09-18 | 94af145 | 4,535 B | A | view · diff |
| v2.8.0 | 2026-09-16 | 4aabc4e | 4,464 B | A | view · diff |
| v2.7.2 | 2026-09-14 | ab2d16d | 4,898 B | A | view · diff |
| v2.7.1 | 2026-09-14 | 60f41dd | 4,898 B | A | view · diff |
| v2.7.1 | 2026-08-04 | ec42b7d | 4,782 B | A | view · diff |
| v2.7 | 2026-08-01 | ea1e4a2 | 3,962 B | A | view · diff |
| v2.6 | 2026-07-26 | 01b3d6d | 3,466 B | A | view · diff |
| v2.6 | 2026-06-02 | d32a90e | 3,165 B | A | view · diff |
| v2.6 | 2026-06-01 | fa3fea4 | 3,008 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (4233 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
devskale/skale-skills · 2 stars · license none declared · pushed 2026-11-05 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_exaomx4w2pafqopj GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=devskale/skale-skills/fetch-url GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/ec5a064b21ae835b42caab1b19063fbce3d3ea8bff79c20f89919e882c0a4611
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Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.