codex-web-render SKILL.md skillA
codex-web-render from ericpardee/agent-files is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add ericpardee/agent-files/codex-web-render@git:20260918.26378fbPins git:20260918.26378fb in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- ericpardee/agent-files
- Path
skills/codex-web-render/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20260918.26378fb, committed Sep 18, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jul 27, 2026
- Size
- 4,807 bytes
- Repository stars
- 3
- License
- MIT
Fetch JavaScript-heavy, client-rendered, or bot-protected web pages that the built-in WebFetch tool cannot read (WebFetch returns an empty body, a loading spinner, an "enable JavaScript" notice, or just nav/boilerplate from an un-hydrated app shell). Drives a real system browser headless (no visible window, ~5-10s) and returns the page's fully rendered visible text, falling back to the Codex CLI only if that fails. Use this when the target URL matches the bundled problem-sites list (e.g. claude.
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
# Codex Web Render Render JavaScript-heavy or bot-protected pages with a real browser and return the page's visible text. This exists because the built-in `WebFetch` retrieves raw HTML without executing JavaScript, so client-rendered pages come back as empty shells. The script has two paths: 1. **Fast path (default).** A pre-written Playwright renderer (`scripts/render.py`) drives a real system browser (Brave Origin, then Chrome, then Chromium) in `--headless=new` mode with `--disable-blink-features=AutomationControlled`. No visible window opens, it takes ~5-10s, and that automation flag is what clears Cloudflare's non-interactive "checking your browser" challenge that plain headless Chromium gets blocked by. 2. **Codex fallback (opt-in).** Only if the fast path fails (browser missing, still challenged, empty content) and `RENDER_ALLOW_CODEX=1` is set does it hand the URL to `codex exec`, which is far slower because it boots the full Codex agent to write and run its own browser script. Without that variable a failed fast path exits 3 with a message and nothing else runs. Set `RENDER_NO_FAST=1` to skip the fast path. ## When to use this skill …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add ericpardee/agent-files/codex-web-render@sha256:a5246d3bd6669523The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260918.26378fb, 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_ke2uv7owul6w2afq)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Jul 27, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026, about one every 53 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| git:20260918.26378fb latest | 2026-09-18 | 26378fb | 4,807 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260727.60d0582 | 2026-07-27 | 60d0582 | 4,451 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 (4807 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
ericpardee/agent-files · 3 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-02 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_ke2uv7owul6w2afq GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=ericpardee/agent-files/codex-web-render GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/a5246d3bd6669523ec6745a634d578f5bd72333fd9794bfa3635a82588998b1b
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
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.