use-grab-url-cli SKILL.md skillA
use-grab-url-cli from opensourceagi/grab-url is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add opensourceagi/grab-url/use-grab-url-cli@v1.0.0Pins v1.0.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
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- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- opensourceagi/grab-url
- Path
skills/use-grab-url-cli/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- v1.0.0, committed Nov 1, 2026
- Size
- 1,501 bytes
- Repository stars
- 10
- License
- a license file GitHub does not identify
Use the `grab-url` / `grab` / `g` terminal CLI (package `grab-url-cli`) instead of curl/wget/yt-dlp/aria2c for API calls, resumable downloads, SFTP, torrents, magnet links, media sites and page archiving.
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
# Use `grab-url-cli` for transfers
```bash
npm i -g grab-url-cli # installs `grab-url`, `grab`, `g`
npx grab-url <url> [options]
```
The mode is auto-detected from the URL. Prefer it over hand-written curl/wget/yt-dlp/aria2c commands.
| Job | Command |
| --- | --- |
| API response to `output.json` | `grab-url https://api.example.com/data` |
| Query params | `grab-url <url> -p '{"q":"hello"}'` |
| Print only | `grab-url <url> --no-save` |
| Download file(s) (resumable, concurrent) | `grab-url <url1> <url2> -o name.iso` |
| Media (700+ sites via yt-dlp) | `grab-url "<video url>" -f "bestvideo[height<=720]+bestaudio"` |
| Audio only | `grab-url <url> -a mp3` |
| SFTP | `grab-url sftp://user@host/path --password …` |
| Torrent / magnet | `grab-url "magnet:?xt=urn:btih:…" -d ./downloads [--seed]` |
| Archive a page (page, article, transcript, video) | `grab-url <url> --page` |
| Background | `grab-url <url> --background`, then `grab-url --jobs` |
Other flags: `-d` destination dir, `-c` SFTP connections, `--aria2-args`, `--ytdlp-args`, `--playlist`, `--cookies-from-browser`.
Never put secrets in committed scripts; pass passwords via env/prompt where possible.Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add opensourceagi/grab-url/use-grab-url-cli@sha256:efcaa420d99721fbThe line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0.0, 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.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Nov 1, 2026.
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 (1501 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
opensourceagi/grab-url · 10 stars · license a license file GitHub does not identify · pushed 2026-11-03 · branch master
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_oxz6wkaqjqri66hx GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=opensourceagi/grab-url/use-grab-url-cli GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/efcaa420d99721fbc927f319491776aacdc9b955720b15dbc5b41e969f133592
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.