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---

name: agent-reach

description: >

Give your AI agent eyes to see the entire internet.

Search and read 15+ platforms: Twitter/X, Reddit, YouTube, GitHub, Bilibili,

XiaoHongShu, Douyin, Weibo, WeChat Articles, Xiaoyuzhou Podcast, LinkedIn,

V2EX, RSS, Exa web search, and any web page.

Use when user asks to search, read, or interact on any supported platform,

shares a URL from a supported site, or asks to search the web.

Triggers: "search twitter", "youtube transcript", "search reddit", "read this link",

"bilibili", "web search", "research this", "search weibo", "wechat article",

"xiaohongshu", "douyin", "podcast transcript", "V2EX", "RSS feed".

allowed-tools: Read, Write, Edit, Bash, Glob, Grep

---

# Agent Reach

Search and read 15+ internet platforms from the CLI. Zero API fees for most channels.

**Upstream**: [Panniantong/Agent-Reach](https://github.com/Panniantong/Agent-Reach)

## Preflight (Auto-Update)

**Run this before every use.** It ensures Agent Reach is installed and up-to-date.

```bash

#!/usr/bin/env bash

set -euo pipefail

PASS=true

# 1. Check if agent-reach CLI exists

if ! command -v agent-reach &>/dev/null; then

echo " MISSING agent-reach CLI"

echo " Installing via pipx..."

if command -v pipx &>/dev/null; then

pipx install https://github.com/Panniantong/agent-reach/archive/main.zip --python python3.13 2>&1

agent-reach install --env=auto 2>&1

echo " OK agent-reach installed"

else

echo " FAIL pipx not found. Install: brew install pipx"

PASS=false

else

INSTALLED=$(agent-reach --version 2>/dev/null | grep -oE '[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+' || echo "0.0.0")

echo " OK agent-reach v${INSTALLED}"

# 2. Check for updates (non-blocking: 5s timeout, failures are non-fatal)

LATEST=$(curl -sf --max-time 5 https://api.github.com/repos/Panniantong/Agent-Reach/releases/latest 2>/dev/null \

| python3 -c "import sys,json; print(json.load(sys.stdin).get('tag_name','').lstrip('v'))" 2>/dev/null || echo "")

if [[ -n "$LATEST" && "$LATEST" != "$INSTALLED" ]]; then

echo " UPDATE v${INSTALLED} → v${LATEST}"

echo " Upgrading..."

pipx upgrade agent-reach 2>&1 | tail -1

# Re-run install to update tools and SKILL.md

agent-reach install --env=auto 2>&1 | grep -E '^\s*(✅|--|✗|\[)' | head -20

echo " OK Updated to v${LATEST}"

# 3. Quick health check (which channels are active?)

if command -v agent-reach &>/dev/null; then

DOCTOR_OUTPUT=$(agent-reach doctor 2>&1)

ACTIVE=$(echo "$DOCTOR_OUTPUT" | grep -c '✅' || true)

TOTAL=$(echo "$DOCTOR_OUTPUT" | grep -cE '(✅|--)' || true)

echo " OK ${ACTIVE}/${TOTAL} channels active"

if ! $PASS; then

echo "FAIL: Agent Reach not available."

exit 1

echo "Preflight passed."

```

If the version check fails (no network, GitHub rate-limited), it silently continues with the installed version. Updates are best-effort, never blocking.

## Platform Commands

Run `agent-reach doctor` to see which channels are active on your machine.

### Web — Any URL

```bash

curl -s "https://r.jina.ai/URL"

```

### Web Search (Exa)

```bash

mcporter call 'exa.web_search_exa(query: "query", numResults: 5)'

mcporter call 'exa.get_code_context_exa(query: "code question", tokensNum: 3000)'

```

### Twitter/X (xreach)

```bash

xreach search "query" -n 10 --json # search

xreach tweet URL_OR_ID --json # read tweet

xreach tweets @username -n 20 --json # user timeline

xreach thread URL_OR_ID --json # full thread

```

### YouTube (yt-dlp)

```bash

yt-dlp --dump-json "URL" # video metadata

yt-dlp --write-sub --write-auto-sub --sub-lang "zh-Hans,zh,en" --skip-download -o "/tmp/%(id)s" "URL"

# download subtitles

yt-dlp --dump-json "ytsearch5:query" # search

```

### Bilibili (yt-dlp)

```bash

yt-dlp --dump-json "https://www.bilibili.com/video/BVxxx"

yt-dlp --write-sub --write-auto-sub --sub-lang "zh-Hans,zh,en" --convert-subs vtt --skip-download -o "/tmp/%(id)s" "URL"

```

> Server IPs may get 412. Use `--cookies-from-browser chrome` or configure proxy.

### Reddit

```bash

curl -s "https://www.reddit.com/r/SUBREDDIT/hot.json?limit=10" -H "User-Agent: agent-reach/1.0"

curl -s "https://www.reddit.com/search.json?q=QUERY&limit=10" -H "User-Agent: agent-reach/1.0"

```

> Server IPs may get 403. Search via Exa instead, or configure proxy.

### GitHub (gh CLI)

```bash

gh search repos "query" --sort stars --limit 10

gh repo view owner/repo

gh search code "query" --language python

gh issue list -R owner/repo --state open

```

### XiaoHongShu (mcporter)

```bash

mcporter call 'xiaohongshu.search_feeds(keyword: "query")'

mcporter call 'xiaohongshu.get_feed_detail(feed_id: "xxx", xsec_token: "yyy")'

```

> Requires Docker + cookies. See [setup reference](./references/setup-channels.md).

### Douyin (mcporter)

```bash

mcporter call 'douyin.parse_douyin_video_info(share_link: "https://v.douyin.com/xxx/")'

mcporter call 'douyin.get_douyin_download_link(share_link: "https://v.douyin.com/xxx/")'

```

### WeChat Articles

**Search** (miku_ai):

```bash

python3 -c "

import asyncio

from miku_ai import get_wexin_article

async def s():

for a in await get_wexin_article('query', 5):

print(f'{a[\"title\"]} | {a[\"url\"]}')

asyncio.run(s())

```

**Read** (Camoufox — bypasses WeChat anti-bot):

```bash

cd ~/.agent-reach/tools/wechat-article-for-ai && python3 main.py "https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/ARTICLE_ID"

```

> WeChat articles cannot be read with Jina Reader or curl. Must use Camoufox.

### Xiaoyuzhou Podcast

```bash

~/.agent-reach/tools/xiaoyuzhou/transcribe.sh "https://www.xiaoyuzhoufm.com/episode/EPISODE_ID"

```

> Requires ffmpeg + Groq API Key (free). Configure: `agent-reach configure groq-key YOUR_KEY`

### LinkedIn (mcporter)

```bash

mcporter call 'linkedin.get_person_profile(linkedin_url: "https://linkedin.com/in/username")'

mcporter call 'linkedin.search_people(keyword: "AI engineer", limit: 10)'

```

Fallback: `curl -s "https://r.jina.ai/https://linkedin.com/in/username"`

### V2EX (public API)

```bash

curl -s "https://www.v2ex.com/api/topics/hot.json" -H "User-Agent: agent-reach/1.0"

curl -s "https://www.v2ex.com/api/topics/show.json?node_name=python&page=1" -H "User-Agent: agent-reach/1.0"

```

### RSS

```bash

python3 -c "

import feedparser

for e in feedparser.parse('FEED_URL').entries[:5]:

print(f'{e.title} — {e.link}')

```

## Configuration

```bash

agent-reach configure proxy http://user:pass@ip:port # Reddit/Bilibili proxy

agent-reach configure twitter-cookies "auth_token=xxx; ct0=yyy"

agent-reach configure groq-key gsk_xxxxx # Xiaoyuzhou podcasts

agent-reach configure xhs-cookies "key1=val1; key2=val2" # XiaoHongShu

agent-reach configure --from-browser chrome # Auto-extract all cookies

```

## Troubleshooting

- **Channel not working?** Run `agent-reach doctor`

- **Update manually:** `pipx upgrade agent-reach && agent-reach install --env=auto`

- **Full reinstall:** `pipx reinstall agent-reach && agent-reach install --env=auto`

## Workspace Rules

**Never create files in the agent workspace.** Use `/tmp/` for temporary output and `~/.agent-reach/` for persistent data.

+ ## Post-Execution Reflection

+ After this skill completes, check before closing:

+ 1. **Did the command succeed?** — If not, fix the instruction or error table that caused the failure.

+ 2. **Did parameters or output change?** — If the underlying tool's interface drifted, update Usage examples and Parameters table to match.

+ 3. **Was a workaround needed?** — If you had to improvise (different flags, extra steps), update this SKILL.md so the next invocation doesn't need the same workaround.

+ Only update if the issue is real and reproducible — not speculative.