Web Pilot
VerifiedSearch the web and read page contents without API keys. Use when you need to search via DuckDuckGo/Brave/Google (multi-page), extract readable text from URLs...
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# Web Pilot
Four scripts, zero API keys. All output is JSON by default.
Dependencies: `requests`, `beautifulsoup4`, `playwright` (with Chromium). Optional: `pdfplumber` or `PyPDF2` for PDF text extraction.
Install: `pip install requests beautifulsoup4 playwright && playwright install chromium`
1. Search the Web
```bash python3 scripts/google_search.py "query" --pages N --engine ENGINE ```
- `--engine` — `duckduckgo` (default), `brave`, or `google`
- Returns `[{title, url, snippet}, ...]`
2. Read a Page (one-shot)
```bash python3 scripts/read_page.py "https://url" [--max-chars N] [--visible] [--format json|markdown|text] [--no-dismiss] ```
- `--format` — `json` (default), `markdown`, or `text`
- Auto-dismisses cookie consent banners (skip with `--no-dismiss`)
3. Persistent Browser Session
```bash python3 scripts/browser_session.py open "https://url" # Open + extract python3 scripts/browser_session.py navigate "https://other" # Go to new URL python3 scripts/browser_session.py extract [--format FMT] # Re-read page python3 scripts/browser_session.py screenshot [path] [--full] # Save screenshot python3 scripts/browser_session.py click "Submit" # Click by text/selector python3 scripts/browser_session.py search "keyword" # Search text in page python3 scripts/browser_session.py tab new "https://url" # Open new tab python3 scripts/browser_session.py tab list # List all tabs python3 scripts/browser_session.py tab switch 1 # Switch to tab index python3 scripts/browser_session.py tab close [index] # Close tab python3 scripts/browser_session.py dismiss-cookies # Manually dismiss cookies python3 scripts/browser_session.py close # Close browser ```
- Cookie consent auto-dismissed on open/navigate
- Multiple tabs supported — open, switch, close independently
- Search returns matching lines with line numbers
- Extract supports json/markdown/text output
4. Download Files
```bash python3 scripts/download_file.py "https://example.com/doc.pdf" [--output DIR] [--filename NAME] ```
- Auto-detects filename from URL/headers
- PDFs: extracts text if pdfplumber/PyPDF2 installed
- Returns `{status, path, filename, size_bytes, content_type, extracted_text}`
Use Cases
- Search the web using DuckDuckGo, Brave, or Google without API keys
- Read and extract content from web pages for research and fact-checking
- Perform multi-provider search to get comprehensive results
- Gather current information that is beyond the AI model's training data
- Verify claims and find references by searching multiple sources
Pros & Cons
Pros
- +No API keys required — works out of the box with multiple search providers
- +Multi-provider support increases search result coverage and reliability
- +Combined search and read capabilities in one skill
Cons
- -Search results may be less comprehensive than dedicated search APIs
- -Rate limiting from search providers may affect heavy usage
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