name	openweb
description	Typed JSON access to 90+ real websites — Google, Amazon, Reddit, YouTube, GitHub, Instagram, Bloomberg, Zillow, and more — across search, shopping, travel, finance, social, news, and dev tools. Use to read, search, post, comment, message, or otherwise interact with these sites (prices, products, articles, stock quotes, flights, posts, comments, DMs, etc.). Run `openweb sites` for the full list.
license	MIT
compatibility	Requires the `openweb` CLI (npm: @openweb-org/openweb). Some sites need a managed Chrome session. See references/cli.md for runtime details.
metadata	[object Object]

OpenWeb

Agent-native way to access any website. Bridging agent CLI and web GUI through API.

Load Discipline

Do not read every file in this folder.
Start with SKILL.md. Follow one route at a time.

Use Existing Site

1. Find the site

openweb sites                        # list all available sites

If the site has no package, do NOT say "unsupported." Route to add-site/guide.md.

2. Check readiness

openweb <site>                       # transport, auth, operations list

Requires browser: yes — browser auto-starts when needed; no manual setup required
Requires login: yes — user must be logged in via their browser session

3. Read site notes

Prefer site docs when they exist in your workspace:

Source repo: read src/sites/<site>/SKILL.md for workflows and intent mapping, then src/sites/<site>/DOC.md for internals.
Shipped/runtime package: only DOC.md, specs, manifest, examples, and adapters are guaranteed. Per-site SKILL.md and PROGRESS.md are source-tree docs and are not shipped into $OPENWEB_HOME/sites/<site>/.

If only the shipped package is available, rely on openweb <site>, openweb <site> <op>, examples, and DOC.md.

4. Inspect the operation

openweb <site> <op>                  # params, response shape, permission tier
openweb <site> <op> --example        # real example params from fixtures

Check the operation's permission tier before executing:

Tier	Default	Behavior
`read`	allow	GET-like operations — execute freely
`write`	prompt	Creates/updates — ask user before executing
`delete`	prompt	Destructive — ask user before executing
`transact`	deny	Financial/irreversible — always skip

5. Execute

openweb <site> <op> '{"key":"value"}'    # stdout=JSON, stderr=JSON error

Auto-spill: responses over 4096 bytes write to a temp file.

openweb <site> exec <op> '{...}' is equivalent — exec can be omitted when the third arg is JSON.

6. On failure

Errors on stderr include failureClass:

failureClass	Action
`needs_browser`	Browser auto-starts; if it fails, check Chrome installation. Fallback: `openweb browser start`
`needs_login`	`openweb login <site>` then `openweb browser restart`
`needs_page`	Open a tab to the site URL
`bot_blocked`	`openweb browser restart --no-headless`, user solves CAPTCHA in visible browser, then retry. For persistent sites, set `"browser": {"headless": false}` in config
`permission_denied`	Update `permissions` in `$OPENWEB_HOME/config.json`
`permission_required`	Ask user for confirmation, then retry
`retriable`	Wait a few seconds, retry (max 2)
`fatal`	Don't retry — fix params or check site name

If the table above doesn't resolve it, read references/troubleshooting.md.

7. Missing site or coverage

Site doesn't exist or lacks needed operations? Read add-site/guide.md.

Add / Expand / Upgrade Site

Read add-site/guide.md

Fix a Problem

Read references/troubleshooting.md

File Map

All paths relative to skills/openweb/.

add-site/ (workflow — load in sequence)

File	Load when
`add-site/guide.md`	Entry point for add/expand workflow
`add-site/probe.md`	Probe step: CDP browser-side discovery
`add-site/capture.md`	Capture step: recording browser traffic
`add-site/review.md`	Review step: reading analysis-summary.json
`add-site/curate-operations.md`	Curate: naming, noise, params, permissions
`add-site/curate-runtime.md`	Curate: auth, transport, extraction
`add-site/curate-schemas.md`	Curate: response schemas, examples, PII
`add-site/verify.md`	Verify: runtime + spec + doc loop
`add-site/document.md`	Document: per-site SKILL.md + DOC.md + PROGRESS.md, knowledge updates

references/ (lookup — load independently)

File	Load when
`references/cli.md`	CLI command syntax, flags, stdout/stderr
`references/x-openweb.md`	Full x-openweb field schema
`references/troubleshooting.md`	Something broke — classify, diagnose, fix

knowledge/ (patterns — load at decision points)

File	Load when
`knowledge/archetypes.md`	Expected operations by site category
`knowledge/auth-routing.md`	Auth type unknown — signal-to-family lookup
`knowledge/auth-primitives.md`	Configuring auth — config and gotchas
`knowledge/bot-detection.md`	Transport/capture decisions
`knowledge/extraction.md`	Extraction signals — SSR/DOM patterns
`knowledge/graphql.md`	GraphQL — persisted queries, batching
`knowledge/ws.md`	WebSocket — message/connection patterns
`knowledge/adapter-recipes.md`	Adapter patterns, code templates, pitfalls
`knowledge/transport-upgrade.md`	Transport tier decisions, node feasibility, API discovery

openweb

Install Skill

Shared

SKILL.md