Multi-Platform Search & Read

Self-contained skill for searching and reading across 14+ platforms. No external installer needed — uses upstream CLI tools directly and degrades gracefully when specific tools are absent.

Probe (run first)

Detect which tools are available before choosing commands:

bash skills/agent-reach/scripts/probe.sh

Output is JSON with two sections:

• tools: which CLI tools are on PATH (curl, gh, yt-dlp, xreach, mcporter, python3, feedparser)
• services: which services are reachable — jina (Jina Reader), mcporter_servers (comma-separated list of registered MCP servers, e.g. "exa,xiaohongshu")

Only use mcporter commands for servers listed in mcporter_servers. For example, if weibo is not in the list, the mcporter call 'weibo.*' commands below will fail — skip them and use the fallback instead.

If probe itself fails, assume only curl and WebSearch tool are available.

Tier 0 — Always Available (curl only)

These work on any machine with curl. No setup needed.

Read any web page (Jina Reader)

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

Handles: articles, blog posts, documentation, most public web pages. This is the universal fallback for reading any URL.

Reddit (public JSON API)

# Search
curl -s "https://www.reddit.com/search.json?q=QUERY&limit=10" -H "User-Agent: ppt-agent/1.0"
# Subreddit hot posts
curl -s "https://www.reddit.com/r/SUBREDDIT/hot.json?limit=10" -H "User-Agent: ppt-agent/1.0"

Server IPs may get 403. Fall back to Exa search (Tier 2) or WebSearch tool.

V2EX (public JSON API)

curl -s "https://www.v2ex.com/api/topics/hot.json" -H "User-Agent: ppt-agent/1.0"
curl -s "https://www.v2ex.com/api/topics/show.json?id=TOPIC_ID" -H "User-Agent: ppt-agent/1.0"

Tier 1 — Common CLI Tools

Available on most developer machines. Check probe output before using.

GitHub (gh CLI)

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

Fallback: curl -s "https://r.jina.ai/https://github.com/owner/repo"

YouTube / Bilibili (yt-dlp)

# YouTube — metadata
yt-dlp --dump-json "URL"
# YouTube — subtitles
yt-dlp --write-sub --write-auto-sub --sub-lang "zh-Hans,zh,en" --skip-download -o "/tmp/%(id)s" "URL"
# YouTube — search
yt-dlp --dump-json "ytsearch5:query"

# Bilibili — same tool
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"

Bilibili on servers may get 412. Use --cookies-from-browser chrome if available. Fallback: curl -s "https://r.jina.ai/<video_url>"

RSS (python3 + feedparser)

python3 -c "
import feedparser
for e in feedparser.parse('FEED_URL').entries[:5]:
    print(f'{e.title} — {e.link}')
"

If feedparser not installed: pip install feedparser

Tier 2 — Specialized Tools

These unlock platform-specific search. Check probe output — only use if available.

Exa Web Search (mcporter, requires exa in mcporter_servers)

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

Best general-purpose web search. Fallback: WebSearch tool.

Twitter/X (xreach)

xreach search "query" -n 10 --json          # search
xreach tweet URL_OR_ID --json                # read single tweet
xreach tweets @username -n 20 --json         # user timeline
xreach thread URL_OR_ID --json               # full thread

Needs cookies configured. Proxy: xreach search "query" --proxy "http://host:port" Fallback: mcporter call 'exa.web_search_exa(query: "site:x.com query")' or Jina Reader for single tweets.

小红书 / XiaoHongShu (mcporter, requires xiaohongshu in mcporter_servers)

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

Requires Docker + login. Fallback: Jina Reader for individual note URLs.

抖音 / Douyin (mcporter, requires douyin in mcporter_servers)

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

No login needed. Fallback: Jina Reader.

微博 / Weibo (mcporter, requires weibo in mcporter_servers)

mcporter call 'weibo.get_trendings(limit: 10)'
mcporter call 'weibo.search_weibo(keyword: "query", count: 10)'

No auth required. Fallback: Exa site:weibo.com search or Jina Reader.

LinkedIn (mcporter, requires linkedin in mcporter_servers)

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

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

微信公众号 / WeChat Articles

WeChat articles block Jina/curl. Needs specialized tools (miku_ai for search, Camoufox for reading). Fallback: Exa site:mp.weixin.qq.com or WebSearch.

Degradation Strategy

When a tool is missing, degrade — never block:

The minimum viable setup is zero tools installed — the agent always has WebSearch as the ultimate fallback.

Troubleshooting

• Reddit 403: Server IP blocked. Use Exa search or WebSearch tool.
• Bilibili 412: IP rate-limited. Try --cookies-from-browser chrome or use Jina Reader.
• Twitter fetch failed: Use --proxy flag, or fall back to Exa site:x.com search.
• mcporter not found: Most Tier 2 platforms won't work. Fall back to Jina Reader for individual URLs, WebSearch for search queries.

License

This skill's command reference and platform architecture are derived from Agent Reach by Agent Eyes, licensed under the MIT License.