Agent skill

Abx Dl

Use this when working on the standalone ArchiveBox downloader CLI, extractor orchestration, plugin execution, config, and output verification.

MITAuto-check passedTesting & QA

Install Abx Dl

skills CLI

$ npx skills add ArchiveBox/abx-dl --skill abx-dl -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install ArchiveBox/abx-dl abx-dl --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ArchiveBox/abx-dl.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/abx-dl .claude/skills/abx-dl && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "abx-dl" agent skill from https://github.com/ArchiveBox/abx-dl/tree/main/skills/abx-dl into .claude/skills/abx-dl/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "abx-dl", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/ArchiveBox/abx-dl/tree/main/skills/abx-dl

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add ArchiveBox/abx-dl --skill abx-dl -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install ArchiveBox/abx-dl abx-dl --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ArchiveBox/abx-dl.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/abx-dl .agents/skills/abx-dl && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "abx-dl" agent skill from https://github.com/ArchiveBox/abx-dl/tree/main/skills/abx-dl into .agents/skills/abx-dl/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "abx-dl", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add ArchiveBox/abx-dl --skill abx-dl -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install ArchiveBox/abx-dl abx-dl --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ArchiveBox/abx-dl.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/abx-dl .cursor/skills/abx-dl && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "abx-dl" agent skill from https://github.com/ArchiveBox/abx-dl/tree/main/skills/abx-dl into .cursor/skills/abx-dl/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "abx-dl", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/ArchiveBox/abx-dl.git --path skills/abx-dl

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add ArchiveBox/abx-dl --skill abx-dl -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install ArchiveBox/abx-dl abx-dl --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ArchiveBox/abx-dl.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/abx-dl .gemini/skills/abx-dl && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "abx-dl" agent skill from https://github.com/ArchiveBox/abx-dl/tree/main/skills/abx-dl into .gemini/skills/abx-dl/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "abx-dl", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install ArchiveBox/abx-dl abx-dl

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add ArchiveBox/abx-dl --skill abx-dl -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ArchiveBox/abx-dl.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/abx-dl .github/skills/abx-dl && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "abx-dl" agent skill from https://github.com/ArchiveBox/abx-dl/tree/main/skills/abx-dl into .github/skills/abx-dl/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "abx-dl", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add ArchiveBox/abx-dl --skill abx-dl -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install ArchiveBox/abx-dl abx-dl --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ArchiveBox/abx-dl.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/abx-dl .opencode/skills/abx-dl && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "abx-dl" agent skill from https://github.com/ArchiveBox/abx-dl/tree/main/skills/abx-dl into .opencode/skills/abx-dl/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "abx-dl", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: abx-dl
GitHub stars: 145
Token cost: ~557 tokens
SKILL.md length: 120 words
Files: 1
Skills in repo: 1
Repo updated: Oct 9, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

Use this when working on the standalone ArchiveBox downloader CLI, extractor orchestration, plugin execution, config, and output verification.

Testing & QA work in your project
SKILL.md covers Purpose, Shared Rules, Development Setup and Configuration Inspection, plus 2 more sections
Calls uv

What it does

Abx Dl is an agent skill from ArchiveBox/abx-dl. Use this when working on the standalone ArchiveBox downloader CLI, extractor orchestration, plugin execution, config, and output verification.

Its SKILL.md is about 560 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Testing & QA. It works with Playwright, Puppeteer, YouTube and Python. The repository describes itself as: ⬇️ A simple all-in-one CLI tool to download EVERYTHING from a URL (like youtube-dl/yt-dlp, forum-dl, gallery-dl, simpler ArchiveBox). 🎭 Uses headless Chrome to get HTML, JS… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

Testing & QA work in your project

Example prompts

“/abx-dl”

Requirements

Python 3

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit c01734e. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
- uv
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use uv, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Abx Dl loads about 557 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 37 tokens; SKILL.md has 120 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~37
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~557

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from ArchiveBox/abx-dl at commit c01734e, republished under its MIT licence (© ArchiveBox). 120 words, ~557 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/abx-dl/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).

name: abx-dl
description: Use this when working on the standalone ArchiveBox downloader CLI, extractor orchestration, plugin execution, config, and output verification.

abx-dl

Purpose

abx-dl runs ArchiveBox plugin hooks against URLs without a full ArchiveBox collection.

Shared Rules

Keep this repo on branch main.
Use uv and uv run for Python commands.
Do not use system python, direct .venv/bin/python, or pip commands.
Use real CLI commands, real hooks, real installs, real subprocesses, real files, and real URLs or pytest-httpserver.
Do not mock, monkeypatch, fake, simulate, skip, xfail, or weaken tests.
Verify index.jsonl, hook statuses, output files, config, and filesystem side effects.
Read README.md for the full CLI, config, plugin, and release surface.

Development Setup

<!--
```bash
export UV_PROJECT_ENVIRONMENT="$(mktemp -d)/.venv"
unset VIRTUAL_ENV
```
-->

<!--pytest-codeblocks:cont-->

bash

set -Eeuo pipefail
uv sync
version_output="$(uv run abx-dl version)"
grep -Eq '^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$' <<<"$version_output"

Configuration Inspection

bash

set -Eeuo pipefail
timeout_config="$(uv run abx-dl config --get TIMEOUT)"
grep -Eq '^TIMEOUT=[0-9]+$' <<<"$timeout_config"

Basic Usage

bash

set -Eeuo pipefail
output_dir="$(mktemp -d)"
trap 'rm -rf "$output_dir"' EXIT
uv run abx-dl dl --plugins=wget --dir "$output_dir" 'https://example.com'
test -s "$output_dir/index.jsonl"
test -s "$output_dir/wget/example.com/index.html"
grep -q 'Example Domain' "$output_dir/wget/example.com/index.html"
grep -q '"plugin": "wget".*"status": "succeeded"' "$output_dir/index.jsonl"

text

uv run abx-dl dl --plugins=title,wget,screenshot,pdf 'https://example.com'
uv run abx-dl dl --output=html,json,txt,pdf,image 'https://example.com'
uv run abx-dl install wget ytdlp chrome
uv run abx-dl config --get TIMEOUT

Verification

bash

set -Eeuo pipefail
uv run pytest tests/test_plugins.py::test_filter_plugins_does_not_add_binary_providers_for_wget -q

The basic-usage check above performs the live extractor run and verifies its manifest and downloaded HTML. Read README.md for install and multi-extractor examples.

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/abx-dl of ArchiveBox/abx-dl.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit c01734e

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Questions about Abx Dl

What does Abx Dl do?

Use this when working on the standalone ArchiveBox downloader CLI, extractor orchestration, plugin execution, config, and output verification. Abx Dl is an agent skill from ArchiveBox/abx-dl. Use this when working on the standalone ArchiveBox downloader CLI, extractor orchestration, plugin execution, config, and output verification.

When should I use Abx Dl?

Abx Dl fits situations like: testing & QA work in your project.

How do I install Abx Dl in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add ArchiveBox/abx-dl --skill abx-dl -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/abx-dl in ArchiveBox/abx-dl) into .claude/skills/abx-dl in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Abx Dl in Codex?

Run `npx skills add ArchiveBox/abx-dl --skill abx-dl -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/abx-dl in ArchiveBox/abx-dl) into .agents/skills/abx-dl in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Abx Dl in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add ArchiveBox/abx-dl --skill abx-dl -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/abx-dl, .gemini/skills/abx-dl, .github/skills/abx-dl and .opencode/skills/abx-dl in your project.

What does Abx Dl need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Abx Dl needs the command-line tools its instructions call (uv). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Abx Dl access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use uv, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Abx Dl safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Abx Dl use?

Abx Dl is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Abx Dl use?

About 557 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Abx Dl?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Abx Dl: Brightdata Proxy (brightdata/skills, 264 stars), Trigger.dev Configuration (papermark/papermark, 9.2k stars), Web Application Testing (anthropics/skills, 180k stars) and RStudio Selenium to Playwright Migration (rstudio/rstudio, 5.1k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Abx Dl?

ArchiveBox (a GitHub organization) maintains it in ArchiveBox/abx-dl, which has 145 GitHub stars. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: ArchiveBox/abx-dl on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Install Abx Dl

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Requirements

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

abx-dl

Purpose

Shared Rules

Development Setup

Configuration Inspection

Basic Usage

Verification

Files

Compare with similar skills

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