Agent skill

Browsing Craigslist

by browsing-skills in browsing-skills/browsing-skills

A skill your agent uses when the user wants to search listings or extract posting details on Craigslist (craigslist.org) — the US classifieds network covering housing, jobs, for-sale items…

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Install Browsing Craigslist

skills CLI
$ npx skills add browsing-skills/browsing-skills --skill browsing-craigslist -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install browsing-skills/browsing-skills browsing-craigslist --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/browsing-skills/browsing-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/craigslist.org .claude/skills/browsing-craigslist && 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/

Facts

Skill name
browsing-craigslist
GitHub stars
117
Token cost
~387 tokens
SKILL.md length
127 words
Files
3 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
24
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when the user wants to search listings or extract posting details on Craigslist (craigslist.org) — the US classifieds network covering housing, jobs, for-sale items…

  • The user wants to search listings
  • SKILL.md covers Action Index and Benchmarks
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Extract posting details on Craigslist (craigslist.org) — the US classifieds network covering housing

What it does

Browsing Craigslist is an agent skill from browsing-skills/browsing-skills. Use when the user wants to search listings or extract posting details on Craigslist (craigslist.org) — the US classifieds network covering housing, jobs, for-sale items, services, and more. Actions: search listings by city and category, extract full posting details. The site uses stable server-rendered HTML. No authentication required; a browser is recommended but static fetch often works.

Its SKILL.md is about 390 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 3 other files, including reference files (for example `references/listing-data.md` and `references/listing-search.md`).

The repository describes itself as: Open-source registry of browser-automation skills for AI agents. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • The user wants to search listings
  • Extract posting details on Craigslist (craigslist.org) — the US classifieds network covering housing

Example prompts

  • “/browsing-craigslist”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 07855b5. 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

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    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

Browsing Craigslist loads about 387 tokens when it runs, and up to ~4.1k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 103 tokens; SKILL.md has 127 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~103
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~387
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~4.1k

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 browsing-skills/browsing-skills at commit 07855b5, republished under its MIT licence (© browsing-skills). 127 words, ~387 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/browsing-craigslist/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 2 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
browsing-craigslist
description
Use when the user wants to search listings or extract posting details on Craigslist (craigslist.org) — the US classifieds network covering housing, jobs, for-sale items, services, and more. Actions: search listings by city and category, extract full posting details. The site uses stable server-rendered HTML. No authentication required; a browser is recommended but static fetch often works.

Craigslist (craigslist.org) — Browsing Skill

Use this index to choose the Craigslist action that matches the user request, then open the linked reference file for the complete navigation, requirements, code, and return shape.

Action Index

  • listing-search — Search a Craigslist city site for listings by category and optional query, and extract visible results including title, price, location, URL, date posted, and thumbnail. Full spec: references/listing-search.md.
  • listing-data — Extract full details from a specific Craigslist posting, including title, price, posted date, description, attributes, location, and images. Full spec: references/listing-data.md.

Benchmarks

Benchmarks compare the maintained skill action against a no-skill browser agent that inspects the live page DOM and derives selectors at runtime. Full notes live in BENCHMARKS.md.

ActionWith SkillWithout SkillNotes
listing-searchTBDTBDTBD
listing-dataTBDTBDTBD

© browsing-skills, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files (references) in skills/craigslist.org of browsing-skills/browsing-skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/listing-data.md
  • references/listing-search.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 07855b5

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Why Did This Post Flopsickn33/agentic-awesome-skills47k1 repos~1.5kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
X Post PublisherJimLiu/baoyu-skills26k1 repos~4.4kAutomated safety check: WarnMIT
Discord User Postopenclaw/openclaw392k—~521Automated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Browsing Craigslist

What does Browsing Craigslist do?

A skill your agent uses when the user wants to search listings or extract posting details on Craigslist (craigslist.org) — the US classifieds network covering housing, jobs, for-sale items…. Browsing Craigslist is an agent skill from browsing-skills/browsing-skills.org) — the US classifieds network covering housing, jobs, for-sale items, services, and more.

When should I use Browsing Craigslist?

Browsing Craigslist fits situations like: the user wants to search listings; extract posting details on Craigslist (craigslist.org) — the US classifieds network covering housing.

How do I install Browsing Craigslist in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Browsing Craigslist in Codex?

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

Can I use Browsing Craigslist 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 browsing-skills/browsing-skills --skill browsing-craigslist -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/browsing-craigslist, .gemini/skills/browsing-craigslist, .github/skills/browsing-craigslist and .opencode/skills/browsing-craigslist in your project.

What does Browsing Craigslist need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Browsing Craigslist is instructions for the agent only.

Does Browsing Craigslist access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Browsing Craigslist 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 Browsing Craigslist use?

Browsing Craigslist 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 Browsing Craigslist use?

About 387 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.5k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 3.7k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Browsing Craigslist?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Browsing Craigslist: Extract (alirezarezvani/claude-skills, 28k stars), Repurpose Into A Post (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars), Why Did This Post Flop (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars) and X Post Publisher (JimLiu/baoyu-skills, 26k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Browsing Craigslist?

browsing-skills (a GitHub organization) maintains it in browsing-skills/browsing-skills, which has 117 GitHub stars. The repository holds 24 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on June 10, 2026.

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