Browse and summarize websites, extract content from URLs, search the web for information.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedProductivity & Automation

Install Web Browsing

skills CLI
$ npx skills add Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit --skill web-browsing -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit web-browsing --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/Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/'综合学术部署包/07_自动化MCP浏览器与Agent Skills/web-browsing' .claude/skills/web-browsing && 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
web-browsing
GitHub stars
134
Token cost
~593 tokens
SKILL.md length
207 words
Files
4 (incl. scripts, references)
Skills in repo
53
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Browse and summarize websites, extract content from URLs, search the web for information.

  • Works in 3 steps: Direct URL Access → Web Search → Content Extraction
  • User asks to visit a website
  • SKILL.md covers When to Use, How It Works, Tools Available and Best Practices, plus 2 more sections
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder; reaches news.ycombinator.com

What it does

Web Browsing is an agent skill from Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit. Browse and summarize websites, extract content from URLs, search the web for information. Use when user asks to visit a website, get webpage content, search online, or find current information that requires browsing the internet.

Its SKILL.md is about 590 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 5 other files, including scripts and reference files (for example `_meta.json`, `references/usage-guide.md` and `scripts/search_web.py`).

It sits in Productivity & Automation, covering Web search. It works with Model Context Protocol. The repository describes itself as: AI Agent 科研全流程教学包,能教学生从零部署 Codex、Claude Code、OpenClaw、Hermes 等 Agent,学会使用 Skills、飞书、AMiner、AI4Scholar、Zotero、Obsidian…

When your agent uses it

  • User asks to visit a website
  • Get webpage content
  • Find current information that requires browsing the internet

Example prompts

  • “/web-browsing”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Direct URL Access
  2. Web Search
  3. Content Extraction

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit aab1133. 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

    Ships 1 file in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.

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

  • Network

    Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:

    • news.ycombinator.com

    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

Web Browsing loads about 593 tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.1k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 61 tokens; SKILL.md has 207 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~61
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~593
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~1.1k

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); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 207 words (~593 tokens).

“This skill enables browsing websites, extracting content from URLs, and searching the web for information.”

— opening of SKILL.md by Drchronx, Custom licence
name
web-browsing

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 3 other files (scripts, references) in 综合学术部署包/07_自动化MCP浏览器与Agent Skills/web-browsing of Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit.

  • SKILL.md
  • _meta.json
  • references/usage-guide.md
  • scripts/search_web.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit aab1133

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Exa Searchaffaan-m/ECC274k2 repos~544Automated safety check: PassMIT
Confluence Assistanttech-leads-club/agent-skills7k—~1.3kAutomated safety check: PassCC-BY-4.0
Tavily Researchinitializ/forge223—~1.1kAutomated safety check: PassApache-2.0

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Questions about Web Browsing

What does Web Browsing do?

Browse and summarize websites, extract content from URLs, search the web for information. Web Browsing is an agent skill from Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit. Browse and summarize websites, extract content from URLs, search the web for information.

When should I use Web Browsing?

Web Browsing fits situations like: user asks to visit a website; get webpage content; find current information that requires browsing the internet.

How do I install Web Browsing in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit --skill web-browsing -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (综合学术部署包/07_自动化MCP浏览器与Agent Skills/web-browsing in Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit) into .claude/skills/web-browsing in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Web Browsing in Codex?

Run `npx skills add Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit --skill web-browsing -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (综合学术部署包/07_自动化MCP浏览器与Agent Skills/web-browsing in Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit) into .agents/skills/web-browsing in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Web Browsing 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 Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit --skill web-browsing -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/web-browsing, .gemini/skills/web-browsing, .github/skills/web-browsing and .opencode/skills/web-browsing in your project.

What does Web Browsing need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Web Browsing needs Python for the scripts in its folder. Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Web Browsing access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. In commands or code: news.ycombinator.com; the agent is likely to contact it when it follows the instructions. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Web Browsing 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. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Web Browsing use?

Web Browsing has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Web Browsing use?

About 593 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.4k 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 481 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Web Browsing?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Web Browsing: Huge AI Search (wangwingzero/huge-ai-search, 144 stars), Mysearch (skernelx/MySearch-Proxy, 159 stars), Exa Search (affaan-m/ECC, 274k stars) and Confluence Assistant (tech-leads-club/agent-skills, 7k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Web Browsing?

Drchronx (a GitHub user) maintains it in Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit, which has 134 GitHub stars. The repository holds 53 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on May 19, 2026.

Source: Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.