Xhs CLI

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Tasks that involve Browser automation

Example prompts

• “/xhs-cli”

Requirements

• Python 3
• A Bash shell

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 3ce7141. 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 and Shell, from the files we listed), which the agent can run.

  Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

  • jq
  • python3
  • uv

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

• Network

  Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

  • github.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

Xhs CLI loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 44 tokens; SKILL.md has 195 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~44

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~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

• WarningMentions a credentials file (SSH keys, cloud or package-manager tokens)SKILL.md:38

  gin                      # Auto-extract Chrome cookies

• WarningMentions a credentials file (SSH keys, cloud or package-manager tokens)SKILL.md:42

  . If unavailable, it auto-detects local Chrome cookies via browser-cookie3. If extraction fails, QR code login is availa

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

The full file from jackwener/xhs-cli at commit 3ce7141, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© jackwener). 195 words, ~1,109 tokens.

name

xhs-cli

description

Headless-browser-based CLI skill for Xiaohongshu (小红书, RedNote, XHS) to search notes, read posts, browse profiles, like, favorite, comment, and publish from the terminal

author

jackwener

version

1.0.0

tags

xhs, xiaohongshu, 小红书, rednote, social-media, cli

# Install (requires Python 3.8+)
uv tool install xhs-cli
# Or: pipx install xhs-cli

xhs status                     # Check saved login session (no browser extraction)
xhs login                      # Auto-extract Chrome cookies
xhs login --cookie "a1=..."    # Or provide cookies manually

xhs search "咖啡"              # Search notes (rich table output)
xhs search "咖啡" --json       # Raw JSON output

# View note (xsec_token auto-resolved from search cache)
xhs read <note_id>
xhs read <note_id> --comments  # Include comments
xhs read <note_id> --xsec-token <token>  # Manual token
xhs read <note_id> --json

# Look up user profile (by internal user_id, hex format)
xhs user <user_id>
xhs user <user_id> --json

# List user's published notes
xhs user-posts <user_id>
xhs user-posts <user_id> --json

# Followers / Following
xhs followers <user_id>
xhs following <user_id>

xhs feed                       # Explore page recommended feed
xhs feed --json
xhs topics "旅行"              # Search topics/hashtags
xhs topics "旅行" --json

# Like / Unlike (xsec_token auto-resolved)
xhs like <note_id>
xhs like <note_id> --undo

# Favorite / Unfavorite
xhs favorite <note_id>
xhs favorite <note_id> --undo

# Comment
xhs comment <note_id> "好棒！"

# Delete your own note
xhs delete <note_id>

xhs favorites                  # List your favorites
xhs favorites --max 10         # Limit count
xhs favorites --json

xhs post "标题" --image photo1.jpg --image photo2.jpg --content "正文"
xhs post "标题" --image photo1.jpg --content "正文" --json

xhs status                     # Quick saved-session check
xhs whoami                     # Full profile info
xhs whoami --json
xhs login                      # Login
xhs logout                     # Clear cookies

xhs search "咖啡" --json | jq '.[0].id'           # First note ID
xhs whoami --json | jq '.userInfo.userId'          # Your user ID
xhs favorites --json | jq '.[0].displayTitle'      # First favorite title

# Get your user ID for further queries
xhs whoami --json | python3 -c "import sys,json; d=json.load(sys.stdin); print(d.get('userInfo',{}).get('userId',''))"

# Search and get note IDs (xsec_token auto-cached for later use)
xhs search "topic" --json | python3 -c "import sys,json; [print(n['id']) for n in json.load(sys.stdin)[:3]]"

# Check login before performing actions
xhs status && xhs like <note_id>

# Read a note with comments for summarization
xhs read <note_id> --comments --json

© jackwener, Apache-2.0. 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 21 other files (scripts) in the repository root of jackwener/xhs-cli.

• SKILL.md
• .github/workflows/ci.yml
• .github/workflows/publish.yml
• .gitignore
• CHANGELOG.md
• LICENSE
• README.md
• README_EN.md
• pyproject.toml
• scripts/smoke_local.sh
• tests/conftest.py
• tests/test_auth.py
• tests/test_cli.py
• tests/test_client.py
• tests/test_integration.py
• uv.lock
• xhs_cli
• … and 5 more

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 3ce7141