Agent skill

API Web

Call nodetool.web or nodetool.email from a code action: search the web, news or images, read a page's text, make an HTTP request, download a file into the workspace, screenshot a page, or search…

AGPL-3.0Auto-check passedProductivity & Automation

Install API Web

skills CLI

$ npx skills add nodetool-ai/nodetool --skill api-web -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install nodetool-ai/nodetool api-web --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/nodetool-ai/nodetool.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/packages/system-skills/api-web .claude/skills/api-web && 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 "api-web" agent skill from https://github.com/nodetool-ai/nodetool/tree/main/packages/system-skills/api-web into .claude/skills/api-web/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "api-web", 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/nodetool-ai/nodetool/tree/main/packages/system-skills/api-web

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 nodetool-ai/nodetool --skill api-web -a codex

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install nodetool-ai/nodetool api-web --agent codex

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/nodetool-ai/nodetool.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/packages/system-skills/api-web .agents/skills/api-web && 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 "api-web" agent skill from https://github.com/nodetool-ai/nodetool/tree/main/packages/system-skills/api-web into .agents/skills/api-web/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "api-web", 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 nodetool-ai/nodetool --skill api-web -a cursor

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install nodetool-ai/nodetool api-web --agent cursor

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/nodetool-ai/nodetool.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/packages/system-skills/api-web .cursor/skills/api-web && 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 "api-web" agent skill from https://github.com/nodetool-ai/nodetool/tree/main/packages/system-skills/api-web into .cursor/skills/api-web/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "api-web", 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/nodetool-ai/nodetool.git --path packages/system-skills/api-web

--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 nodetool-ai/nodetool --skill api-web -a gemini-cli

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install nodetool-ai/nodetool api-web --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/nodetool-ai/nodetool.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/packages/system-skills/api-web .gemini/skills/api-web && 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 "api-web" agent skill from https://github.com/nodetool-ai/nodetool/tree/main/packages/system-skills/api-web into .gemini/skills/api-web/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "api-web", 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 nodetool-ai/nodetool api-web

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 nodetool-ai/nodetool --skill api-web -a github-copilot

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/nodetool-ai/nodetool.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/packages/system-skills/api-web .github/skills/api-web && 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 "api-web" agent skill from https://github.com/nodetool-ai/nodetool/tree/main/packages/system-skills/api-web into .github/skills/api-web/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "api-web", 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 nodetool-ai/nodetool --skill api-web -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 nodetool-ai/nodetool api-web --agent opencode

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/nodetool-ai/nodetool.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/packages/system-skills/api-web .opencode/skills/api-web && 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 "api-web" agent skill from https://github.com/nodetool-ai/nodetool/tree/main/packages/system-skills/api-web into .opencode/skills/api-web/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "api-web", 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: api-web
GitHub stars: 554
Token cost: ~741 tokens
SKILL.md length: 348 words
Files: 1
Skills in repo: 130
Repo updated: Oct 7, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: AGPL-3.0

At a glance

Call nodetool.web or nodetool.email from a code action: search the web, news or images, read a page's text, make an HTTP request, download a file into the workspace, screenshot a page, or search…

Tasks that involve Email management
SKILL.md covers nodetool.web and nodetool.email
Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
Tasks that involve Web search

What it does

API Web is an agent skill from nodetool-ai/nodetool. Call nodetool.web or nodetool.email from a code action: search the web, news or images, read a page's text, make an HTTP request, download a file into the workspace, screenshot a page, or search, archive and label Gmail messages. Load before the first call into these namespaces.

Its SKILL.md is about 740 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 Productivity & Automation, covering Email management and Web search. It works with Gmail. The repository describes itself as: Agent-first Creative Workspace. The licence is AGPL-3.0.

When your agent uses it

Tasks that involve Email management
Tasks that involve Web search

Example prompts

“/api-web”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit f99c652. 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 (its code samples are javascript).
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

API Web loads about 741 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 72 tokens; SKILL.md has 348 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~72
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~741

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 nodetool-ai/nodetool at commit f99c652, republished under its AGPL-3.0 licence (© nodetool-ai). 348 words, ~741 tokens.

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

name: api-web
description: Call nodetool.web or nodetool.email from a code action: search the web, news or images, read a page's text, make an HTTP request, download a file into the workspace, screenshot a page, or search, archive and label Gmail messages. Load before the first call into these namespaces.

nodetool.web and nodetool.email

nodetool.web

Call	Does	Answers
`search(query, opts)`	Web search.	Pages with a title, URL and snippet
`news(query, opts)`	News search.	Articles with dates and sources
`images(query, opts)`	Image search. `num_results` defaults to 20.	Title, page link, original image URL and thumbnail URL for each result
`browse(url)`	Fetches a page and strips the HTML.	The readable text
`fetch(url, {method, headers, body})`	One raw HTTP request. `method` defaults to GET.	The response body as text
`download(url, outputFile)`	Saves the bytes of a URL into the workspace. `url` may also be an `asset://` URI, a `/api/storage/` key or a `data:` URI.	The workspace path, an `asset_url`, and for media a `display_markdown` snippet
`screenshot(url, outputFile)`	Renders the page in headless Chrome and saves a PNG. `outputFile` defaults to `screenshot.png`.	The workspace path

Options for search, news and images:

provider pins one backend: "serpapi", "dataforseo", "brave", "apify", "openai" or "google" (Gemini grounded search, or SerpAPI for news). Without it the call uses the first configured backend.
images cannot use "openai" or "google", because they answer with prose instead of results.
allowed_domains and blocked_domains scope the results.
num_results sets how many come back (10 by default for web and news).

Rules:

Search result pages are blocked in browse. Use search to search, and browse to read a page it found.
download is how an asset reaches the workspace, for ffmpeg or a document conversion. To keep a downloaded file in the library, pass its asset_url to nodetool.assets.save(name, {source}).
When you show a downloaded image to the user, paste display_markdown as it is. Do not build a link from the workspace path.
Fan out independent lookups with Promise.all. Ten searches take one round trip:

const hits = await Promise.all(topics.map((t) => nodetool.web.search(t)));

nodetool.email

Gmail, when the account is connected.

Call	Does
`search({subject, text, since_hours_ago, max_results})`	Finds messages. `since_hours_ago` defaults to 6 and `max_results` to 50. Each result has `message_id`, `subject`, `sender` and `body`.
`archive(messageIds)`	Archives one id or an array of ids.
`label(messageId, label)`	Adds a label to one message.

Archiving and labelling change the user's mailbox. Declare the action as high risk unless the user asked for exactly that change.

Files

Just SKILL.md in packages/system-skills/api-web of nodetool-ai/nodetool.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit f99c652

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API Web next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

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Gmailteam-attention/plugins-for-claude-natives	825	—	~967	Automated safety check: Pass	MIT	5 mo ago
Connect Apps with ComposioComposioHQ/awesome-claude-skills	77k	3 repos	~557	Automated safety check: Pass	None	19 days ago
Gmail Emailopen-gitagent/gitagent	710	—	~235	Automated safety check: Notes	MIT	1 mo ago
Zeleremorses/zele	299	—	~1.3k	Automated safety check: Pass	None	6 days ago

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Works with

Gmail

Questions about API Web

What does API Web do?

Call nodetool.web or nodetool.email from a code action: search the web, news or images, read a page's text, make an HTTP request, download a file into the workspace, screenshot a page, or search…. API Web is an agent skill from nodetool-ai/nodetool.email from a code action: search the web, news or images, read a page's text, make an HTTP request, download a file into the workspace, screenshot a page, or search, archive and label Gmail messages.

When should I use API Web?

API Web fits situations like: tasks that involve Email management; tasks that involve Web search.

How do I install API Web in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add nodetool-ai/nodetool --skill api-web -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (packages/system-skills/api-web in nodetool-ai/nodetool) into .claude/skills/api-web in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install API Web in Codex?

Run `npx skills add nodetool-ai/nodetool --skill api-web -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (packages/system-skills/api-web in nodetool-ai/nodetool) into .agents/skills/api-web in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use API Web 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 nodetool-ai/nodetool --skill api-web -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/api-web, .gemini/skills/api-web, .github/skills/api-web and .opencode/skills/api-web in your project.

What does API Web need to run?

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

Does API Web 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 API Web 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 API Web use?

API Web is published under the AGPL-3.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does API Web use?

About 741 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3k 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 API Web?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with API Web: Career-Ops Gmail Lead Plugin (career-ops-hq/career-ops, 74k stars), Gmail (team-attention/plugins-for-claude-natives, 825 stars), Connect Apps with Composio (ComposioHQ/awesome-claude-skills, 77k stars) and Gmail Email (open-gitagent/gitagent, 710 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains API Web?

nodetool-ai (a GitHub organization) maintains it in nodetool-ai/nodetool, which has 554 GitHub stars. The repository holds 130 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

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

Install API Web

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

nodetool.web and nodetool.email

nodetool.web

nodetool.email

Files

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