Zhihu

What it does

When your agent uses it

• The user mentions Zhihu
• Wants to browse Chinese Q&A content
• Read Zhihu answers
• Search Zhihu questions

Example prompts

• “/zhihu”

Requirements

• Python 3

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

1. 1Read /references/provider-config.yaml
2. 2Append the provider block to ~/.sig/config.yaml under providers
3. 3Ask the user: "Do you need a proxy to access this site?" — if yes, add networkProxy: under the provider in config.yaml
4. 4Run sig login zhihu (with --network-proxy if proxy was specified)
5. 5Verify: run sig status zhihu again — must show valid: true before proceeding

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9ba8b35. 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 7 files in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.

  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

Zhihu loads about 1.7k tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.9k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 119 tokens; SKILL.md has 589 words of instructions outside code blocks.

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

~119

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

~1.7k

With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them

~1.9k

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

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 sigcli/sigcli at commit 9ba8b35, republished under its MIT licence (© sigcli). 589 words, ~1,733 tokens.

name

zhihu

description

Interact with Zhihu (zhihu.com) — browse hot questions, read answers, search content, view topics, check user profiles. Use this skill whenever the user mentions Zhihu, 知乎, zhihu.com, wants to browse Chinese Q&A content, read Zhihu answers, search Zhihu questions, check Zhihu hot list, or look up Zhihu users/topics. Also trigger when the user pastes a Zhihu URL (e.g. zhihu.com/question/12345), mentions a Zhihu topic, or asks about Chinese knowledge sharing platforms.

sig status zhihu 2>&1

grep -A15 "^\s*zhihu:" ~/.sig/config.yaml | grep networkProxy | awk '{print $2}'

sig run zhihu -- bash -c 'python3 <SKILL_DIR>/scripts/zhihu_hot.py --cookie "$SIG_ZHIHU_COOKIE" --limit 10'

--cookie COOKIE       Zhihu session cookie (required)
--limit N             Max items (default: 50)

--cookie COOKIE       Zhihu session cookie (required)
--id ID               Question ID (required)
--answers-limit N     Max answers to fetch (default: 10)
--sort SORT           Sort answers: "default" or "created" (default: "default")

--cookie COOKIE       Zhihu session cookie (required)
--id ID               Answer ID (required)

--cookie COOKIE       Zhihu session cookie (required)
--query TEXT          Search query (required)
--type TYPE           Search type: "general", "topic", or "people" (default: "general")
--limit N             Max results (default: 20)

--cookie COOKIE       Zhihu session cookie (required)
--url-token NAME      Member URL token (required)
--include-answers     Also fetch member's recent answers (flag)

--cookie COOKIE       Zhihu session cookie (required)
--query TEXT          Topic search query (required)
--limit N             Max results (default: 10)

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Files

SKILL.md and 14 other files (scripts, references) in skills/zhihu of sigcli/sigcli.

• SKILL.md
• references/provider-config.yaml
• scripts/zhihu_answer.py
• scripts/zhihu_client.py
• scripts/zhihu_hot.py
• scripts/zhihu_member.py
• scripts/zhihu_question.py
• scripts/zhihu_search.py
• scripts/zhihu_topic.py
• tests/test_zhihu_answer.py
• tests/test_zhihu_hot.py
• tests/test_zhihu_member.py
• tests/test_zhihu_question.py
• tests/test_zhihu_search.py
• tests/test_zhihu_topic.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9ba8b35