Xiaohongshu

Xiaohongshu Skill (Read-Only)

Use OpenCLI as the single supported Xiaohongshu implementation. The previous HTTP/API and Chrome Cookie DB extraction path was removed because Xiaohongshu frequently requires browser-side login verification and risk-control handling.

When To Use

Triggered by:

• "小红书搜 [query]", "search xiaohongshu [query]"
• "读小红书笔记", "read xhs note [url]"
• "小红书评论", "xhs comments"
• "小红书 feed", "小红书首页"
• "小红书用户主页", "xhs user"

Prerequisites

1. Node.js and npm are installed.
2. OpenCLI is installed: npm install -g @jackwener/opencli
3. The OpenCLI Chrome extension is installed manually from the Chrome Web Store.
4. Chrome is open and logged into Xiaohongshu.

Check status without starting or changing the daemon:

opencli daemon status

Do not run opencli doctor for routine checks; it can start the daemon.

Commands

Search notes:

opencli xiaohongshu search "<query>" -f yaml

Read a note:

opencli xiaohongshu note "<note_url>" -f yaml

Read comments:

opencli xiaohongshu comments "<note_id>" -f yaml

Browse feed:

opencli xiaohongshu feed -f yaml

Read a user's public notes:

opencli xiaohongshu user "<user_id>" -f yaml

Download media from a note:

opencli xiaohongshu download "<full_note_url_with_xsec_token>" --output "./xiaohongshu-downloads" -f yaml

Recommended Workflows

Preflight

1. Check that the daemon and Chrome extension are available:

opencli daemon status

2. Check Xiaohongshu login state before reading search results, profiles, or notes:

opencli xiaohongshu whoami -f yaml --window background --site-session persistent --trace retain-on-failure

If whoami succeeds but another command returns AUTH_REQUIRED, treat the target page as blocked by a login wall and ask the user to refresh Xiaohongshu login in Chrome. Do not switch to cookie extraction or unofficial APIs.

If OpenCLI returns BROWSER_CONNECT or cannot bind 127.0.0.1:19825, the daemon may be blocked by the current sandbox. Start or check the daemon from an unrestricted host shell when available, then rerun the same OpenCLI command. Do not use opencli doctor for routine checks.

Profile Share Links

Do not pass a profile xhslink.com/m/... URL directly to opencli xiaohongshu user and assume the short-link tail is the user id. In practice, OpenCLI may incorrectly navigate to:

https://www.xiaohongshu.com/user/profile/<short-link-tail>

If the trace shows a 404 for that URL, the EMPTY_RESULT error is probably a bad profile id, not proof that the user has no public notes.

For profile share links, first resolve the canonical profile URL:

• Prefer a real URL like https://www.xiaohongshu.com/user/profile/<user_id>?xsec_token=....
• If only a short link is available, ask the user to open it while logged in, then read the final URL from the current Chrome tab or recent Chrome history.
• Use Chrome only for URL resolution or visible-page confirmation. Keep Xiaohongshu data extraction in OpenCLI.

After resolving the canonical profile URL, probe the profile:

opencli xiaohongshu user "<canonical_profile_url>" --limit 5 -f yaml --window background --site-session persistent --trace retain-on-failure

If search "<creator_name>" returns [], do not conclude the creator is missing. Try the canonical profile URL or the user's browser history/open tab instead.

Batch Profile Media Download

For bulk image download from a profile, use a staged flow:

1. Probe the profile with --limit 5.
2. Download 1-3 notes first to verify media extraction and local file layout.
3. Save a manifest before full download:

opencli xiaohongshu user "<canonical_profile_url>" --limit 250 -f json --window background --site-session persistent --trace retain-on-failure > notes-manifest.json

4. Download from manifest URLs, not note ids alone. The manifest URLs usually include the required xsec_token.
5. Write a status log per note, continue past single-note failures, and add a short delay between notes to reduce risk-control friction.
6. Preserve the raw download directory. If the user wants clean names, copy into a separate named/ directory instead of destructively renaming raw files.

Suggested clean naming:

named/
  001_<article-title>/
    <article-title>_1.jpg
    <article-title>_2.jpg

When generating filenames, sanitize filesystem-illegal characters such as /, :, *, ?, ", <, >, |, and control characters. Keep a rename manifest that maps source files to named files.

Interpreting Download Results

• No media found on a profile share link usually means the input is a profile, not a note. Resolve the profile, list note URLs, then download each note URL.
• EMPTY_RESULT from user with a profile short link usually means the short-link tail was treated as a bad user id. Inspect the trace before reporting "no public notes".
• A successful download command writes files locally and is still read-only with respect to Xiaohongshu. It must not post, like, follow, comment, delete, or publish anything.

Notes

• Use full note URLs from search or feed results when possible; Xiaohongshu often requires xsec_token.
• If OpenCLI returns AUTH_REQUIRED, ask the user to refresh Xiaohongshu login in Chrome.
• Do not use HTTP/API scraping, Chrome Cookie DB extraction, xiaohongshu-mcp, or xhs-cli as hidden fallbacks.
• Do not post, comment, like, favorite, follow, or bypass captcha/risk controls.
• Never run write commands such as publish, delete-note, follow, or unfollow unless the user explicitly asks for that exact action and the normal browser safety confirmation rules are satisfied.
• For batch tasks, report the canonical profile URL or user id used, manifest count, success/failure count, output directories, and whether any temporary daemon/browser session was left running.